Exploring Leviathan 

Still the best exchange of lines ever. "I understand, you've gone through Hell." "Gone?! Bitch, we're still here!!!"

I agree with Ernie -- his death was pointless. The real surprise would have been if he HAD survived (much like in Deep Blue Sea's final twist, another fun movie).

its not that Hollywood love trends, they simply lack any form of originality

Ernie Hudson is cool. He can make anything cooler. My favourite ghostbuster ever.

Ernie Hudson was right, his character's death was pointless.

A movie starring Robocop and a ghostbuster, who are teamed up to fight a monster created by Stan Winston, and are also accompanied by a track written and composed by Jerry Goldsmith. Ladies and gentlemen, we have ourselves one heck of an amazing movie 😎!

When I turned 16 and was able to finally drive myself, this was the first movie I went to see.

You had me at Peter Weller. I love this movie. Whether behind or in front of the camera, Weller makes it better.

Very nice job on the video. Leviathan is one of my personal favorite films of all time. Love the score by Jerry Goldsmith, I never understood the bashing against Stan Winston's FX, great lines of dialogue, wonderful cast, very solid production design by Ron Cobb, likable characters, and having the film take place underwater gave it a different feel than flicks like Alien or The Thing.

gone? bitch we're still here! I wish ernie had a little more pull to be able to change that ending, it was pretty pointless

As a kid, I watched Leviathan and Deep Star Six a lot! I loved them both and still do to this day. The only negative I have about Leviathan is the ending and Ernie Hudson's death. Everything else leading up to it is a great and fun monster movie. I always said it was The Thing underwater.

I have fond memories of this from my days as a video store manager in the UK. We lost count of the number of people who saw the poster for it and asked for 'Levitation'.

2015: "...The Abyss, but that's a whole other episode" 2019:......still waiting

Thanks for showing some love to this awesome movie! Leviathan isn't perfect, but it's damn fun and very well-made/well-acted! Ernie Hudson's response to the line "I realize you've all been through Hell" is one of the greatest retorts in cinema history!

It's also widely rumored that Kurt Russell ghost directed Tombstone while George P. Cosmatos got official credit.

In regards to Hudson's characters death, I walked out of the movie right after it. Heh. My buddies were cracking up but I was through. Up until that I was onboard.

Leviathan is one of my favorite underwater creature movie. It had a great cast and great special effects too.

Glad to see you highlight this true gem of the late 80s . In my opinio one of the best of it's kind and not a bit of cgi in sight , what a relief . The crew genuinely utilized some ingenious techniques to create this film and for that i commend them, much respect . Great retrospective of a terrific film

I Love this movie. Mostly for Peter Weller, he makes any movie better. I also did enjoyed DeepStar Six, although Leviathan is the better film. And The Abyss is not a horror film at all. It's an excellent film, but is not really comparable to Leviathan.

That last scene in the movie still holds well these days

Long time sub here, I've always loved how detailed your reviews are, so entertaining!

Man, I LOVE your reviews! You go into such great detail about production and behind the scenes facts, that even when there isn't any talk about the plot or anything usually associated with the typical review of movies, it's still so very interesting! I'm so glad I found your channel.

They were showing this on tv the other day. Now I get to see an exploring video on it =) And Ernie Hudson should've lived at the end, I know I wasn't the only one disappointed with that.

Also, Peter Weller decking Meg Foster was the best part of the movie! LOL!!!

Ha, the woman he has his arm around while he punches out the other woman with his other arm - totally unphazed.

At least Congo treated Hudson's character as not only capable, but probably the most badass with survival smarts out of the entire group. Good to see him get the respect he finally deserved in a movie, even if it is Congo.

Awesome film, that last scene made it most memorable.

I remember seeing this in the theatre and absolutely loved it. I found it refreshing to have it set underwater and thought the casting was top notch. Great video Cecil

When I was a kid I used to visit my grandmother in Boston, MA. Two movies stand the test of time with me and are guilty pleasures. This..and Death Machine (oh shit as I type this I see you reviewed it...sweet! Ill comment on it in a few after I watch it)- Even when I was a kid I was a movie buff..this film has it all. Great effects, a sweet score and come on..you have a ghostbuster, Rambo's old CO, the cop from NYPD blue, a wet bandit...AND FUCKING ROBOCOP!!!! This was a great video sir and I subbed to your channel from it. Qapla!

I have always liked this movie and Ernie Hudson should have survived.

I love when all of these sea movies came out theatrically! The Abyss being my favorite but DSS and Leviathan were great creature features.

I have a theory that the monster at the end is actually a another monster made from the two bodies flushed out. It was never shown coming back inside but rather a severed piece of it creating sea slug(with BIG teeth) that starts off the primary monster seen in the film. The primary monster was even seen having its head crushed by the massive dive platform while stuck in an imploding underwater base while the one at the end is intact The two things I have problems with the film are mentioned in this video. One is Ernie Hudson's character just getting "a bridge dropped on him". It would have been much better if at least he kills the monster instead of being killed without any effort. The other is lack of good shots of the monster. Its fantastic looking and when you see pieces of it its terrifying as a chimeric monster. The part where its tentacle/tail is used to attack makes me think of the Snake tail on the classic Chimera.

Peter Weller's voice = boss

It's funny how critics also panned The Thing during its release in 1982 because E.T. had just been playing. Crazy how when people put a ton of effort into a solid creature movie it bombs but no-effort cash-grabs like Paranormal Activity get millions.

Have you ever covered Virus, from 1999? It had Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Sutherland and Billie Baldwin in it, and I remember it had some really crazy effects.

Watched one of my guilty pleasure movies last night... Eight Legged Freaks... it's still great cheesy fun. I think I'll watch The Big Hit or Deep Rising tonight. Check them out if you haven't.

Based upon what you said, I'm surprise that the movie was able to finish production. I wish critics would sometimes stop comparing movies with other movies and simply look at the movie as it's own. While it might as good as some, Leviathan holds it own as a pretty good sci fi horror movie, right along with Deep Star Six.

This and Deepstar Six really take me back to my childhood. Every time I watch them I get a huge sense of nostalgia and they always catch me hook, line and sinker.

"a practical effects version of Andy Sirkis" ..oh, you mean Doug Jones

I remembered being confused by Hudson's death at the end, but then I shrugged & chalked it up to the 2 survivors formula of the time.

Nice. This movie actually kind of freaked me out as a kid. I'm pretty sure Rob Bottin's last name is pronounced Bo-teen btw.

The acting alone makes this worth seeing again and again.

I think this is one of the best Lovecraft-inspired films of the 80's.

I've always liked this movie. I remember it coming out around the same time as Deep Star Six, and thinking pretty much what you summed up in the review of so many deep ocean movies coming out at the same time, and they being very similar to their outer space counterparts. This one stood out, though. Good review.

Please do "Saturn 3" one day! That would be so great! I first watched that movie when I was 9 years old and was traumatized.

I don't know why but I have always loved Deep Star Six and leviathan, both were great flicks.

That Ernie Hudson after credits scene was ridiculously funny; the best that I've seen of all your after credit scenes so far, and I've been binge watching your videos since yesterday. On a different note I have mixed feelings about the scene that you said probably would not go over well today. On the one hand I can see it "possibly" promoting domestic violence against women but on the other hand, I can see it also promoting equality where a man is not afraid to hit a evil person be a man or woman.

I loved a lot of these underwater films, myself as an aspiring writer and director, I hope to make my own take on it one day

Stan THE MAN Winston! Screw Abyss- Leviathan was a fun movie Xx

I remember watching this when I was 12 years old. My parents had recorded it from TV to VHS, like a lot of the movies in their collection, then had it and all their others burned on DVDs as DVDs are easier to transport. They had it on the same DVD as Salems Lot, a Vampire Flick that you might like to review as well ;) For me it remains one of my favorite deepsea movies, and scared the shit out of me at the time. Even now when seeing that last frantic escape sequence, I still get ultra-tense. Oh yeah, and that last scene, that was and still is just satisfying to me. Man or Woman, if you almost got me killed or something you deserve a punch, easy as that.

I watched this movie alot when I was a kid. When I finally found on dvd as an adult I watched it and still love the movie to this day. I did laugh at one scene where someone I think Ernie Hudson is holding open a electronic door with all his might and says "hurry up guys I can't hold it much longer." So the two people finally get to the door and the door closes on the last person but the door kind of wiggles instead the door in reality cutting the person in half or the person just getting stuck.

The first survival horror game was 3D Monster Maze in 1982 and it is still worth playing today.

Love to see another "Leviathan" fan!

Thanks for the review of a great movie! It is really well made and filled with indepth info. I enjoy your reviews and looking forward to the next. Keep up the good work

Great stuff! I'm impressed with the research you did. It's so much fun to learn the back-stories of horror movies. Keep it up!

Ill never get used to seeing Daniel Stern in movies without McCauly Culkin

The ending when Beck punches out Martin was priceless. I wonder if Peter Weller wished that it was Cosmatos instead of a stunt double- so he could really deck him!

it's funny how the comparison to "The Thing" is brought up, considering the kennel sequence involving the Dog-Thing was done by Stan Winston (when Rob Bottin had fallen ill)

This is one of my favorite horror films, it reminds me of Deep Fear and I LOVE Peter Weller!!!😆😍❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

The Original Score for Leviathan is brilliant; it included whalesong, marine audio samples & aquatic-sounding reverb for much of the title theme. I edited my own OST using audio-jacks to Cassette recorder.. Real memorable flick that outshone it's budget.

I remember seeing this movie randomly on TV one night, thinking it was either Deep Star Six or the Abyss, which I had seen earlier that year. Good review :) And to learn some more about movies you enjoy(ed) a lot is always a bonus. Thanks!

Its funny but I never liked the monster design in this movie. The idea of a amalgamated monster never really worked. Deep Star Six had a much cooler design but with that being said Leviathan is a much better movie :P

You should check out Deep rising, I'm sure you have already seen it. Another "Good Bad Flick."

I absolutely love this movie and I'm sad there's not more good deep sea movies out there.

bro you gotta do "virus" with jamie lee curtis and a baldwin

This movie scared the shit out of me when I saw it at 10 in 1996. I was terrified for the rest of the day. I joke that it ruined my Easter that year!

GoodBadFlicks Thank you for the Exploring videos. These are by far my favourite reviews on youtube.

Just saw it for the first time tonight, and although it borrowed heavily from alien, it was still a fun ride. I couldn't believe the shoddy ending was kept, with the red herring shark that didn't do anything but leave them alone, followed by Ernie Hudson's pointless death. I laughed as apparently coast guardsmen apparently aren't issued basic weapons like a sidearm, and just stood there watching the strange monster devour one of the OG Ghostbusters. Still, good fun

Not sure of the sequence of films, seeing Meg Foster in "They Live" nice to see her decked at the end of Leviathan.

If they remade this nowadays they would get Nicholas Cage to play the male lead and the diving suits would look like giant bear suits. Then the lady getting punched in the head would be acceptable at the end.

Love this movie, I'm such a sucker for monster flicks. The creature in Leviathan always scared the shit out of me as a kid.

I remember watching this so, so many years ago. I really enjoyed it. I think I even watched it on VHS as well. I love my VHS lol. The "Better, a lot better" bit would only be done today if it was the woman punching the woman sadly. I also remember another poster, or maybe it was the front of the video case, where its literally just a woman swimming towards the surface in panic and a submersible beneath her at the bottom

One punch for man but a huge whallop for gender equality!

At first I thought I had seen this movie already. Then I realized the movie I saw was Abyss. I will have to watch this.

Of Unknown Origin is an awesome movie that never got the notoriety it deserves and I hope you get around to exploring that flick and I highly recommend it to others to watch. Peter Weller was great in it as well.

Peter Weller punches out a society bitch. Best ending ever. I'll definitely need to see this one - looks awesome. I used to work in a video store and this video was on our shelves. I always thought the cover looked so creepy. I watched The Thing in its entirety for the first time last year...in the dark...in the middle of the night. Somehow, I managed to sleep afterwards.

I haven't seen this since I was eleven, but I remember being simultaneously creeped out and disappointed in the monster. He was certainly gross to look at, but he was so stationary. You could see him flailing around, but you never really see him moving towards anyone.

A very insightful exploration. Everyone loves that final scene.

I would love for you to do a video on Cobra! That is, if you haven't already. It's such a ridiculous film and I love it. The sounds the guns make are so over the top.

Always really loved this movie.

Great job on the review. I agree Leviathan wasn't a great film, but it is still a joy to watch even now. With that cast and crew, I can see why it still holds up as a B-movie classic.

That sucker punch, awesome.

Honestly, this was a great cast. Loved this a lot.

I think this is one of those movies I found while browsing in the shelves of Blockbuster back in the 90s, looking for something even slightly good, and I found some ridiculously bad shit back then and still watched the hell out of it. This was an entertaining movie.

Prob my new favorite channel.

I didn't eve know that this movie existed. Now I'm intrigued. Time to find a copy!

Really enjoyed this episode Cecil, keep up the great work!

If anything, that ending punch was well deserved!

7:05 It’s also something that happened during the salvaging of the RMS Empress of Ireland in 1914, when a diver was swept off the side of the hull and crushed by the pressure differential. IIRC he was described as looking like a “canvas octopus with a metal mantle”.

I'm an eighties kid, this channel is awesome!

I can't believe I've never heard of this movie. I'm gonna check it out!

Some RU-vid film critic could do an entire month worth of episodes based off "Ocenanic Horror Films of 1989".

That last part....that was my favorite scene in the film! "Gone? Bitch we still here!"

oh wow! I used to really love watching this movie when I was a kid.sure it's not the most original. sure there were better movies in the genre but it was fun for what it was.

Leviathan's movie poster looks amazing. In contrast the Abyss's poster looks like an underwater version of The Thing. Will have to check out Deep Star Six.

I always felt this was a sequel to The Thing. As if an infected dog or person ended up at a Rusdian bases and was being transported from Antarctica when the ship sank

THANK YOU. I've been trying to find out what the title was to Deep Star Six because I saw it on TV a long while ago.

Amazing history. I couldn't agree more about this movie standing on it's own. It was great.

Very good informative in depth review! I just discovered the film 2 years ago since i am a Big Peter Weller fan and i was amazed! I love movies that have to do with water/under water so this was just the right flick for me and i thought that it was better than Deep Star six !

That is a great movie.Shame,Weller and Cosmatos didn`t work together more.Like Carpenter and Russell.Of Unknown origin is awesome the commentary they do on the dvd is fantastic,one of the better ones.Great review as always.