Merman

Behind the scenes with The Merman.

The Merman is one of the monsters on the whiteboard. He is bet on by

The Merman

Hadley, who is shown to be a fan of the creature. He laments on not having seen the Merman, as it is one of the few monsters he has never seen. However, during the Purge, he does get to see it, ironically just before it kills him.

Physical Description & Attributes

The Merman is shown as a half-human, half-fish monster with flabby blue skin, a huge mouth full of sharp teeth and long, scraggly black hair, and a blowhole on its back. Having a fish tail instead of legs, it has to crawl over land to grab its victims before eating them. Sitterson comments early on that they are terrifying, and that "the cleanup on them is a nightmare." This statement is most likely because of the fact that after they eat their victim, they spray the blood out of the blowhole. The Merman is surprisingly one of the few monsters not shown in their cube cell.

Early in the film the merman is almost summoned by Curt Vaughan by blowing on a conch shell found in the cellar.

Inspiration

The merman is likely an adaptation of the Creature from the Black Lagoon or the cult classic Frankenfish.