USA, Italy, 1980
85m
35mm film, Eastmancolor
mono, English
An American/Italian horror film directed by Sergio Martino and Miller Drake. It is a re-edit of the Italian fantasy film L'isola degli uomini pesce (1979) with additional scenes shot in the States. This entry only records the additional crew for the new version – see the original film for more credits. When this version of the film was re-released it was re-titled Screamers and a new trailer was made featuring a newly-shot gore scene which initially didn't feature in the film itself. The scene was subsequently inserted into theatrical prints.
Plot Summary
A group of prisoners and guards survive the sinking of their prison ship in the Caribbean and are washed ashore on what seems to be a deserted island. But they soon run into a Nemo-like nobleman and his young wife who are trying to raise the treasures of Atlantis with the help of the South pacific islanders they've mutated into scaly fishmen.
Credits
Crew
Additional Scenes Directed by: Miller Drake
© 1980 Limited Productions Organization
Executive Producer: Roger Corman *
Additional Scenes Written by: Miller Drake
Additional Sequences Director of Photography: Gary Graver
Associate Editors: Giuseppe Dantini [real name: Joe Dante], Miller Drake
Additional Music by: Sandy Berman
Additional Sequences Location Sound Mixer: Tony Santa Croce
Additional Sequences Make-up: Pamela Peitzman
Special Make-up Effects by: Chris Walas
Additional Sequences Art Director: Aleka Corwin
Cast
Mel Ferrer (Radcliffe)
Eunice Bolt (Samantha)
Cameron Mitchell (Decker)
Tom J. Delaney (Patterson)
Alternative Titles
Screamers
Links
Includes extracts from
L'isola degli uomini pesce (1979)
