Plankton (1994)

Five teenagers embark on a boating trip off the coast of Florida. The teens get hopelessly lost at sea after they get caught in a fierce storm. Fortunately, the quintet stumble across an ... See full summary »

Director:

Massimiliano Cerchi

Writers:

Richard Baumann (screenplay), Richard Baumann (story)

Stars:

Clay Rogers, Michael Bon, Sharon Twomey

Cast

Cast overview:
Clay Rogers	...	Mike
Michael Bon	...	Bobby
Sharon Twomey	...	Margareth
Laura di Palma	...	Dorothy (as Loren DePalm)
Ann Wolf	...	Julie

Storyline

Five teenagers embark on a boating trip off the coast of Florida. The teens get hopelessly lost at sea after they get caught in a fierce storm. Fortunately, the quintet stumble across an abandoned yacht in the middle of the ocean with a mysterious biology lab on board it. Unfortunately, there are also ferocious mutated prehistoric fish running amok on the yacht. Will any of the teens survive this harrowing ordeal?

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Plot Keywords:

yacht | product placement | laboratory | creature feature | rain | 

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Taglines:

Carnivorous fish that live out of water? Now we know why this ship has no crew!

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Genres:

Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, violence and some nudity

Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

8 January 2000 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Creatures from the Abyss

Filming Locations:

Miami, Florida, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$250,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Production Film 82

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

Not a 'The Thing' Rip off! An Evil Dead rip off :)

This film has so much in common with things happening in the evil dead, but it's got flying killer fish and a strange boat. This was made in the nineties? No way! Looks like it was made in the early eighties. Now I won't trash this movie to much,(there's enough trash in it already) it's strange, oversexed sick and has some terrible effects (although that may be a work print that I saw, even though it was translated to English). I bought this as a rather dodgily titled 'Piranha 4' Video CD when I was in Malta (where I also managed to catch a documentary on Italian horror movies on the TV, what luck!) I paid my £5 pounds and couldn't wait to get back to England to see it. I stuck it in and got drunk on vodka, I'm not sure if that effected my enjoyment of the film, but it was GREAT! Not in a classic movie way or in an Evil Dead way, but in the way it was just so wacky sick and crazy that you just keep watching! Don't expect anything more than trash and you will be in for a good time, just best watched when drunk I think :) Oh yes and look out for some great fake explosions.