Leviathan

Underwater deep-sea miners encounter a Soviet wreck and bring back a dangerous cargo to their base on the ocean floor with horrifying results…

• Director:George P. Cosmatos
• Genre:Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
• Runtime:98 minutes

Cast

Peter Weller : Steven Beck
Richard Crenna : Dr. Glen Thompson
Amanda Pays : Elizabeth ‘Willie’ Williams
Daniel Stern : Buzz ‘Sixpack’ Parrish
Ernie Hudson : Justin Jones

Tri-Oceanic Corp has hired a crew of undersea miners to do a 90-day mining operation. Martin (CEO Tri-Oceanic Corp), hired Steven Beck, a geologist, to assist in mining operations as well as command the undersea mining station. While outside their vessel in a pressure suit, Sixpack trips and stumbles upon a wrecked ship. Because he doesn’t respond to hails over his radio, Williams goes to look for him and finds him excited over “treasure.” Dr. Thompson understands Russian and identifies the ship as the “Leviathan” from its markings. While checking on records of Leviathan, the crew discover that it is still marked as an active ship on duty in the Baltic Sea.

Meanwhile, Sixpack and the rest of the crew open a safe from The Leviathan and find several crew records relating to deceased crew members, as well as a video tape from the doctor of Leviathan. Among the materials, Sixpack finds a flask of Vodka. There being no alcohol on their own ship, he hides this for his own use later. Bowman figures out Sixpack has hidden away the Vodka and persuades him to share it.

That night the doctor and Beck review the video of the Russian doctor of Leviathan and believe his medical log was cryptic over the crew’s poor health condition. They also go through the video tapes of Leviathan and notice the hull was possibly hit by a torpedo.

The following morning Sixpack awakes feeling sick, with lesions throughout his back. The doctor is unable to offer any explanation for why Sixpack has ended up like this. He asks the computer for an opinion, and it responds with a “guess”, suggesting “genetic alteration.” Sixpack dies eight hours after first feeling sick, but the doctor and Beck hide news of his death to avoid a panic amongst the crew. Dr. Thompson carries out routine medical checks to make sure no one else is sick, but doesn’t have the chance to examine Bowman. Read more

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