Directed by:
Mary Ann FisherCinematography:
Austin McKinneyComposer:
Jim BerenholtzCast:
Bradford Dillman, Priscilla Barnes, Daryl Haney, Eb Lottimer, Roger Corman, Richard Young, Stephen Davies, John LafayettePlots(1)
Man has finally conquered the ocean. America's first self-contained undersea laboratory is the pride of the nation, and expectations are high for an elaborate undersea mining operation. What wasn't expected was the inhabitants of an undiscovered world. (official distributor synopsis)
Reviews (1)
Lords of the Deep is a low-budget clone of Cameron's The Abyss which was produced in the same year. Producer Roger Corman (it is not a coincidence that he was cast in a supporting role as a corporate villain) wanted to make money on the wave of the popularity of underwater thrillers and had this movie made, whose plot happens to be very similar to Cameron's blockbuster, which hit the screens only two months later. The alien race is represented by cute stingray-like creatures, but the design of the creatures, along with the movie’s environmentalist message, is probably the only thing this leech of a movie can be praised for. It's otherwise a movie that acts like a sleeping pill.
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