Presented in a widescreen 2.35:1 ratio with anamorphic enhancement, Island Of The Fishmen looks fairly well. The overall picture quality is not as superb as one might expect it to be, though, and it‘s obvious this transfer wasn‘t from the original negative. The colors are somewhat muted at times, the nighttime sequences are a bit too murky, and there’s an occasional “lapse” in the footage. These moments only last for a split-second, as if the film was just a hair-of-a-moment too short to match the soundtrack and subsequently “paused” for a brief instant to get everything back to normal again. I don’t even know why I’m bothering to tell you this—most people probably won’t notice anyway. The International English dub is offered up here as one of two soundtracks, the other being the original Italian. Both tracks are presented in Mono Stereo. No subtitles are provided.
Special features are brief on this release. The previously-released PAL/Region 2 Italian DVD contained a featurette and the German issue (also PAL and Region 2) even has La Regina Degli Uomini Pesce, Martino’s 1995 half-assed fish sequel on it. This Mya release (the only one you’ll find in North America) features the original Italian trailer and a gallery 
displaying some of the film’s artwork and posters from several countries (including the highly deceptive American Screamers poster).
It’s silly. Campy. It borders seriously on copyright infringement, hands down. It also appears that the script was developed by throwing several different treatments into the blender. But, nevertheless, it’s an easy-to-swallow film for those of us who know how to appreciate such films—which leads me to the fifth and final word I deem necessary to describe Island Of The Fishmen: “Fun.”
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