Humanoids From The Deep aka Monster on Scary Movie Saturday!

Humanoids From The Deep (1980)

This week’s Scary Movie Saturday selection comes to us from the producorial hands of the King of the B’s himself – Roger Corman! We’re talking about the infamous JAWS ripoff – Humnanoids From The Deep or Monster as it is known in the UK. Did you know that Corman originally wanted Joe Dante to direct and Rob Bottin to do FX for Humanoids From The Deep?

As Dante was just coming off another JAWS ripoff – Piranha – he decided to pass. Dante went on to direct The Howling which led him to directing Gremlins for Stephen Spielberg and the rest is cinematic history. Meanwhile Humanoids From The Deep was handed off to female director Barbara Peters. Rob Bottin put in some of his earliest work and it is just as visceral and impressive as anything in his oeuvre.

Peters did a commendable job helming this fishy tale about Lovecraftian fish-men that emerge from the sea to mate with human women – but when Corman felt the final cut needed more nudity – Peters refused. Corman handed the task of re-shoots off to little known Jimmy Murakami who shot several more humanoid attacks on nubile young women. Peters has since disowned Humanoids From The Deep because of the reshoots. The movie fell into obscurity and was only available in complete form from Japan – until Shout Factory recently resurrected the title along with the rest of Corman’s catalog by releasing them on Blu Ray.

(Check out the movie after the leap!)

You can check out the UK cut of Humanoids From The Deep right here. If you dig the movie – go buy the blu ray and see all of the fishmen on women action that your greasy little mind wants. So what are you waiting for? It’s Saturday and you can watch a scary movie for free. Streaming. Online. It’s Humanoids From The Deep on Scary Movie Saturday!!!

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