Lords of the Deep (film)

Lords of the Deep
Year	1989
Directed by	Mary Ann Fisher
Produced by	Roger Corman
Written by	Howard R. Cohen Daryl Haney
Music by	Jim Berenholtz
Studio	Concorde Pictures
Cast	Bradford Dillman Priscilla Barnes Eb Lottimer Daryl Haney
Run time	77 minutes
Riffed in	Experiment #1203

“	I've got an angry fish knockin' on my door!	”
	- Fernandez

For the episode, see MST3K 1203 - Lords of the Deep.

Lords of the Deep is a 1989 science-fiction adventure film directed by Mary Ann Fisher and produced by Roger Corman.

Plot

Researchers in an undersea facility discover previously-unknown creatures with psychic abilities.

Cast

• Bradford Dillman as Dobler
• Priscilla Barnes as Claire
• Daryl Haney as O'Neill
• Eb Lottimer as Seaver
• Roger Corman as Corporate executive

Notes

• The trailer for Season 12 of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (released on November 12th, 2018) revealed that Lords of the Deep would be one of the films riffed.
• Daryl Haney (who appears as O'Neill) also co-wrote the film with Howard R. Cohen.
• Producer Roger Corman appears in an un-credited role.
  • Corman's footage was re-used in his 1990 production Ultra Warrior (aka Welcome to Oblivion) along with footage from several other Corman productions.

MST3K Connections

• Writer Howard R. Cohen was also writer for Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell.
• Bradford Dillman was also the narrator in The Atomic Brain.
• Executive producer and actor Roger Corman was director and producer for It Conquered the World, Teenage Cave Man, The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent, Gunslinger, Day the World Ended, and The Undead. He was also executive producer for Attack of the Giant Leeches, High School Big Shot, Night of the Blood Beast, Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell, Wizards of the Lost Kingdom, Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II, Deathstalker II, and Munchie, as well as director for Swamp Diamonds, producer for Avalanche, and distribution producer for Starcrash.
• Cinematographer Austin McKinney was also cinematographer for The Skydivers, production manager for The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies, and editor, production supervisor, and assistant director for The Beast of Yucca Flats.
• Assistant director Jonathan Winfrey was also second assistant director for Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II.
• Visual effects technician Robert Skotak was also visual effects supervisor for City Limits.

Critical Response

• Leonard Maltin wrote: "BOMB ... Clumsy, cheap, and amateurish, this was the fourth and last of 1989’s undersea sci-fi thrillers, and the worst by far."