“From the Ocean Depths They Strike...To Terrorize...To Mate...And To Kill!”
After a new cannery introduces scientifically augmented salmon to a seaside town in the Pacific Northwest, a species of mysterious, mutated sea creatures begin killing the men and raping the women.
Doug McClure
Jim Hill
Ann Turkel
Dr. Susan Drake
Vic Morrow
Hank Slattery
Cindy Weintraub
Carol Hill
Anthony Pena
Johnny Eagle
Denise Galik
Linda Beale
Lynn Theel
Peggy Larson
Meegan King
Jerry Potter
Breck Costin
Tommy Hill
Hoke Howell
Deke Jensen
Humanoids from the Deep is a horror, science fiction film released in 1980 exploring themes of pollution, rape, mutation, boat, mass murder, exploitation. Directed by Barbara Peeters, it stars Doug McClure, Ann Turkel, Vic Morrow. After a new cannery introduces scientifically augmented salmon to a seaside town in the Pacific Northwest, a species of mysterious, mutated sea creatures begin killing the men and raping the women.
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