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Aquatic creatures threaten the existence of a mysterious island.Aquatic creatures threaten the existence of a mysterious island.Aquatic creatures threaten the existence of a mysterious island.
Franco Javarone
- José
- (as Franco Iavarone)
Franco Mazzieri
- François
- (as Francesco Mazzieri)
Jim Alquist
- James (US version)
- (as James Alquist)
Riccardo Petrazzi
- Prisoner on Lifeboat
- (uncredited)
Bobby Rhodes
- Rackham's Servant
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFuture director--then head of publicity and marketing for New World Pictures-- Jim Wynorski is the one who came up with the title change and tagline, and did additional filming, in order for this to be known as "Screamers" in the US.
- GoofsThe drawing of David Bushnell's 1775 submarine "Turtle" on the wall of the Professor's room is hung upside down.
- Alternate versionsThe U.S. "Screamers" version featured not just a new opening, but several added shots and various audio adjustments throughout the film. These include several breathing sounds to give the film more of a sense of tension. It also abbreviated many scenes in the original Italian version or removed them all together. It also featured mostly new dubbing, with Claudio Cassinelli's voice replaced by an American voice actor (Cassinelli had dubbed himself in English in the original international release of the film, leaving his character with an Italian accent).
- ConnectionsEdited into La regina degli uomini pesce (1995)
Featured review
I saw this movie on television as SCREAMERS and loved it. I heard an interesting story about this film. When Roger Corman released it to drive-ins in the summer of 1981, his trailer department sent out an advance trailer which was not actually footage from the film. It was allegedly footage of a naked woman being chased around a laboratory set by a monster. During the film's opening at drive-in's, irate customers complained the did not see the movie they paid to see. Theater owners called Corman and said their customers felt ripped off. So Corman had to run off copies of the footage, and send the positive film to theater owners to splice into the film themselves. Since the footage was never part of the film negative, it has not appeared in any video, DVD or television broadcast. Has anyone ever seen this footage? Anyone who saw this film at a drive-in in the summer of 1981 remember this?
- PeterBradford
- May 22, 2009
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Screamers
- Filming locations
- Neptune's Grotto, Capo Cassia, Alghero, Sardinia, Italy(cave with stalactites)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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