Humanoids From the Deep
by Barbara Peters (II), Jimmy T. Murakami
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Actor: Ann Turkel, Anthony Pena, Cindy Weintraub, Doug McClure, Vic MorrowDirector: Barbara Peters (II), Jimmy T. Murakami
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: Academy Ratio, 1.33:1
Running Time: 82 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-06-15
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: New Concorde
Movie Reviews of Humanoids From the Deep
Movie Review: If creatures are your thing, worth checking out
Summary: 3 Stars
For being a B-movie nod to old monster movies of the past, Humanoids From the Deep has a little more to offer than one might initially expect. While acting from all participants is laughable and devoid of any skill whatsoever, admirers of creatures, eerie scenery, and well done gore effects will have a field day with this one.
As a small seaside town begins collapsing economically, a ray of hope shines through when a big corporate cannery comes to town bringing with it a plethora of jobs for the struggling local fisherman. Most of the fisherman welcome the cannery with open arms, but some (our protagonists) remain cautious of its promises of economic prosperity. The doubter's suspicions are intensified when the corporate big shots announce that their resident scientist has developed a steroid that boosts the growth of salmon to proportions previously unheard of. As you could guess this doesn't turn out very well, the steroid mutates the local salmon into humanoids from the deep! (If you don't know what a humanoid from the deep is, it looks like a green scaly human with a fish head.) Not only are these creatures vicious predators, but they are urging to spawn...With females of the human variety! Gratuitous gore and nudity ensue as our heroes race to stop the mnayhem at its source before the town is destroyed.
It's safe to say that Humanoids more or less pure camp, but in the end it's an enjoyable movie. Some scenes are genuinely creepy such as the shots of the picturesque beach with hordes of the humanoids peacefully basking, that is unless they notice any humans present, to which they quickly become frantic and violent. The humanoid creatures actually prove to be a bit frightening. They are vaguly human-like in form, yet it's clear that they have no real thought processes other than their deepy rooted animal instincts to feed and spawn. The gore and creature effects themselves look fantastic. What's better is that they are shown frequently, but not too the point where the fun and shock of seeing them wears thin.
Perhaps I'm reading a little too deeply into this for the type of movie it is, but I did find it to be good fun and I highly recommend it to fans of campy horror and sci-fi movies with good old fashioned effects.
Summary of Humanoids From the Deep
The peculiar genius of schlock-king Roger Corman is in full bloom with this extremely gory, pointedly offensive homage to 1950s monster movies (with a generous helping of Alien thrown in for good measure), in which a legion of mutated salmon-men terrorize a small town in their search for unwilling female companionship. (Potential viewers should be warned that this movie goes to great lengths to show what earlier films in this genre had only implied.) A guilty pleasure for exploitation fans with a strong stomach and a twisted sense of humor. For what it's worth, director Barbara Peters has claimed that additional shock scenes were inserted by producer Corman without her knowledge. The glop-intensive special effects were devised by Rob Bottin, who later went on to gross out the masses with his work on Seven, Robocop, and John Carpenter's graphic remake of The Thing. --Andrew WrightCult Movies DVD Video
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