Mildly — Leviathan works more through dread than through overt scares. As a body horror film, it scored 5.0/10 for fear, 7.0/10 for atmosphere, and 6.0/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

What are some films like Leviathan?

Leviathan is tagged as body horror, survival, creature feature on Watch Darkly. The film's page lists similar horror films selected by curated scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

Metadata and artwork from TMDB. Not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

body-horror

Leviathan

1989 · R · 1h 38m

How long can you hold your breath?

Underwater deep-sea miners encounter a Soviet wreck and bring back a dangerous cargo to their base on the ocean floor with horrifying results. The crew of the mining base must fight to survive against a genetic mutation that hunts them down one by one.

Plot summary via TMDB

Curator Score

6.0

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

Strongest on atmosphere.

Add your rating

6.0Overall

Fear5.0

Gore6.0

Atmosphere7.0

Genres

science-fictionhorrorthriller

Rate this film

Details

Budget$25M

Box office$15.7M

Directed by

George P. Cosmatos

Written by

Jeb Stuart, David Webb Peoples

Cinematography

Alex Thomson

Music

Jerry Goldsmith

Starring

Peter Weller as Steven Beck · Richard Crenna as Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson · Amanda Pays as Elizabeth 'Willie' Williams · Daniel Stern as Buzz 'Sixpack' Parrish · Ernie Hudson as Justin Jones · Michael Carmine as Tony 'DeJesus' Rodero · Lisa Eilbacher as Bridget Bowman · Héctor Elizondo as C.P. Cobb

Production

Filmauro, Gordon Company, Leviathan Produzione, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Reviews

No reviews yet. Be the first.