This film has a very special spot for me because some of its imagery had stuck with well into adulthood and years later when I couldn't even remember very much of it I was reintroduced to it through the glorious tool that is the internet. With a few keywords,keystrokes and a search I was reunited with its title. Its a title that I think could've benefited from a decent transfer as it is not on part with say Leviathan(another masterpiece of aquatic horror) The film,directed by Sean S. Cunningham of Friday the 13th directorial fame opens with a team of scientists and crew drilling the seabed floor to lay underwater missile silos,but as luck(or Sh*t luck) the seabed gives way into an underwater cavern that might house an untouched ecosystem of new aquatic friends. This is the setup for what becomes a rather interesting film that's helped alone by some good cast(Miguel Ferrer,wonderful as always) and some decent creatures effects. Its not as strong as Leviathan,but it still holds up as a rather good horror film with some pretty tense moments as the creature gets loose inside the base. With Cunningham eying another reboot film of Friday The 13th I think he really should revisit this under appreciated gem for modern audiences. It seems far too often we are not given enough horror movies that involve the ocean and when we do get them its either a shark or some fish. This film can be purchased real cheap for a digital copy from apple store which is where I managed to get a copy. I at the time of writing this own both a physical copy, and a digital copy to carry with me for viewing wherever I'm at.

I remembered watching DeepStar Six on TV as a kid, about the same time I first watched "The Abyss." While this movie is not as suspenseful, dramatic and adventurous as "The Abyss," I still found it to be quite entertaining and fun.The film starts off with a crew in a sub doing some sort of experiment on an underwater nuclear base. However, their presence then disturbs an unidentified giant sea creature, which I thought resembled a large lobster. The creatures attacks the sub and crew and then the rest of the movie is basically a struggle for survival with some intense monster action.The movie is sort of predictable and the cast of characters weren't as memorable as I recalled, but it has a quick-paced plot with good special effects and intense monster action one might find enjoyable.Grade B-

It says a lot about the lack of imagination that when one studio comes up with an idea for a production other studios feel the need to join . If you have a film about a volcano for example there will be another film about a volcano . In 1989 Hollywood studios went one better and brought out three films with an identical premise of a deep sea research station making alien contact: LEVIATHAN , THE ABYSS and DEEPSTAR SIX . None of them did very well at the box office which says one thing - if you're going to play follow my leader at least follow a winner Having a film featuring aliens in inner space is no different from having a film featuring aliens in outer space so right away you're think of pulp B movie and unlike THE ABYSS this movie does try and stay true to its B movie roots , even the title DEEPSTAR SIX offers up connotations of sci-fi B movie horror It's strange watching how the storyline is structured . It's a very mechanical three act play but for some bizarre reason a film featuring the ocean as the backdrop lacks a hook . No not a fishing hook stupid a dramatic hook to pull the audience in . The first 30 minutes is composed of a group of marine biologists talking techno-babble as inCharacter A : Technical words , technical words ,technical words Character B : More technical words , technical words Character C : Even more technical words , technical words You can see what the director and screenwriter are trying to do , they're trying to convince the audience that these characters are scientists who exist in the real world and they succeed to a large degree but you're senseless and find yourself uncaring towards the characters . When a hot latina chick does a workout and gets all sweaty you may enjoy this scene then start fearing it might be the best scene in the movie After the first act the second becomes a disaster type movie where the research station will set off its nuclear reactor in the type of plot you've a million times and you're left wondering if DEEPSTAR SIX is a marketing scam not featuring a monster at all . Thankfully we do eventually get a big mouthed monster who chews up the cast but this doesn't happen until the one hour mark By no means a terrible film DEEPSTAR SIX will be a disappointment for those people watching it expecting to see brainless thrills and spills . As I said it feels like three films stuck together , a talkative scientific drama which turns in to a disaster flick and ends as a sci-fi horror B movie and one wonders why it just didn't hit the ground running as a more straight forward horror

DSS is a frustrating movie...not as bad as the contemporaneous "Leviathan," but not nearly as good as "The Abyss." Quite a bit of money and effort went into the movie, and the reasonably good SFX show this. Unfortunately, it falls back into the same pit of horror-SF clichés that plague most movies of the genre.Lots of "clang" moments here, too. For one thing, how are the creatures getting around the station when the crew keep closing all the water-tight hatches behind them? It's not like there's a suspended ceiling they can crawl through. And in a later scene, it seems like a good idea to open the fuel dump on a submersible vehicle and pour highly-flammable fuel all over the creature before igniting it with a flare. Huh? Since when do submersible vehicles use internal combustion engines that require petroleum-based fuels? (I'd personally like to see the air filters that extract air for the engines from the surrounding seawater.) And how do you decompress from that depth in less than three hours? But, all things considered. it's serviceable as a monster flick. Just don't expect any common sense. Oh, and don't get attached to any of the characters.