DeepStar Six

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DeepStar Six

R

1989

1h 40m

Horror

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A group of U.S. Navy engineers, led by Capt. Laidlaw (Taurean Blacque), are building an underwater base when they inadvertently disturb the lair of a gigantic creature. The monster attacks, and the crew, including lovers Collins (Nancy Everhard) and McBride (Greg Evigan), tries to evacuate, but the facility is badly damaged. After the exterior is breached, the increasingly desperate people become separated from one another, and the creature begins to pick them off one by one.

Richard Freedman

Newark Star-Ledger

Jan 5, 2026

0/4

There are, in short, no human relationships aboard "Deep Star Six": just frequent frantic cries of "Mayday!" and special effects that bubble and gurgle a lot but never produce a single quiver of genuine terror.

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Kathy Fennessy

Seattle Film Blog

Nov 25, 2022

2.5/4

Not exactly essential, DeepStar Six is an enjoyable watch.

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

Sep 5, 2022

4/10

It must be said there is not much Cunningham does wrong here, but at the same time there is little or nothing that stands out.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Oct 24, 2020

2/4

[UPDATED 2025 4K + BLU-RAY REVIEW] The first in a rash of 1989 releases with a nautical bent, surfacing before Cameron’s The Abyss, Corman’s Lords of the Deep, Cosmatos’ Leviathan, and two others that were seen only by their producers’ mothers.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Sep 26, 2020

2.5/4

...a slow-moving thriller that admittedly (and for the most part) fares better than one might've anticipated...

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Aug 31, 2020

5/10

The first problem with the film is the amount of time it takes before the monster appears.

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 15, 2026

DeepStar Six = a 1.5 star Movie!

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Jonathan O

@RT41230270 Sep 15, 2026

Is Alien but in underwater and sadly there's no Jason Voorhees but there's some musical score q's from the same musical score who did all Friday the 13th and some none Friday the 13th scores.

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James I

@James66 Apr 27, 2026

this is the lamest movie i ever saw. what a total piece of shit

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Joseph P. A

@RT27063821 Mar 20, 2026

Not a perfect movie, but as someone researching for a story set underwater, it is an interesting enough plot. The crew are a few days away from leaving the station and are getting anxious to leave. That is until the ocean floor collapses and a cave is exposed near the underwater missile launcher. The launcher is the reason they are on this months log mission. It was designed and built by the eager scientist who is also a crew member. Soon after this undiscovered cave opens, strange things begin to happen. Not Lovecraftian, but it is a tense film with some unintended comedy from Miguel Ferrer's character constantly making the wrong decisions. Give it a try with some friends and I think you will have a good time.

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Jorge H

@jorge02 Mar 13, 2026

for me is worth to watch, this movie besides being inspired in The Thing 1982, it has solid acting and a better story than Leviathan but its still has its errors and mistakes. 8/10

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Jason H

@RT50328122 Nov 15, 2025

George Costanza's favorite movie, I'm sure. (IYKYK.)

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Synopsis

A group of U.S. Navy engineers, led by Capt. Laidlaw (Taurean Blacque), are building an underwater base when they inadvertently disturb the lair of a gigantic creature. The monster attacks, and the crew, including lovers Collins (Nancy Everhard) and McBride (Greg Evigan), tries to evacuate, but the facility is badly damaged. After the exterior is breached, the increasingly desperate people become separated from one another, and the creature begins to pick them off one by one.

Director: Sean S. Cunningham
Producer: Patrick Markey, Sean S. Cunningham
Screenwriter: Geof Miller, Lewis Abernathy
Distributor: Live Video, TriStar Pictures
Production Co: TriStar Pictures, Carolco Pictures Inc.
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 13, 1989, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 21, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $7.9M
Runtime: 1h 40m
Sound Mix: Surround

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