Humanoids from the Deep (1996) (TV)

User Rating:

3.6/10   

Director:

Jeff Yonis

Writers:

Martin B. Cohen (short story)
Jeff Yonis (writer)

Release Date:

14 September 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Your Deepest Fears Will Surface

Plot:

While a town is in a state of alert, the monster of the sea keeps mutating the townspeople at an alarming rate...

Plot Keywords:

Mutant | Humanoid | Mutation | Burning | Fishing Village

Cast

Emma Samms	...	Dr. Drake
Robert Carradine	...	Wade Parker
Justin Walker	...	Matt
Mark Rolston	...	Bill Taylor
Danielle Weeks	...	Kim Parker
Clint Howard	...	Deputy
Kaz Garas	...	Sheriff Barnes
Warren Burton	...	Major Knapp
Bert Remsen	...	Duffy the Coroner
Barry Nolan	...	Male Reporter #1
Barbara Niven	...	Fran Taylor
Season Hubley	...	Timmys Mother
Greg Travis	...	Porter
Walton Goggins	...	Rod (as Walt Goggins)
Pancho Demmings	...	Activist #1

Also Known As:

Roger Corman Presents 'Humanoids from the Deep'

MPAA:

Rated R for violence/gore, nudity and language.

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | France:-16 | USA:R

Company:

Concorde-New Horizons

Movie Connections:

Edited from Humanoids from the Deep (1980)

Despicable fish sticks!

Why anyone would want to remake a gory and filthy exploitation gem from the early 80's is a mystery to me. The original Humanoids was a nice viewing and a good change to observe, but it hasn't really got the potential to be re-told in a 90's sort of atmosphere. Yet, they did and I don't really have a problem with that…but it really drives me mad that the local shop sold me a copy of this ‘straight to video' version instead of the original! Damn, the DVD has the same cover and credits-list as the original but the DVD itself is the remake starring Carradine! Pay attention to this if you'd ever plan to buy it. The less interesting remake could be disguised as the original gore stuff! That said, I have to admit that even this version is more or less satisfying and certainly worth sitting through. Same story is told, only less explicit and more mainstream…Meaning that the violence and nudity is severely cut. An aspect that'll most likely lower the interest of fans of the original. Still, there are more than enough bloody and nasty sequences to sicken the inexperienced horror population. A guy's head is blown off, for example, and there's a woman giving birth to an ugly fish creature on a filthy bar-table. The costumes of the fish-people on the other hand are laughable and idiotic looking. They could have paid a little more attention to that, because it sorts of ruins the whole idea of the `horrible' mutations that they are supposed to be. The acting is overall decent and some familiar faces are included in the cast. Robert Carradine is a very decent B-actor who still is overlooked often…. The same could be said about Mark Rolston, by the way. Danielle Weeks just looks adorable while she's on-screen and Clint Howard walks around in this movie for no particular reason…as he does in most of the films he stars in. In general…you'll be better off when watching the original this thing is based on, but it's not an entire waste of time. Humanoids is easy to watch and overall entertaining with some good gory stuff and funny sequences. If you've seen the original, you'll also have quite some fun with discovering the references and the spoofs towards it.