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Epicurus.com - Humanoids From Deep
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List Price: $9.98
Our Price: $75.00
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: New Concorde
Starring: Doug McClure, Ann Turkel, Vic Morrow, Cindy Weintraub, Anthony Pena
Directed By: Barbara Peters (II), Jimmy T. Murakami
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Average Customer Rating:   
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304238141
Format: Color
ISBN: 6304238142
Label: New Concorde
Manufacturer: New Concorde
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Concorde
Release Date: 2001-08-28
Running Time: 80
Studio: New Concorde
Theatrical Release Date: 1980
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Editorial Reviews:
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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 Wright
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: A tasty dollop of campy horror
Comment: Oh, this was a funny time. Movies usually seen only on the nascent HBO. This film harkens back to the late 50s/early 60s b/w Corman classics, with what Frank Zappa aptly called "Cheepnis". My favorite momment was when one of the beasts encounters a bikini-clad gal on the beach, apparently he needed to pull her top off in order to get his amphibious rocks off. And he didn't even call her later.
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Summary: Wait, this looks familiar...
Comment: Humanoids from the Deep (Barbara Peters, 1980)
Perhaps the worst insult I can pay a film, from my own experience, is my not remembering I'd seen it before until I'm at least halfway through the movie. It's usually the oddest things that make me remember I've seen a film before. In this case, it was Anothony Pena's entirely innocuous "I've caught a bunch of steelhead I need help eating, wanna come?" line. From there, the deja vu came thick and fast. When the dock collapsed, I knew I'd seen it before and forgotten it entirely. How did I forget it? Easy-- it's completely forgettable.
The story: Noyo, California, lives and dies by its salmon industry. In order to revitalize the town, CanCo, who are planning in opening a cannery in town, have hired a doctor, Susan Drake (Ann Turkel, perhaps better known for being Richard Harris' ex-wife than for any of her film work) to work on a growth hormone to help the salmon reproduce and reach maturity faster. Well, you know the rest, it's standard ecohorror fare, with a Corman twist: the sea monsters feel driven to mate with humans, allowing for much gratuitous nudity in the great Roger Corman tradition. (Peters, who never directed another feature film after this, reportedly refused to shoot the nude scenes, so Corman brought in another director-- Jimmy Murakami, who would later go on to well-deserved fame as the co-director, with Melinda Gebbie, of Where the Wind Blows.)
Unfortunately, the nudity is pretty much the only reason to watch this. The script, basically a one-off collaboration by folks who never did much in Hollywood, is predictable and silly, while the cast is made up of B-grade actors (Turkel shares top billing with second-feature stalwarts Doug McClure and Vic Morrow) delivering even less than their usual verve. Peters' direction shows that she grew up at Corman's foot (her entire feature film career consisted of work in the Corman stable), never rising above the level of cheap exploitation fare. The special effects are about as special as my education. In short, why bother? *
Customer Rating:
Summary: Water monsters horror!
Comment: Saw this movie back in the 80's on cable. I don't know want's more great about the film, the gore, or the nudity. I have to say this is Roger Corman's best film ever. Worth to pick-up!
Customer Rating:
Summary: i agree
Comment: i like this movie too but i'm not going to pay $45 for a used movie or pay $72.99 to as much as $169.99 for a new one those people are crazy with those prices i mean who's going to pay that much for a 80 min movie ? not me
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Summary: A TRUE GORE MASTERPIECE, FROM THE AGE OF GORE (1978-1983)
Comment: Humanoids From The Deep was released during the age of gore (1978-1983) in 1980. Incredible film transfer picture is sharp and crisp, audio is loud and clear. An interview with Roger Corman done by Leonard Maltin is really a nice feature on this dvd release. There are also a few other trailers from other Roger Corman movies on this dvd, along with talent bios. Roger Corman really struck a cord with gore fans with Humanoids. Humanoids is 80 minutes just like the old 1950s sci-fi movies. Barbara Peters does an excellent job directing this movie. Vic Morrow plays Hank Slattery so well that I could really believe this hank charachter existed. Doug Mcclure plays the calm and steady Jim Hill. Ann Turkell a believable scientist. All the other lesser known actors really fused the script and the story of Humanoids really well. A young Rob Bottin does an awesome job in the special effects of the mutated Humanoids, Rob Bottins effects work was done for the production of Humanoids in 1979, way before computer animation. I think the effects were quite believable even then in 1980 and even today. The Humanoids are a really believable monster, long teeth, long sharp claws. I could have done without their screeching and wailing but I think it fit the Humanoids perfect. Excellently written story by Frank Arnold and Martin B.Cohen. The ending to Humanoids was shocking for its time, but really quite common as with gore movies at this time (1978-1983). Directors and writers of this film genre were always trying to shock film audiences with gory effects during this time in the film industry. Keep in mind Humanoids came out during the age of gore but also before the MPAA got involved in controlling content in motion pictures. Horror gore movies like Humanoids From The Deep got away with alot of really gory effects. This movie should, I hope will keep your interest, the thing I like about Humanoids is the black humor, black humor aside, viewing the end of Humanoids from the deep will leave you thinking "what if this really happened?". If you have 80 minutes to spare on something wild watch Humanoids From The Deep there is lots of gore and an awesome classical soundtrack by a young James Horner, great Rob Bottin monster effects, political issues about over land development, and by the way a few georgeous ladies to ad to this shlock fest.
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