We need this one re-released
Added 8/6/2009
We need a new DVD re-release of this amazing movie. I would also like to see a sequel. Anyhow Humanoids From The Deep is a classic, great horror film with a very unique and well done story. The creatures look awesome, the violence is done very well, the atmosphere and monster scenes are done brilliantly with the fog and lighting. I couldn't ask for more when looking for a truly excellent horror film. Don't go in the water and even if you don't they will still get you.
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If creatures are your thing, worth checking out
Added 2/16/2009
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 ensues 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.
Humanoids From the Deep is good clean fun and I highly recommend it to fans of campy horror and sci-fi movies with good old fashioned effects.
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Humanoids from the Deep Review from The Massie Twins
Added 11/1/2008
Noticeably taking several cues from big budget horror films, Humanoids from the Deep still manages to create an enjoyable atmosphere and a few unique thrills to retain an air of originality. Combining an infinitely absurd plot with serious actors, decent gore effects, gratuitous nudity, and a pervasive foreboding score from James Horner culminates in a low budget horror flick that nearly breaks free of such impediments to offer plenty of scares and laughs, mostly in that order.
In this Roger Corman produced monster movie, a small coastal village finds themselves facing a deadly invasion when DNA testing on local sea life causes mutated amphibious monstrosities to rise from the waters and begin preying on the villagers - and attempting to mate with human women.
With their large, exposed brains and slimy green bodies, the designs for the "Humanoids" look like a cross between Swamp Thing and the extraterrestrials from This Island Earth. Knowing the limitations of their budget and creature effects, the filmmakers wisely chose to keep the beasts shrouded in darkness, and until about halfway through we never see the entire mutant. As legendary B-movie producer Roger Corman himself stated, the true monster will likely never live up to what the audience creates in their own minds, and here such words of wisdom certainly apply as the Humanoids' shambling long-armed awkwardness and fishy faces lessens the horror and amplifies the silliness. But in the end this is a B-movie, so the "people in rubber suits" creatures are expected and the amount of destruction and mayhem they cause is actually rather impressive.
In an interview with film historian Leonard Maltin, Corman admitted that he felt a sense of humor is very important in horror films - especially if you don't want audiences laughing in the wrong places. One of the major shortcomings with Humanoids from the Deep is that there are no obvious moments of humor - the laughs arise from cliché character stupidities and overly witless dialogue. In fact, most often the funniest moments are meant to be the scariest. This makes Humanoids from the Deep an effective schlock horror film, but by no means demonstrates the level of purposeful humor that Corman insists he instilled.
As a throwback to the science-fiction monster movies of the 50's, Humanoids does offer bloodthirsty fans the opportunity to enjoy the entertaining cheesiness with an added dose of violence, gore and nudity. Many scenes of nubile young vixens getting their clothes torn off appear to be added just for the sake of more nakedness, which of course is a greatly appreciated fundamental aspect of B-movie bliss.
- The Massie Twins
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Fishmen want human women with big boobs
Added 10/8/2008
Barbara Peeters classic 80's HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP is a real hoot from start to finish. A classic "B" movie with stalwarts like Doug McClure, Vic Morrow and Ann Turkel. Attempts to increase salmon production at a fishing town in the Pacific northwest has terrible results when the experimental fish escape to the open seas and are consumed by another fish -- which causes it to mutate and take on it's principal competitor: humans. It also drives it to mate with human females (well endowed human females I might add). The ending blatantly rips off ALIEN. The Noyo Festival featured a famous Monterey area Dixieland band, Jake Stock and the Abalone Stompers.
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A Little Something For Everyone
Added 10/6/2008
I'm conflicted. I, like many taxpayers, am insensed by the recent Federal bail out of Wall Street investment firms that were "too big to fail." But, I think GMO's are awesome and am sympathetic to the corporation's work to build a better salmon.
Ultimately, relentless pursuit of the bottom line (and not genetic engineering itself) ruined a good thing when Canco's operations produced a race of amorous and bloodthirsty fish-men. It just goes to show you can't trust Corporate America do do the right thing. If there had only been enough USDA and Fish and Wildlife Administration oversight, the bloodbath at Noyo, CA never would have happened and there would never have been Humanoids from the Deep.
Alas, hindsight is 20/20 (as Secretary Paulson has himself admitted). In Humanoids from the Deep, we get a nice slice of sleazy schlock that conveniently doubles as a cautionary warning against free market laissez-faire mentality.
Humanoids from the Deep is also a stirring tale of the struggle for racial parity in an industry dealing with potential loss of autonomy as the capitalist robber-barons jockey for control of the local work force.
It is also a fear-mongering instrument of the Religious Right to shore up conservative family values by proving that pre-marital sex is a gateway drug to unnatural and destructive inter-species mating.
There's really something here for everyone.
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We need this one re-released
Added 8/6/2009
We need a new DVD re-release of this amazing movie. I would also like to see a sequel. Anyhow Humanoids From The Deep is a classic, great horror film with a very unique and well done story. The creatures look awesome, the violence is done very well, the atmosphere and monster scenes are done brilliantly with the fog and lighting. I couldn't ask for more when looking for a truly excellent horror film. Don't go in the water and even if you don't they will still get you.
2 out of 2 people found this helpful.
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If creatures are your thing, worth checking out
Added 2/16/2009
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 ensues 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.
Humanoids From the Deep is good clean fun and I highly recommend it to fans of campy horror and sci-fi movies with good old fashioned effects.
2 out of 2 people found this helpful.
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Humanoids from the Deep Review from The Massie Twins
Added 11/1/2008
Noticeably taking several cues from big budget horror films, Humanoids from the Deep still manages to create an enjoyable atmosphere and a few unique thrills to retain an air of originality. Combining an infinitely absurd plot with serious actors, decent gore effects, gratuitous nudity, and a pervasive foreboding score from James Horner culminates in a low budget horror flick that nearly breaks free of such impediments to offer plenty of scares and laughs, mostly in that order.
In this Roger Corman produced monster movie, a small coastal village finds themselves facing a deadly invasion when DNA testing on local sea life causes mutated amphibious monstrosities to rise from the waters and begin preying on the villagers - and attempting to mate with human women.
With their large, exposed brains and slimy green bodies, the designs for the "Humanoids" look like a cross between Swamp Thing and the extraterrestrials from This Island Earth. Knowing the limitations of their budget and creature effects, the filmmakers wisely chose to keep the beasts shrouded in darkness, and until about halfway through we never see the entire mutant. As legendary B-movie producer Roger Corman himself stated, the true monster will likely never live up to what the audience creates in their own minds, and here such words of wisdom certainly apply as the Humanoids' shambling long-armed awkwardness and fishy faces lessens the horror and amplifies the silliness. But in the end this is a B-movie, so the "people in rubber suits" creatures are expected and the amount of destruction and mayhem they cause is actually rather impressive.
In an interview with film historian Leonard Maltin, Corman admitted that he felt a sense of humor is very important in horror films - especially if you don't want audiences laughing in the wrong places. One of the major shortcomings with Humanoids from the Deep is that there are no obvious moments of humor - the laughs arise from cliché character stupidities and overly witless dialogue. In fact, most often the funniest moments are meant to be the scariest. This makes Humanoids from the Deep an effective schlock horror film, but by no means demonstrates the level of purposeful humor that Corman insists he instilled.
As a throwback to the science-fiction monster movies of the 50's, Humanoids does offer bloodthirsty fans the opportunity to enjoy the entertaining cheesiness with an added dose of violence, gore and nudity. Many scenes of nubile young vixens getting their clothes torn off appear to be added just for the sake of more nakedness, which of course is a greatly appreciated fundamental aspect of B-movie bliss.
- The Massie Twins
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