# Identify this horror movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 9, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-horror-movie/756954 "2016-06-09T19:43:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-horror-movie/756954/1 "2016-06-09T19:43:25Z")
When I was a kid I saw this horror or “thriller/suspense” movie on TV. It was probably originally a theatrical release but I couldn’t swear to it. Likely late '70s, but could be a little earlier or later. The main things I recall are that it was set on a ship that was out conducting oil/gas exploration or drilling. They “found something” buried deep below in the muck. Somehow it got on board? Or possessed people on board? A scientist on the ship came up with the theory that it was some sort of ancient god related to sea lampreys. ??? I know it sounds whack and I might be way off, but that’s what I seem to recall as a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-horror-movie/756954/2 "2016-06-09T20:00:01Z")
[Leviathan (1989)???](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097737/combined) ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-horror-movie/756954/3 "2016-06-09T20:04:49Z")
No. It was way earlier than that. I was in college in 1989, and I saw this movie as a kid. I’d say 1980 at the latest. I’m thinking the title was something like “The Enemy Below” or something about “creature” and “depths” but I searched all sorts of permutations on IMDb and came up blank. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-horror-movie/756954/4 "2016-06-09T20:14:54Z")
Maybe [Warlords of the Deep (1978)?](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078474/combined) ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-horror-movie/756954/5 "2016-06-09T20:15:05Z")
There was a 1975 made-for-TV movie called _ **Satan’s Triangle** _ that had a plot somewhat similar to what you’re describing. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-horror-movie/756954/6 "2016-06-09T20:23:31Z")
[The Intruder Within](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082565/)? ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-horror-movie/756954/7 "2016-06-09T20:29:26Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > [The Intruder Within](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082565/)? That’s it! Woo-hoo! 1981, made-for-TV, so I was a bit off, but that’s definitely the movie I was thinking of.