Gods of the Deep, H.P. Lovecraft Explores the Ocean Floor

Madness! Tentacles! Monsters! A cthulhu thing...a big cthulho thing! Oh, yes...tentacles!  Already said that? Well, anyway, this one will bring us 37,000 feet below the ocean surface.  Even better, our protagonist is a very lovely, blonde marine biologist.  Do marine biologists really look in real life like they do in the movies?  Has Playboy done a marine biologist spread?  Has Maxim? Important questions that demand answers.  Our film today, from the U.K., is "Gods of the Deep," directed by Charlie Steeds. If you are a H.P. Lovecraft aficionado, this is one for you.  Did I mention tentacles and a sultry marine biologist?

Something has been found 37,000 feet below the ocean surface. A portal, of course, that leads to...well, this is a H.P. Lovecraft-type story...so you figure that out. A team is assembled.  Not a very good team.  Not a team that has ever succeeded in anything. There is the grouchy professor from Miskatonic University, Jim (Derek Nelson). He's a hunk. His dad was a professor who disappeared into thin air during an expedition to some mountain tops. Also on the team is aforementioned marine biologist, Christine (Makenna Guyler).  Also, a bunch of grouches, most will end up going mad.  A big submarine takes them 37,000 feet below the surface where they find...a 500 foot tall, grouchy cthulhu.

Jim and Christine fall in love.  Quite remarkable as the only thing Christine has told Jim is that she has a baby.  Jim tells Christine he wants his daddy back. Of course, they lip lock a lot. Jim goes out and takes a tissue sample from the big Cthulhu and this ticks the monster off.  Now the big creature chases the submarine and Jim's tissue sample grows into a tentacled fiend aboard the submarine. Christine is in great peril but Jim will usually save her. A crew member grabs an axe and tries to murder everyone. The tentacled fiend then begins talking in the voice of Jim's long lost dad. The tentacles will grow in number. Okay, let's stop here...just think of this as H.P. Lovecraft meets "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea."

Will the tentacles ever grab hold of Christine?  Will Jim ever get over his daddy issues and become a real hunk?  Will Child Protective Services in the U.K. arrest Christine for child abandonment?  Oh, the ending. Madness, tentacles, and a touch of Roger Corman. You won't believe the ending. So classic! The ending alone is worth watching this entire movie. Did I mention the tentacles? See "Gods of the Deep," and you'll never go on board a submarine again.