Island of the Fishmen
“Killers from the deep guard the forbidden treasures on...”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 64, rated by 1 admin.
Higher CrapScores mean more entertainingly bad. How we score movies.
Shipwreck survivors reach an island with a suspicious host and amphibious inhabitants. The mad-science mystery moves through familiar territory, but rubbery fish-men and escalating pulp revelations make the destination a pleasant stop for creature collectors.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 6/10
- Plot
- 8/10
- Effects
- 5/10
- Dialogue
- 6/10
- Rewatchability
- 7/10
“The island's hospitality comes with gills attached.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 64
Synopsis and movie facts
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.
- Released
- 1979
- Directed by
- Sergio Martino
- Running time
- 93 min
- Original title
- L'isola degli uomini pesce
Starring
- 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
Comments 0
Log in to join the conversation.
No comments yet. Somebody has to go first.