Given the chance to live in a simulated underwater home for a month, a scientist convinces his family to take advantage of the offer. Once the family agrees to move in, underwater mayhem occurs!
Practical Effects
Gloriously ridiculous underwater house set looks expensive and cheap simultaneously.
Costume
Janet Leigh's scuba-chic wardrobe deserves its own Smithsonian exhibit.
Acting
Young Dreyfuss somehow commits to this with full dramatic integrity.
Director
Jack Arnold
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jack Arnold directed the original Creature from the Black Lagoon, making this his weird aquatic full-circle moment.
Released during the real-life Sealab craze, this rode the wave of 1960s underwater living obsession that quickly sank.
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