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Humanoids from the Deep
Why this pick
Its small coastal town, practical creature effects, and escalating attacks carry the same enjoyably rough-edged late-1970s monster-movie energy.
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MOVIE1977 1h 25m USA
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The Monster that Challenged the World
Why this pick
A comparable science-fiction-horror investigation unleashes an ancient aquatic menace, with military procedure and creature suspense rather than polished spectacle.
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The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Why this pick
This foundational giant-monster tale shares the appeal of a prehistoric beast awakened by a falling object and gradually revealed through anxious witnesses.
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Piranha
Why this pick
For the same period-specific, knowingly pulpy waterborne-horror fun: a local threat turns recreational waterways into a fast-moving, low-budget panic.
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Tentacles
Why this pick
Another 1977 aquatic-creature shocker with a familiar community under siege, broad disaster-movie plotting, and the charm of oversized practical-monster thrills.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In Crater Lake, Northern California, Dr. Richard Calkins is informed by his colleague Dan Turner that he and his girlfriend Susan Patterson have made an incredible discovery in a nearby cave system. The three head down and discover a system of cave drawings, including what appears to be a depiction of people fighting off a Plesiosaurus, thus providing evidence that dinosaurs existed at the same time as humans did. However, a flaming meteorite crashes into the lake just overhead, resulting in a cave-in that destroys the cave system and the drawings, while the three scientists are barely able to escape alive. The local sheriff, Steve Hanson, sees the meteorite crash and radios in the incident before continuing on his patrol.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Mark Siegel
Mitch Kowalski
Richard Garrison
Dan Turner