The Island of the Fishmen
1979 · Movie · R · 93 min · ★ 5.7 · 42% critics
After a prison ship sinks in the Caribbean, a few survivors wash up on a remote island that seems empty at first. A welcoming household offers shelter, but disappearances, strange experiments, and lurking creatures turn the castaways’ search for escape into a tense adventure-horror mystery.
Also known as Screamers · Island of Mutations · Something Waits in the Dark · The Fish Men
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Details
- Original title
- L'isola degli uomini pesce
- Years
- 1979
- Release date
- 1979-01-18
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 42/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.7/10 (77 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like pulpy island adventures with monsters, mad-science vibes, and a campy 1970s feel, somewhere between Zombie and Nightmare City; Not for you if you want nonstop scares or polished creature effects.
Pros: fun adventure-horror mix; memorable fish-creatures; colorful island atmosphere | Cons: slow pacing; goofy effects at times; uneven dubbing
Themes
- sea monster
Cast & crew
Barbara Bach
as Amanda Marvin
Claudio Cassinelli
as Lt. Claude de Ross
Richard Johnson
as Edmond Rackham
Beryl Cunningham
as Shakira
Joseph Cotten
as Prof. Ernest Marvin
Franco Javarone
as Jose
Roberto Posse
as Peter
Giuseppe Castellano
as Skip
Franco Mazzieri
as Francois
Cameron Mitchell
as Decker (US version)
Directed by Sergio Martino