Movies like Up from the Depths

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Up from the Depths (1979)
 3.3
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Up from the Depths (1979)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A menacing shark-like predator attacks a Hawaiian tourist area in this low-budget creature feature. An uncredited Roger Corman served as executive producer.
Style: scary, suspense, absurd, natural horror, grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film, spoof, dark comedy, parody ...
Plot: shark, shark attack, creature feature, tourist, monster, sea monster, exploitation, vacation, celebrity, animal attack, eaten alive, resort, running for your life, killer animal, creature, killer fish, kaiju, water, boat, underwater, dinosaur, sea, insect, killer shark, giant monster ...
Time: prehistoric times
Place: hawaii
Keyword: scuba

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Most similar movies to Up from the Depths

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out natural horror, psychotronic, suspense and scary films with plots about shark, animal attack, killer animal, creature feature, killer shark, shark attack and monster mostly in Thriller, Action and Horror genres. Some movies like Up from the Depths: 2-Headed Shark Attack (2012), Dinoshark (2010), Sharktopus (2010), Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2009), Sand Sharks (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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2-Headed Shark Attack (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A Semester at Sea ship is attacked and sunk by a mutated two-headed shark, and the survivors seek refuge on a deserted atoll. The coeds, however, are no longer safe when the atoll starts flooding.
Style: scary, semi serious, suspenseful, natural horror, absurd ...
Audience: teens
Plot: shark, killer shark, dangerous animal, monster, deadly creature, danger, ship, shark attack, sea monster, escapades, creature feature, killer animal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 3.1
 3K
Dinoshark (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The film opens with a baby dinoshark swimming away from a broken chunk of Arctic glacier that calved due to global warming. Three years later, the dinoshark is a ferocious predatory adult and kills tourists and locals offshore from Puerto Vallarta, ...
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, exciting, humorous ...
Plot: killer shark, shark, shark attack, creature feature, dangerous animal, underwater, monster, dinosaur, danger, gory, giant monster, killer animal ...
Time: jurassic, 21st century
Place: latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
 3.2
 10K
Sharktopus (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The U.S. Navy's special group "Blue Water" builds a half-shark, half-octopus for combat. But the sharktopus escapes and terrorizes the beaches of Puerto Vallarta.
Style: semi serious, scary, suspense, absurd, retro ...
Audience: teens
Plot: killer shark, monster, creature feature, shark attack, shark, sea monster, giant monster, mad scientist, killer animal, danger, dangerous animal, save the day ...
Time: 21st century
Place: latin america, usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The California coast is terrorized by two enormous prehistoric sea creatures as they battle each other for supremacy of the sea.
Style: absurd, stylized, natural horror, exciting, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: shark, underwater, giant monster, monster, killer shark, fish, octopus, creature feature, kaiju, water, shark attack, dangerous animal ...
Time: prehistory
Place: japan, alaska, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Movie in collections
 2.7
 5K
Sand Sharks (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the beach, it appears that our large fishy friends have found a way to chomp on you when you're chilling out on the sand too!
Style: scary, semi serious, suspense, tense, natural horror ...
Audience: teens
Plot: killer animal, killer shark, shark, shark attack, lifeguard, sea monster, deadly creature, supernatural, dangerous animal, danger, gory, creature feature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Shark Attack 3: Megalodon (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Israel, South Africa, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When two researchers discover a colossal shark's tooth off the Mexican coast their worst fears surface - the most menacing beast to ever rule the waters is still alive and mercilessly feeding on anything that crosses its path. Now they must ...
Style: suspense, scary, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: shark, killer shark, animal attack, shark attack, killer animal, monster, dangerous animal, deadly creature, good versus evil, danger, ancient mystery, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pacific ocean, latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 3.0
 1K
Octopus II (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Dead bodies are being found in New York harbor. The police have no clues nor suspects until Nick and his colleague realize the killer is a giant octopus. Everybody, especially the police captain, refuses to believe Nick's story, and soon the ...
Style: semi serious, scary, natural horror, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: octopus, giant animal, giant octopus, monster, creature feature, sea monster, animal attack, riddles and clues, danger, dangerous animal, underwater, killer animal ...
Time: jurassic, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Raiders of the Lost Shark (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story: Four friends set out by boat for an idyllic vacation on a private, remote island. But unknown to them, a weaponized shark has escaped from a top secret military lab nearby, a shark that was genetically engineered with hate in its blood, and ...
Style: mockbuster, natural horror, psychotronic, spoof, horror spoof ...
Plot: shark, shark attack, animal attack, killer shark, monster, water, giant monster, killer animal, professor, sheriff, sharksploitation, vacation gone wrong ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: An American scientist up to no good (as usual) by creating the half-pterodactyl, half-barracuda: Pteracuda. When the creature inevitably escapes, it's up to Sharktopus to stop him.
Style: suspense, captivating, natural horror, tense, exciting ...
Plot: shark, sea monster, monster, monster versus monster, creature feature, scientist, octopus, killer animal, genetic engineering, fish, beach, marine biologist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 3.4
 2K
Shark Swarm (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story: A fisherman and his family fight to take down a greedy real estate developer who has released toxins into the ocean, turning the area's sharks into bloodthirsty hunters.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, natural horror ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: shark attack, save the day, survival, experiment gone awry, dangerous animal, anti hero, secret identity, deadly creature, killer animal, small town, resort, creature feature ...
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
 2.1
 779
Sharkenstein (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In the final days of World War II, a secret experiment to weaponize sharks is shut down and destroyed by the Third Reich. But now, 60 years later, a small ocean town is plagued by a bloodthirsty, mysterious creature, one built and reanimated using ...
Style: psychotronic, rough, scary, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: shark, killer shark, mad scientist, experiment, frankenstein, frankenstein's monster, animal attack, shark attack, angry mob, storm, beach, abandoned house ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When the prehistoric warm-water beast the Crocosaurus crosses paths with that cold-water monster the Mega Shark, all hell breaks loose in the oceans as the world's top scientists explore every option to halt the aquatic frenzy. Swallowing ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, natural horror, psychotronic, mockbuster ...
Plot: shark, creature feature, monster, giant animal, government agent, battles, giant monster, kaiju, crocodile, rivalry, escapades, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: congo, florida, hawaii, africa, caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 3.3
 1K
Toxic Shark (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A tropical singles retreat takes a terrifying turn when guests realize a poisonous shark is infesting the surrounding water. Not only will it rip apart its victims, but it also uses projectile acid to hunt - in and out of the water.
Style: intense, suspenseful, suspense, absurd, mockbuster ...
Plot: shark, killer shark, shark attack, infected, summer vacation, mutant, giant animal, monster, creature feature, toxic waste, creature, survival ...
Place: puerto rico
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 3.2
 1K
Shark Hunter (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The Megalodon shark. A prehistoric killing machine 60 feet long, flashing 200 pounds of teeth and weighing over 20 tons. It's the deadliest predator the world has ever seen. The scientists say it's been extinct for more than 10,000 years. ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: shark, underwater, shark attack, survival, obsessive quest, dangerous animal, heroic mission, deadly creature, race against time, obsession, escapades, rescue ...
Time: prehistory
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
3-Headed Shark Attack (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The world’s greatest killing machine is three times as deadly when a mutated shark threatens a cruise ship. As the shark eats its way from one end of the ship to the next, the passengers fight the deadly predator using anything they can find.
Style: psychotronic, suspense, captivating, disturbing, intense ...
Plot: shark, shark attack, monster, creature feature, mutation, eaten alive, absurdism, cruise ship, machete, fisherman, beach, animal attack ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
5 Headed Shark Attack (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A beautiful island is home to thousands of species of aquatic life. Now there is a new species: the 5-Headed Shark is all heads and teeth. Shaped like a demented starfish, this monster terrorizes the open ocean before invading the beaches of Puerto ...
Style: scary, exciting, suspenseful, tense, rough ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: shark, shark attack, monster, animal attack, eaten alive, danger, death, lifestyle, survival, gory, ambition, fear ...
Place: puerto rico
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
 2.9
 2K
Megalodon (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Megalodon is a 2002 American shark film. It takes place out on a deep sea oil rig.
Style: suspenseful, serious, bleak, natural horror, suspense
Plot: shark, dangerous animal, killer shark, shark attack, danger, escapades, isolation, forces of nature, monster, creature, killer animal, animal attack ...
Time: jurassic, prehistory
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
 3.1
 2K
SharkMan (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Aruba, USA, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When he began fusing human and shark DNA, his colleagues laughed at him. Now his creation is taking his revenge, and they aren't laughing anymore.
Style: suspense, serious, scary, rough, natural horror ...
Plot: shark, creature feature, mad scientist, island, killer shark, supernatural, danger, vengeance, escapades, rivalry, heroes, gory ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Jurassic Shark (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min.
Story: When an oil company unwittingly unleashes a prehistoric shark from its icy prison, the Jurassic killer maroons a group of art thieves and a group of college students on an abandoned island
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating, natural horror ...
Plot: creature feature, shark, monster, giant monster, killer animal, eaten alive, killer shark, lake, prehistoric animal, survival, characters killed one by one, teenager ...
Time: jurassic
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Deep Blue Sea 2 (2018)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When shark conservationist Dr. Misty Calhoun is invited to consult on a top-secret project run by pharmaceutical billionaire Carl Durant, she is shocked to learn that the company is using unpredictable and highly aggressive bull sharks as its test ...
Style: exciting, suspense, tense, disturbing, psychotronic ...
Plot: shark, shark attack, animal attack, scientist, killer shark, female scientist, monster, sea, survival, research, predator, experiment ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 3.7
 3K
Swamp Shark (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Open on gorgeous swamplands of the Atchafalaya Basin in the summer. Lots of beautiful teens are at the beach the weekend before Gator Fest. That night an animal smuggling deal goes wrong and a large sea creature escapes into a swampy backwoods ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, scary, natural horror, tense ...
Plot: shark, swamp, sheriff, killer shark, killer animal, dangerous animal, deadly creature, danger, small town, creature feature, animal attack, giant monster ...
Time: 21st century
Place: louisiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 3.4
 1K
Ozark Sharks (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A picturesque family vacation to the Ozarks goes sideways when a group of bull sharks show up just in time for the big fireworks festival that the town holds every year.
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: shark, animal attack, shark attack, killer animal, lake, loss of friend, animal, animal cruelty, dangerous animal, human versus animal, aggression by animal, killed by an animal ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 4.1
 3K
Red Water (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In the quiet waters of the Mississippi, body parts are being discovered. No one knows what is behind it all, until a huge man eating bull shark turns up. This bull shark is different, as it can breath in fresh water, making a deadly encounter ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, scary, serious, natural horror ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: shark, shark attack, killer shark, fugitives, dangerous animal, treasure hunt, hostage, gory, survival, rescue, anti hero, heroic mission ...
Place: louisiana, usa, mississippi
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Super Shark (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An offshore drilling accident triggers the release of a giant prehistoric shark. When marine biologist Kat Carmichael arrives, she runs up against corporate front man Roger Wade, who plots with Stewart to disrupt her investigation. With the help of ...
Style: not serious, humorous, psychotronic, natural horror, mockbuster ...
Plot: killer shark, giant monster, creature feature, dangerous animal, marine biologist, escapades, deadly creature, danger, shark, killer animal, gory, water ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 3.3
 53K
Sharknado (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A freak hurricane hits Los Angeles, causing man-eating sharks to be scooped up in tornadoes and flooding the city with shark-infested seawater. Surfer and bar-owner Fin sets out with his friends Baz and Nova to rescue his estranged wife April and ...
Style: absurd, grindhouse, horror comedy, funny, natural horror ...
Plot: shark, killer shark, creature feature, beach, stupidity, shark attack, gory, chaos and mayhem, danger, fish, brutality, creature ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 5.8
 21K
The Reef (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A great white shark hunts the crew of a capsized sailboat along the Great Barrier Reef.
Style: psychotronic, serious, realistic, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience: teens
Plot: underwater, shark, survival, ocean, creature feature, shark attack, killer shark, panic, dangerous animal, diving, killer animal, boat ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: australia, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Mako: The Jaws of Death (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A man accidentally learns that he has a mystical connection with sharks, and is given a strange medallion by a shaman. Becoming more and more alienated from normal society, he develops an ability to communicate with sharks telepathically, setting ...
Style: slasher, grindhouse, natural horror, psychotronic, independent film ...
Plot: shark, killer shark, killer animal, killer fish, animal attack, shark attack, monster, creature feature, water, sea monster, scuba diving, creature ...
Time: year 1976
Place: florida, the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 2.8
 1K
Shark Zone (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A man must hunt down ferocious sharks that are threatening a small beach community.
Style: scary, serious, realistic, rough, natural horror ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: shark, killer shark, killer animal, animal attack, water, shark attack, danger, treasure hunt, ship, beach, dangerous animal, heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 2.7
 4K
Devil Fish (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A marine biologist, a dolphin trainer, a research scientist, and a local sheriff try to hunt down a large sea monster, a shark/octopus hybrid, that is devouring swimmers and fishermen off a south Florida coast.
Style: suspense, scary, serious, bleak, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: sea monster, shark, creature feature, deadly creature, danger, gory, experiment gone awry, mad scientist, escapades, uncover truth, seaport, shark attack ...
Time: 80s, year 1984
Place: florida, caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 1.5
 680
Psycho Shark (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min.
Story: Beautiful girls are in danger. At Sunny Beach, a huge shark is waiting for his prey. College students Miki and Mai arrive on a private beach on a tropical island. They can't find the hotel where they booked their reservations, and have gotten ...
Style: suspense, natural horror, psychotronic
Plot: killer animal, shark attack, creature, creature feature, found footage, kaiju, sea monster, monster, giant monster, animal attack, animal, videotaping ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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