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Humanoids from the Deep (1980)

Directed by Jimmy T. Murakami, Barbara Peeters

Horror

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Overview

After a new cannery introduces scientifically augmented salmon to a seaside town in the Pacific Northwest, a species of mysterious, mutated sea creatures begin killing the men and raping the women.

Rated R | Length 80 minutes

Actors

Doug McClure | Ann Turkel | Vic Morrow | Cindy Weintraub | Anthony Pena | Denise Galik | Lynn Theel | Meegan King | Breck Costin | Hoke Howell | Don Maxwell | David Strassman | Greg Travis | Linda Shayne | Lisa Glaser | Bruce Monette | Amy Barrett | Rob Bottin | Shawn Erler | Frank Arnold | Jo Williamson | Henry T. Williams | Lyle Isom | Jonathan Lehan | Kent Adamson | Steve Johnson | Larry Wessel

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

They’re not human. But they hunt human women. Not for killing. For mating.

When a movie’s tagline is as audacious as this, you know you’re in for something interesting.  Humanoids From The Deep is basically an amped up and exploitive version of The Creature From The Black Lagoon.  Mutant Salmon (yes, Salmon) rise from the water in a sleepy fishing town in order to mate and reproduce with the local nubile women.  That’s pretty much the plot. God bless you, Roger Corman for keeping things simple.  This movie, paired with the extremely interesting behind the scenes story of Roger Corman taking the movie and adding in 2nd unit exploitation footage of gore, nudity, and monster rape without the director’s (or main cast’s) knowledge, make this worth watching.  It’s also worth watching for the unusually fantastic score (for this type of schlock) by James Horner.

Humanoids From The Deep was never after any awards.  It’s not a necessarily good film by any means.  But, it’s an enjoyable B-movie romp with some decent gore effects and a fairly engaging story.  I love it for it’s audaciousness, stupidity, score and some mildly impressive practical effects.  Also, Shout Factory deserves a standing ovation for their treatment of this release on Blu Ray.  The transfer is impressive for this low budget flick and the behind the scenes documentary is extremely enlightening.  I’d also recommend watching the “Making Of” documentary since that story is also as engaging.  Roger Corman is candid about his decisions to splice in nudity and gore (surprise! it was to get more teenage boys into the theater), and the recounting of the movie premiere by the lead actors is priceless.

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