61. The Deep Sea Sci-fi/Horror of 1989, feat. Patrick Ripoll of 96 Greers (Part 1 of 2)

BENEATH THE WAVES ROILS A MURKY STEW OF KILLER ALIENS, MONSTROUS MUTANTS, PSYCHOTIC SOLDIERS, AND EVIL CORPORATIONS!!

Welcome to another of Genre Grinder’s patented deep(sea)-dives into a single year in cinema when a specific genre fad peaked. This time, Gabe and Patrick Ripoll are looking at a strange moment in time, the year 1989, when seven different undersea sci-fi/horror/adventures were released*. How did this happen? Your intrepid podcasters will attempt to answer that and other questions in this very damp two-part special episode.

Part one covers the three studio releases: James Cameron’s The Abyss, Sean S. Cunningham’s DeepStar Six, and George P. Cosmatos’ Leviathan. Part two will feature the B-to-Z-grade examples: Mary Ann Fisher’s Lords of the Deep, Antonio Margheriti’s Alien of the Deep (Italian: Alien degli abissi), Jean-Claude Dubois & Wayne Crawford’s The Evil Below, and Juan Piquer Simón’s The Rift (Spanish: La grieta).

* Technically six, but we’ll get into that in part two.

00:00 – Intro: An Abridged History of Underwater Science Fiction and the Impact of Alien & Aliens

20:04 – The Abyss

1:07:53 – DeepStar Six

1:45:38 – Leviathan

2:17:44 – Outro

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Check out Patrick’s podcasts 96 Greers (which he hosts with Barry Linn), Tracks of the Damned, and Dail P for Podcast (part of Director’s Club Podcast).

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