Up From The Depths (1979)

Roger Corman's New World Pictures filmed a whole slew of low budget flicks in the Philippines throughout the 60s and 70s, and if you want a whole wealth on information on that I recommend the documentary Machete Maidens Unleashed.

What we're looking at today is one of the bajillion Jaws clones that flooded the market after the success of that damn shark...this one sits squarely in the middle. Not good or particularly bad, it simply exists (the best ones in the post-Jaws killer fish market are Orca, and ironically, Jaws 2 and 3). Piranha (1978) was Corman's first production a year before at the killer fish genre and was a stellar effort from director Joe Dante. I can't say the same for this film, with pedestrian direction from Charles B. Griffith (better known for his screenplays on cult classics Death Race 2000 and Little Shop of Horrors).

Remade in 2010 as Dinoshark, again produced by Corman.