Underwater Horror, and I’m Not Talking Fish Tanks Pt. 2
Posted by on 31st December 2009
The underwater horror genre is often one of the most terrifying because the situations and terror often come from being trapped in a small confined space underwater as well as the fear of being cast out into the dark, forbidding depths. Man has always been fearful of the water due to our inability to survive for long in it and our incapacity to breath on our own underwater. There will always be something mysterious and frightening about the dark, menacing depths of the ocean and the strange untouched and never before seen terrors that lurk in the darkness. Here is a list of movies that deal with the horror of the underwater and may just make you think twice about that scuba diving trip or fish tank purchase.
DeepStar Six
Similar to the plot of “The Abyss” and released in the same year, “DeepStar Six” is about a group the struggles for an underwater military outpost to survive after being attacked by a mysterious being. Directed by Friday the 13th director Sean S. Cunningham, “DeepStarSix” didn’t have the budget to create anything as big and exciting as “The Abyss” but the film succeeds on its own terms as a fun little b-horror monster flick for those who aren’t a fan of Cameron’s cinematic excess. The rubbery looking killer crustacean monster isn’t very well done, but it makes quiet a bloody entertaining mess as it chomps on the crew.
The Evil Below
Yet another underwater themed horror picture from 1989, this obscure little film has a few horror elements but is largely an adventure film about a sea captain looking for treasure in a wrecked Spanish boat that is rumored to be cursed by ghosts and monsters. You really don’t see anything horrible besides a small death and a little blood caused by a mysterious something but then throughout the film you never heard about the supernatural killing ever again. If you like to look at decent shots of underwater life I guess you can check this bad movies out, otherwise just watch National Geographic.
Below
Mixing the war, underwater horror and supernatural thriller genres together and you get “Below,” an often overlooked film by David Twohy and co-written by Darren Aronofsky. A British hospital ship sunk by Nazis is known to be haunted so it is obviously investigated and when a souvenir from the ship is brought on board another ship, supernatural and eerie events start to happen, including deaths and murders. Twohy would go on to direct the great Chronicles of Riddick films “Pitch Black” and “Chronicles of Riddick.” His most recent film is “A Perfect Getaway” starring Milla Jovovich and Timothy Olyphant as an American couple lost on a remote beach in Hawaii.
Alan McGee is a freelance writer from MN. Article Source:http://www.articlesbase.com/movies-articles/underwater-horror-and-im-not-talking-fish-tanks-pt-2-1645590.html