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A similarly themed trio:
All three are budget indie horror films focused on or around the sea, with Sea Fever being the best IMO. Harbinger Down, expectations were set high although I do think the writing needed more time. Some effects you can also see need more time & money, but you can only go so far on a budget of sub $400K... Kudos to Lance Henriksen for taking a leading role & rest of the cast. All dues as all effects are done practically with no CGI in sight by Amalgamated Dynamics who got screwed over on The Thing (2011).

The Creature Below is certainly rough around the edges, however produced on a shoestring budget of less than $18,000 is somewhat unfair to be overly critical. TBH They achieved what they could with this miniscule sum to produce a full feature. Can forgive the effects etc. but again the writing is the weakest link.

Sea Fever is simply the more polished film having a more coherent narrative, balanced cast & better production value. Equally it had the biggest budget of the trio by far and likely the most industry support. This ones worth a watch if your inclined to...

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Marooned (1969)

After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to Earth only to find their de-orbit thrusters won't activate. After initially thinking they might have to abandon them in orbit, NASA decides to launch a daring rescue. Their plans are complicated by a hurricane headed towards the launch site—and a shrinking air supply in the astronauts' capsule.

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So while surfing Netflix last night watched this.


Afterwards, it was time to watch a Lee Marvin movie. I went with this (we got up to Italy then crashed):

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The restored version, dubbed "the Reconstruction" and completed in 2004, adds 47 minutes to the film's running time, bringing it much closer to the form Fuller imagined before the studio took it away from him.[14] Film critic Richard Schickel — who praised the 1980 version in Time when it was released[citation needed] — took the lead on the restoration, which relied on locating footage allegedly stashed in the Warner Bros. vault in Kansas City.[15] He was aided by editor Bryan McKenzie and Bogdanovich.[14]
 
Not really a specific movie, but this small retrospective of Buster Keaton is really interesting. His dead pan style has always struck a chord with me
 
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