Review: Humanoids from the Deep (1980)

• AKA “Monster”
• Directed by Barbara Peeters, Jimmy T. Murakami
• Written by Frank Arnold, Martin B. Cohen, William Martin
• Stars Doug McClure, Ann Turkel, Vic Morrow
• Run Time: 1 Hour, 20 Minutes
• Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enKt54W9P7I

Spoiler-Free Judgment Zone

This is a decent monster movie with a high body count, abundant gore, quite a bit of nudity, and a surprising number of explosions and fires. It’s nothing serious, but it makes for an entertaining movie overall that holds up pretty well.

Synopsis

We open on a shot of underwater plants as the credits roll.

Jim and Tommy Hill drive up to the dock and talk to the fishermen there. They all whine about the fishery that might open next year.

Later, a couple of the fishermen get something big, but their winch runs out of gas. We see the claw of the monster in the net, but they can’t get it up. Through a comedy of misadventures, the boat explodes in a rather excessive way. Jim and Tommy watch from a distance through binoculars.

The sheriff talks to Jim. He thinks the explosion may have been foul play. The monster outside…