Underwater Slaughter – Around the World in 80s Movies Podcast

Humanoids from the Deep / Monster (1980) | Barbara Peeters

July 10, 2020July 9, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

In a small coastal fishing village called Noyo in northern California, the residents are set to celebrate their annual salmon festival. The festival has been on the decline of late because the fish population has dwindled, leaving the town suffering Doug McClure plays a fisherman and trusted community leader named Jim Hill (Doug McClure), doing […]

Piranha II: The Spawning (1981) | James Cameron

July 3, 2020July 2, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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The story for Piranha II doesn’t connect to Piranha save for a reference to fish used as bioweapons for a top-secret U.S. Army experiment. Those experiments continued into cross-breeding piranhas with grunions and flying fish to make them dangerous in both air and water. A ship has sunk and a container of their eggs breaks […]

Piranha (1978) | Joe Dante

June 26, 2020June 25, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Bradford Dillman stars as Paul Grogan, a reclusive alcoholic living in a cabin out in the woods in an undisclosed part of the United States. He’s visited by a skiptracer named Maggie McKeown (Heather Menzies), who is out to find a couple of backpackers who have disappeared without a trace. Their search leads them to […]