The City Under the Sea (1965 film)

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War Gods of the Deep, AKA The City Under the Sea and City in the Sea (1965 film)

Summary

British rescuers try to free a kidnapped young woman from the Atlantean ocean-floor complex of a mad captain and his gill-man henchmen. Based (very loosely) on the Edgar Allan Poe poem, with elements of Jules Verne and H.P. Lovecraft mixed in.

Details

• Release Date: 1965
• Country/Language: UK, English
• Genres/Technical: Fantasy
• Runtime: 1 hr 24 min
• Starring: Vincent Price, Tab Hunter, Susan Hart
• Director: Jacques Tourneur
• Writer: Charles Bennett, Edgar Allan Poe (original poem)
• Producer/Production Co: Daniel Haller, Bruton Film Productions, MGM Studios
• View Trailer: (link)

Ratings

MPAA Ratings

• Rated: (none) (perhaps equivalent of a "G" or "PG" for mild off-screen violence?)

Tentacle Ratings

A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:

• SS___ (Two Tentacles: Barely Lovecraftian; could be a very loose adaptation)

Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.

Reviews

Review Links:

• 1000 Misspent Hours, (link) - " In its defense, War-Gods of the Deep is not a movie about which I can unequivocally say, 'don’t watch it,' but I’m sure as hell not going to give it any kind of a recommendation!"

Synopsis

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British rescuers try to free a kidnapped young woman from the Atlantean ocean-floor complex of a mad captain and his gill-man henchmen.

Notes

Associated Mythos Elements

• fiction: Edgar Allan Poe, "The Cit Beneath the Sea"
• Deep Ones
• Atlantis