DeepStar Six (1989) on Netflix
DeepStar Six is an experimental deep-sea naval base, with eleven crew in the final week of their tour. Geologist Burciaga finds a cavern system below, and Van Gelder orders it collapsed.
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An experimental deep-sea United States Naval facility, DeepStar Six is in the final week of its tour with eleven military and civilian crew aboard. John Van Gelder heads the project, which tests underwater colonization methods while installing a new nuclear missile storage platform, and his deadline is close. Geologist Burciaga then finds a massive cavern system beneath the site, and Van Gelder orders depth charges to collapse it, against Dr. Scarpelli's wish to study the primordial ecosystem inside. The blast collapses part of the seabed and opens a deep fissure. The crew's explorations disturb a creature that threatens the base.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about DeepStar Six (1989)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Producer Sean S. Cunningham developed DeepStar Six in 1987 with the express purpose of being the first release among a slate of upcoming underwater films, and when Robert Harmon left the director's chair, Cunningham took it himself on an $8,000,000 budget.
- DeepStar Six was the first of several underwater-themed features released between 1989 and 1990, along with Leviathan, Lords of the Deep, The Evil Below, The Abyss and The Rift; apart from The Abyss, none of them were box office hits.
