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The Bermuda Depths (1978)

The Bermuda Depths poster
Directed by
Tsugunobu Kotani
Genre
fantasy film
Country
United States, Japan
Runtime
1h 38m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man returns to his childhood home in Bermuda and is haunted by memories of a woman who disappeared in the ocean. He discovers a giant sea creature terrorizing the area and must confront his past.

uncannybroodingnostalgicmythicslow-pacedmelancholicmysteriousatmospheric

What happens

The Bermuda Depths is a Japanese/American co-production 1978 fantasy film originally broadcast as a made-for-TV movie written by Arthur Rankin Jr. of Rankin/Bass fame. Special effects and creature elements were handled by Tsuburaya Productions, most famous for the Ultraman franchise. The film first aired in the United States January 27, 1978 on ABC, and was later released to theaters in Japan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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