Official Score = 3 Devils[/caption]You know, I used to believe that the last great decade for horror was in the 1980s... Alas I am wrong... But there sure are some good ones though!
The truth is, is that rather or not you find the 1980s to be the last great decade for horror or not, the truth is, is there is a lot of great movies that came out then, some had great A-list (or eventual A-list talent,) some had some truly awesome B acting talent, that made whatever low budget shlock fest a totally awesome good time!
Most of these movies generally did not tend to have what the mainstream might call a, 'great' story line... but in truth, that is subjective... And let's be honest here fright fans, most of the greatest horror movies to have ever come out have had bad story lines...
Some of these horror movies have great special effects (as is the case with the later Halloween movies,) but then again some of the most kick-ass B movies around turned out to be pretty awesome, in no small part to the bad special effects!
Now you might be wondering why I am mentioning this... Well I just told you about both mainstream horror, and, 'B' horror... And the latest horror movie that I am reviewing, Humanoids From The Deep (1980) happens to be a pretty awesome b horror movie!
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This.... I have to say is a pretty fun movie![/caption]Written by: William Martin (The American Experience) & Directed by: Barbara Peeters (Starhops) & Jimmy T. Murakami (Battle Beyond The Stars). Starring: Doug McClure (Twilight Zone: Mr. Denton On Doomsday), Ann Turkel (The Fear), Vic Morrow (The Glass House) & Anthony Pena (The Running Man).
This awesome exploitation flick, which was also called, 'Monster' told the story of how in the town of, 'Noyo' something terribly wrong is about to happen!
You see, Noyo up till recently had actually been a sort of a small fishing village that thrived on a dying industry, but when a big canning company decides they want to set up shop in town, things start looking up for the small town... That is until strange things started to occur... That being the fact that people have started going missing!
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This girl just isn't happy with her date...[/caption]And it all really comes to a head when while fighting a fire that had been caused by a, 'hate crime', 'Johnny Eagle' (Anthony Pena) has come to discover something hideous having come up from the depths of the sea... And not only is this going to change the town, but the canning company that seems to be involved in this, and the women that these monsters seem to be seeking out to mate with!
It will be up to Johnny, Dr. Susan Drake (Ann Turkel) & Jim Hill (Doug McClure) to try and stop these monsters before they not only destroy the town, but so that they can protect the citizens of the small fishing village of, 'Noyo' that the monsters want most!
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Johnny, Jim & Dr. Drake as they try to stop this menace![/caption]Now I have told you the good stuff about this movie, here is the not so good part about this movie... In this movie I found there was just to much down time... I mean if they had gotten things going a little earlier, or slightly reduced the movies time, this movie would have been almost top of it's game!
The truth is though, is the movie is pretty freaking awesome anyway, and if you check it out, you might find the same thing as well...
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Al Denton (Dan Duryea) A former gunfighter that has become the town drunk and screw up... He is being harassed by, 'Dan Hotaling' (Martin Laundau)![/caption]
The shot that will start to change Al Denton's life![/caption]