Deep Star Six


"Well, at least Snyder will get his name in the Guinness book of records. I mean, causing two nuclear explosions in one afternoon has to be some sort of record."    - Richardson


release year: 1989
genre: underwater monster
viewing setting: home DVD 11/30/20 and 9/3/14 and home VHS 10/16/98

synopsis: An underwater drilling station opens a deep underwater cave, releasing a nasty monster that begins killing everyone.

impressions: This was basic entertaining sci-fi/horror stuff. It's been done better, but the underwater aspect was neat. Complaint: from the initial signs, I'd thought the monster to be much larger than it actually turned out to be. It's also hard to tell sometimes what's going on (the monster gets inside the base, appears to be trapped in a room, and then they're not sure if it's in there?) Oh well, logic isn't always a feature of movies like this.

acting: Greg Evigan is the main hero, a submarine pilot. Nancy Everhard is his girlfriend who's also some kind of underwater miner. Nia Peeples is a scientist lady who walks around in a tank top with no bra. Miguel Ferrer did a great job of playing a complete fuck-up, a guy who made multiple critical mistakes that caused people to get killed. Matt McCoy is the funny sub polot (or maybe engineer?) Marius Weyers is the head scientist who's utterly unconcerned about safety.

final word: Entertaining and fundamentally watchable, one of the better of the rash of late-1980s sea monster movies.

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