DeepStar Six (1989)
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Friday the 13th director Sean S. Cunningham helmed this sea-monster opus about a team of engineers on an undersea missile platform who disturb the slumber of a huge, killer crustacean, which soon develops a taste for human-flavored snacks. The rubbery-looking beastie is quite a laugh, but there are… More Friday the 13th director Sean S. Cunningham helmed this sea-monster opus about a team of engineers on an undersea missile platform who disturb the slumber of a huge, killer crustacean, which soon develops a taste for human-flavored snacks. The rubbery-looking beastie is quite a laugh, but there are some genuine freak-outs as it chomps away at the crew -- that is, while they're not reducing their own numbers through sheer incompetence. In the end, it's B.J. & the Bear's Greg Evigan (alas, minus chimp) who saves the day. One of a dozen-or-so subaqueous Alien clones (half of which were produced by Roger Corman) designed to trade on the building hype of James Cameron's long-awaited The Abyss, this soggy little picture managed to reach theaters first. Not that it's the least impressive of the lot -- actually, it succeeds on its own terms as a thoroughly intense and fast-paced "B"-monster flick, aided by good performances (Evigan is a likable, sensitive hero, and Miguel Ferrer quaffs the scenery as a high-strung jerk). At least it's better than Leviathan, which tells essentially the same story but wastes considerably more money. ~ Cavett Binion, Rovi
- Directed By
- Sean S. Cunningham
- Written By
- Lewis Abernathy
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy
- In Theaters
- Dec 31, 1989 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Brian Mckay, eFilmCritic.com
A completely intolerable rip-off of THE ABYSS and about ten other movies.
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Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
It's better than Sphere ... at 1/10th the price!
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Cast
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Taurean Blacque
as Laidlaw
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Nancy Everhard
as Joyce Collins
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Greg Evigan
as McBride
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Miguel Ferrer
as Snyder
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Nia Peeples
as Scarpelli
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Cindy Pickett
as Diane Norris
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Matt McCoy
as Richardson
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Marius Weyers
as Van Gelder
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Elya Baskin
as Burciaga
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Thom Bray
as Hodges
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Ronn Carroll
as Osborne