epalmer
The Watch Below (1966) is a novel by science fiction author James White about a colony of humans stranded underwater in a sunken WWII freighter surviving due to air pockets. Sound familiar? The later half of the book deals with an invasion by aquatic aliens.
ep-post
After 20 years I had the luck to find a video with the 3 Hour version. I must say, I liked it again. Especcialy because it was made for television (good work for such a budget). The story is good, this about a society created in disaster times. I have dived myself. Imagine, diving and finding a ship, still occupied. I love films were the story goes about finding long lost stuff (An old spaceship moving thru space, thinks that staid untouched throughout the years) Well this is one of those kind. Even after 20 years (I searched but could find it again, but it stayed in my head, gives the impact that the movie made) the seen in witch the girl got an injection, gave me the same shiver (as did 20 y ago). It was one of my favorites end will stay that. I'll hope they release it on DVD again. I know, people are looking for it.Greets
Reno-007
I remember this when it premiered in Nov. of 1981 when I was in the 7th grade. I remember the specifics very well, however other reviewers are wrong about a few of the facts. First off Christopher Lee's character was NOT the captain, he was the third officer of the ship and was in charge of the engine room. Second, the movie was not made to be a horror flick. I remember the T.V. Guide writeup about it then and it is a Mystery-Suspense story. Overall a very cool movie that had an interesting premise of what if? What if the Queen Mary sank or the Queen Elizabeth sank and what would the people be like after 40 years of isolation from the world. Lee is the most noteable when it comes to the acting. I like the other actors in the film but I will say that Mark Harmon, who is a good actor, in this one really overacted a few times. All in all a great story, decent acting and cool sets.
eric91411
I am reaching way back into my memory for this one, for I saw it on T.V. in 1981 and haven't heard anything about it since, except in 1992 when a co-worker and I got on the subject of shipwrecks and somehow we both remembered this movie from our pasts. We were so vague on the details we had both thought it might have been a dream until we corroborated each other's memory!Brilliant how an "offshoot" society--a microcosm of our own, with all the various social strata--was represented. There was even a sub-sub-society, the "Bow People," who terrorized those in the main part of the ship.Also, chilling how the ship's brass were "relieved" to find out that Hitler had been defeated--not even realizing that they had established their own police state far below the surface of the ocean!
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