Is Leviathan (1989) scary?

Mildly — Leviathan (1989) 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 age is Leviathan (1989) appropriate for?

Leviathan (1989) is rated R. Watch Darkly does not assign its own age rating, so here is what the film actually contains. On Watch Darkly's curator scale it scored 5.0/10 for fear and 6.0/10 for gore, where 10 is the most extreme in the catalog. No content warnings are on file for it.

What are some films like Leviathan (1989)?

Films similar to Leviathan (1989) on Watch Darkly include The Abyss (1989), Deep Blue Sea (1999), Alien: Covenant (2017), selected by shared themes and tags plus the curator scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, intensity, and overall quality.

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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

Release

In theaters: March 17, 1989

Curator Score

6.0

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating · How we score

Strongest on atmosphere.

Age suitability

Leviathan is rated R. Watch Darkly does not assign its own age rating. It scored 5.0/10 for fear and 6.0/10 for gore, and carries no content warnings.

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6.0Overall

Fear5.0

Gore6.0

Atmosphere7.0

Genres

science-fictionhorrorthriller

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