DeepStar Six (1989)
DeepStar Six (aka Alien from the Deep) is an American science-fiction horror film from 1989 directed by Sean S. Cunningham known for Friday the 13th. Starring Greg Evigan, Taurean Blacque, Nancy Everhard, Cindy Pickett, Miguel Ferrer, Nia Peeples, and Matt McCoy.
Plot DeepStar Six
A group of U.S. Navy engineers, led by Capt. Laidlaw (Taurean Blacque), are building an underwater base at the bottom of the sea when they disturb the lair of a gigantic underwater creature.
The creature attacks, and the crew, try to evacuate, but the facility DeepStar Six is badly damaged. The crew also consists of lovers Collins (Nancy Everhard) and McBride (Greg Evigan), After the exterior is breached, the increasingly desperate people become separated from one another, and the creature begins to hunt them…
Notable scenes
The decompression scene with Miguel Ferrer..
Making of DeepStar Six
DeepStar Six was first released in January 1989 as the first of four underwater creature movies which included Leviathan (1989), The Abyss (1989), and Lords of the Deep (1989).
Writer Lewis Abernathy sold his script at the same time that friend James Cameron was working on his own “underwater monster saga”. Despite Cameron’s asking that he delay this movie to avoid competing with The Abyss (1989), Abernathy went ahead and was thereby deemed persona non grata with Cameron and associates until they patched together their friendship when Abernathy accompanied Cameron on the September 1995 filming of the wreck of the Titanic for Titanic (1997) (but not any actual dives to the wreck itself).
Kane Hodder, who plays Jason Vorhees in several Friday the 13th movies was the stunt coordinator for this film.
The creature was designed by Chris Walas known for Gremlins. Then the FX head Mark Shostrom took over.
Our view on DeepStar Six
Friday the 13th director Sean S. Cunningham is behind the first of several underwater themed movies released in 1989. He won the race from James Cameron who came later that year with the boxoffice obi enfilm the Abyss. The creature designed by Cris Walas is good and the decompression scene is unforgettable. Exploitflix recommended!
