The Terror Beneath the Sea story

movie: The Terror Beneath the Sea (1966) · 1966-07-01

An pair of reporters are taken captive by a race of fish-men.

6 total · 5 major · 1 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
compromising one's ethical principles vs. self-preservation major Ken Abe was compelled to decide between writing totalitarian propaganda for the mad scientist and being killed along with Jenny Gleason.
fish-like being major A mad scientist created a race fish-men with the intention of using them to take over the world and make it into a global totalitarian state.
human vs. captivity major Reporters Ken Abe and Jenny Gleason were kidnapped by fish-men and taken to their undersea realm.
totalitarian dystopia major A mad scientist plotted to found a global totalitarian state.
underwater city major A mad scientist kidnapped two reporters and held them at his undersea base.
the dangers of radioactivity minor The submarine crew came dangerously close to a toxic waste dump on the ocean floor.