1 of 4 | Left to right, Julia Valentine Larson, Devyn McDoweland and Kevin Nealon star in "Mermaid," now available to buy or rent on digital platforms. Photo courtesy of Utopia

NEW YORK, May 27 (UPI) -- Saturday Night Live and Happy Gilmore legend Kevin Nealon may be one of the funniest people on the planet, but he plays it straight in the new horror-comedy, Mermaid.

Released on digital platforms Tuesday, the film casts Nealon as Keith, a wealthy Florida man patiently dealing with Doug (Johnny Pemberton) -- the drug addict ex-boyfriend of his young wife Tina (Julia Valentine Larson) -- who is keeping a dying, terrifying-looking mermaid (Avery Potemri) in his bathtub because he is lonely.

Tyler Cornack wrote and directed the movie, which co-stars Robert Patrick, Kirk Fox, Tom Arnold and Kevin Dunn.

Devyn McDoweland plays Layla, Tina and Doug's adorable daughter.