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Up from the Depths
1979 · 1h 25m · R
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What is it about? Up from the Depths
Your vacation is about to end!!!
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.
Genre: horror. Themes: hawaii, shark attack, tourist, shark, tourists in peril.
Cast and crew Up from the Depths
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Creators
- Directed byCharles B. Griffith
- ScreenplayAlfred M. Sweeney
- ScreenplayAnne Dyer
- MusicJames Horner
- CinematographyRicardo Remias
- EditingGervacio Santos
Full cast and crew17 cast members, 21 crew
Cast:
- Sam Bottoms · Greg Oliver
- Susanne Reed · Rachel McNamara
- Virgil Frye · Earl Sullivan
- Kedric Wolfe · Oscar Forbes
- Charles Howerton · David Whiting
- Denise Hayes · Iris Lee
- Chuck Doherty · Ed Bennett
- Helen McNeely · Louellen Bennett
- Ken Metcalfe · Holland
- Randy Taylor · Jimmy
- Dave D'Martyn · Tourist #1
- Clem Persons · Maintenance Man (as Clem Parsons)
- Peter Cooper · Nieberg
- Katherine Scholy · Darleen
- Ken Petruic · Harry
- Bobby Greenwood · Tourist #2
- R. Lee Ermey · Arnold (uncredited)
Crew:
- Charles B. Griffith · Director
- Alfred M. Sweeney · Screenplay
- Ricardo Remias · Director of Photography
- Cirio H. Santiago · Producer
- Peque Gallaga · Production Design
- Rolando S. Atienza · Executive Producer
- Gervacio Santos · Editor
- James Horner · Original Music Composer
- Anne Dyer · Writer
- Roger Corman · Producer
Trailer Up from the Depths
ENUp From The Depths (1979) - Official TrailerSeptember 6, 2016Movies like this Up from the Depths
Details Up from the Depths
- First theatrical release
- June 1, 1979
- Release in the US
- June 1, 1979
- Country
- United States
- Original language
- English
- Rating
- R
- Studio
- New World Pictures
Numbers and release
- From theaters to home (US)
- 11,554 days to DVD and Blu-ray
Frequently asked questions
How long is Up from the Depths?
1h 25m (85 minutes).
Who’s in Up from the Depths?
Sam Bottoms, Susanne Reed, Virgil Frye, Kedric Wolfe, Charles Howerton, Denise Hayes, Chuck Doherty, Helen McNeely, Ken Metcalfe, and Randy Taylor. Directed by Charles B. Griffith.
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