The Rift (1989)

Directed by

Juan Piquer Simón

Genre

science fiction film

Country

United States, Spain

Runtime

1h 19m

Rated

R

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 89 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An engineer is blamed for a missing submarine he designed. He leads a team deep into the ocean to investigate, where they encounter strange and dangerous creatures.

underwatertensecreature-filleddarkadventurousclaustrophobicsuspenseful

What happens

The Rift (Spanish: La grieta) is a 1990 Spanish science-fiction horror film directed by Juan Piquer Simón and starring Jack Scalia, R. Lee Ermey and Ray Wise. The story concerns Wick Hayes (Scalia), an engineer who is blamed for the disappearance of the submarine he designed, and leads an investigation team to the depths of the ocean, where he encounters an array of abnormal creatures. Part of a wave of underwater fantasy films released around 1989, it was retitled Endless Descent for the U.S. market. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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