FilmRMonster & Creature Survival Sci-Fi Horror

Up from the Depths1979

Name: Up from the Depths
Genre: Monster & Creature, Survival, Sci-Fi Horror
Released: 1979-06-01
Rating: 4.3

“Your vacation is about to end!!!”

Directed by Charles B. Griffith

4.3

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IMDb 3.3TMDB 3.8

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Year

1979

Runtime

85 min

The premise

The staff and vacationers at a first-class resort on the island of Maui are beginning to mysteriously disappear. A biologist believes that an underwater earthquake has caused a giant and very hungry dormant prehistoric fish to be released from its slumber. The fish voraciously helps itself to a tourist buffet. Now it is open season for the local fishermen to find and kill the creature.

Horror Vault's take

Paradise turns deadly when guests and staff at a Maui resort begin vanishing beneath the waves. A biologist suspects a prehistoric aquatic predator, awakened by seismic activity on the ocean floor, is responsible for the gruesome disappearances. With the body count rising and the creature growing bolder, locals and tourists alike must band together to hunt down the ancient horror before no one is left standing. This late-70s creature feature leans into its B-movie charm with sun-drenched thrills and a monster with an insatiable appetite.

Content: Shark And Creature Attack Violence, Bloody Injury Depictions