Humanoids from the Deep
| Humanoids from the Deep | |
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| Directed by |
Barbara Peeters Jimmy T. Murakami (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Martin B. Cohen Roger Corman (executive) |
| Screenplay by | Frederick James |
| Story by | Frank Arnold Martin B. Cohen |
| Starring |
Doug McClure Ann Turkel Vic Morrow Lynn Schiller |
| Music by | James Horner |
| Cinematography | Daniel Lacambre |
| Edited by | Mark Goldblatt |
| Distributed by | New World Pictures |
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80 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.5 million |
Humanoids from the Deep (released as Monster in Europe and Japan) is a 1980 American science fiction monster movie starring Doug McClure, Ann Turkel and Vic Morrow. Roger Corman served as the film's uncredited executive producer, and his company, New World Pictures, distributed it. Humanoids from the Deep was directed by Barbara Peeters and an uncredited Jimmy T. Murakami, with a musical score composed by James Horner.
Anglers from the fishing village of Noyo, California catch what appears to be a monster. The young son of one of the anglers falls into the water and something unseen drags him under the surface. Another angler prepares a flare gun but he slips and accidentally fires it into the deck, which is soaked with gasoline dropped earlier by the boy. The vessel bursts into flames and explodes; everybody aboard is killed. Jim Hill (McClure) and his wife Carol witness the explosion. Later, Jim and Carol's dog goes missing and the pair finds its dismembered corpse on the nearby beach.
The following day, teenagers Jerry Potter (Meegan King) and Peggy Larson (Lynn Schiller) go for a swim at the beach. Jerry is abruptly pulled under the water. Peggy believes it is a prank until she discovers his mutilated corpse. Peggy screams and tries to reach the beach but a monstrous figure attacks her and drags onto the sand. The humanoid creature tears off her swimsuit and rapes her.
That night, two more teenagers are camping on the same beach. Billy (David Strassman) is about to have sex with his girlfriend, Becky (Lisa Glaser) when another humanoid monster claws its way inside, kills him and chases Becky onto the beach. She outruns her assailant but then runs into the arms of yet another monster, which throws her to the sand and rapes her. More attacks follow; not all of them successful, but few witnesses survive to tell the public about the incidents; only Peggy is found alive, though severely traumatized. Jim's brother is also attacked, prompting Jim to take a personal interest in the matter.
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