Island of the Fishmen

  • Science Fiction
  • Horror
1/18/1979
93
R

Killers from the deep guard the forbidden treasures on...

After their prison ship sinks in the Caribbean, a group of prisoners and a doctor wash ashore on a seemingly deserted island. They soon discover a strange couple, who invite them to stay at their house. While the prisoners plan an escape, the doctor does some investigating, and soon finds out just what the pair are really doing, and why the prisoners keep disappearing mysteriously.

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  • Wuchak

    Castaways on deserted island Italian creature feature

    Survivors of an ill-fated French vessel (Claudio Cassinelli, et al.) end up on a nameless Caribbean isle run by a self-appointed despot (Richard Johnson) who supports the dubious experiments of a sickly professor (Joseph Cotton). Barbara Bach is on hand as the latters daughter.

    Screamers (1981) is the recut American version of the Italian Island of the Fishmen (1979), which adds an unnecessary and irrelevant 12-minute prologue to beef up the horror, as well other negligible changes. People usually say Screamers is the superior version, but Ive never seen the original to compare the two.

    In any case, this is an adventure/horror that mixes Mysterious Island (1961) and The I...

    November 16, 2019

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