Ensofter Overrated and overhyped

Dorathen Better Late Then Never

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

edwardcaffronklein I didn't know what to expect from this? What a kinky treat. Silly, goofy, gory fun. A good cast (I miss Vic Morrow). There's plenty of nudity and then there are Rob Bottin's creatures.

Sam Panico Did Roger Corman sit in a room screaming, "Make me more amphibian monster movies NOW!" into the telephone? This time, Barbara Peeters got the call (Joe Dante turned this one down), although the final film was nothing like she wanted it to be and she tried - and failed - to get her name removed from the credits.Fishermen catch what looks like a monster. Then, the son of one of them is dragged under the waves by an unseen beast. Another fisherman fires a flare gun that sets the whole boat on fire, killing everyone..Jim Hill (Doug McClure, TV's The Virginian) and his wife Carol (Cindy Weintraub, The Prowler) see the boat blow up and then their dog gets eaten (and his remains thrown up on their porch). So yeah. Things are off to quite the start.Meanwhile, Jerry and Peggy (Lynn Schiller, Without Warning) are swimming and fooling around, but Jerry ends up torn apart and a fishman rapes the girl, causing the director to want to leave the picture. Seriously - they kept her name on the film. Time's up, Roger Corman.That scene is repeated with Billy (future ventriloquist David Strassman) and Becky, with yet another fish on female rape. All manner of folks are attacked, but Peggy somehow survives.Meanwhile, Canco is opening their new canning operation in town. It turns out that the monsters that are screwing everyone to death are the result of Canco using HGH on salmon that were in turn eaten by larger fish who then turned into humanoids. From the deep? Yes. Humanoids from the Deep.Luckily, Jim and Dr. Susan Drake are on the case. Their big plan? At the town's fish fest, when the beasts attack, they dump gasoline in the lake and set it on fire. So not only is there no safe zone for women, screw the environment, too. While all this is going on, Carol is attacked by two monsters but survives. Oh yeah! Vic Morrow is in this mess, too. And if you think Peggy is going to give birth to a fish baby, then you haven't been watching this film.Actress Ann Turkel chose to do this film - originally titled Beneath the Darkness - because: "It was an intelligent suspenseful science-fiction story with a basis in fact and no sex." She was enraged as well at what the final film ended up being.Well, if you're looking for a grimy, fishy film, this is it. It's certainly more entertaining than the last two Roger Corman fish films I suffered through.

Filmbufftwerp I watched this movie without reading the description. So I must say that if you have any question as to whether you should see this or not, read the IMDB description. That's literally what this movie is. There's nothing more to it than that. Early on there are some intriguing sociological and environmental story threads that are ultimately dropped in favor of nudity, rape, and murder.The basic primal premise of this is well executed both on the page and on-screen... and the final product is just as ugly and detestable as the humanoid creatures featured in the film. And now that i'm on the subject of the creatures I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that they were pretty neat looking for the period and budget range the movie was made in. And the action was pretty decent too, especially in the third act. I would only recommend this if you're a Roger Corman fan/completist, and are not in the company of children, easily offended woman, your parents, or anybody with taste.

bowmanblue Please, don't get me wrong. I knew when I watched a film made in 1980 called 'Humanoids From the Deep' that I wasn't expecting a major work of art with dynamic character arcs, unique plot points or even reasonable special effects. I was simply hoping for a 'so-bad-it's-good' film. I got half of what I was looking for. It is bad. It's just not that good.I know it's a 'cult classic' therefore there are a lot of people out there who have found it both good and bad in equal doses, but I just wasn't one of them. When asked to sum up the plot, I simply say: refer to the title. It basically tells you everything you need to know. Monsters from underwater kill people. Oh, maybe I should say that they mainly kill MEN. Women, who seem to spend much of their time running around in bikinis, get other treatment – treatment that makes death look dignified in comparison.I've seen many cheap horror films, all of which used their lack of budget as a bonus. A horror film doesn't have to be expensive to be scary/good. This one didn't have much money for the monsters. And it showed. They're not really in it for much of the first half and, when they do turn up, they're not really worth the wait.The acting, despite having cult actor Doug McClure hamming it up, still isn't memorable enough to be that interesting. It was just all an exercise in tragic mediocrity. There are a thousand better monster films out there – a thousand that have better special effects, a thousand that have better acting and a thousand that are scarier. And, all of these are still cheesy so-bad-they're-good B-movies. It's not even worth comparing the likes of Humanoids From the Deep to Hollywood's 'big budget' horror films that are actually designed to be good, rather than bad-good.If you really like cheesy eighties monster movies then you might like this. I normally do, I just couldn't get my mind to sink low enough on this occasion to appreciate it. However, I am still tempted to watch the nineties remake! I guess I get what I deserve!