Search - Humanoids From The Deep [Roger Corman's Cult Classics] on DVD

Keith A. (Keefer522)
Reviewed on 12/6/2013...

Scientists messin' with the DNA of salmon accidentally produce a horde of horny mutant fish-men ... who invade a Pacific Northwest fishing village and start matin' with the wimmen folk (!!) in this classic drive-in sickie from Roger Corman's New World Pictures. This dirty-minded update of "Creature From the Black Lagoon" was notorious in its day for its graphic gore and rampant misogyny. In other words...this film has no redeeming social values whatsoever, which is what makes it so utterly awesome.

Fun facts: "Humanoids" was directed by a woman (!), but according to the DVD bonus features, the more rape-tastic scenes were shot after the fact by an assistant director and spliced into the film without her knowledge at the request of Corman himself, who thought the original cut didn't have enough sex in it. When the horrified lady director saw the final product she unsuccessfully sued to take her name off the picture, and one of the female cast members took to the talk-show circuit to denounce the film.

...this, of course, is why we love Roger Corman. Way to stay classy, Roger!!