tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913482816817781658.post8480174681185737226..comments2023-12-14T04:22:18.917-08:00Comments on The Terrible Claw Reviews: Hubri5Ween 2017, Day 5: Endless Descent (1990)Random Deinonychushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11187199074166806590noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913482816817781658.post-31856728728534473552017-10-10T14:08:34.999-07:002017-10-10T14:08:34.999-07:00I have a very partial, tentative and speculative s...I have a very partial, tentative and speculative suggestion for what lay behind the spate of undersea adventure/monster films (how's that for confident?). Shortly before the home video revolution, we were all blessed with the release of Alien. This of course begat a swarm of greater and lesser ripoffs, and one of them was a made-for-TV item called The Intruder Within. Unlike most of the others of its kind, this one was NOT set in outer space, but on an oil-drilling platform; not only did this save on exterior visual effects, it cut the costume budget by making possible the use of off-the-K-Mart-shelf clothes.<br /><br />And, surprisingly, it was actually sort of good; acceptable performances, and a rather nice if clearly Geiger-inspired creature. It's initial airing in 1981 was close enough to that home video revolution that it was handy for packaging as a rental when the revolution came. And there it was-- a watery, if not strictly underwater, monster film which probably had a reasonable return for investment. As I said, this is highly speculative, but I seriously suspect Deepstar Six and Leviathan had a little ghost of The Intruder Within wafting about the early production meetings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com