Underplayed Gems

The Rift (1989)

The Rift poster
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
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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.

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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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