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''Island Of the Fishmen'' (''L'Isola Deglg Oumini Pesche'' in Italian), also known as ''Screamers'', is an [[ItalianMedia Italian]] [[HorrorFilms Horror Movie]] by Sergio Martino.

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''Island Of the Fishmen'' (''L'Isola Deglg Oumini Pesche'' Degli Uomini Pesce'' in Italian), also known as ''Screamers'', is an [[ItalianMedia Italian]] [[HorrorFilms Horror Movie]] by Sergio Martino.
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Of course, they aren't the only ones on the island. They soon find themselves in the abode of one Edward Rackham (Richard Johnson), who reveals that the fish people are in fact descended from the original inhabitants of Atlantis. He's been using a woman named Amanda Marvin (Barbara Bach) to give the creatures developed by her father, the biologist Professor Ernest Marvin (Joseph Cotton) to have the fish people dredge up relics from the ruins below the island.

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Of course, they aren't the only ones on the island. They soon find themselves in the abode of one Edward Rackham (Richard Johnson), (Creator/RichardJohnson), who reveals that the fish people are in fact descended from the original inhabitants of Atlantis. He's been using a woman named Amanda Marvin (Barbara Bach) to give the creatures developed by her father, the biologist Professor Ernest Marvin (Joseph Cotton) to have the fish people dredge up relics from the ruins below the island.
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* TouchOfTheMonster: A huge motif in the marketing. The above image shows Amanda being menaced by the creatures, although other publicity stills show her just kinda calmly hanging out with them.
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* BeastAndBeauty: The fishmen seem to hate all the humans in the movie except Amanda, whose life they even save at the end.

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''Island Of The Fishmen'' (''L'Isola Deglg Oumini Pesche'' in Italian), also known as ''Screamers'', is an [[ItalianMedia Italian]] [[HorrorFilms Horror Movie]] by Sergio Martino.

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''Island Of The the Fishmen'' (''L'Isola Deglg Oumini Pesche'' in Italian), also known as ''Screamers'', is an [[ItalianMedia Italian]] [[HorrorFilms Horror Movie]] by Sergio Martino.
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* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Amanda. Her father is a professor [[spoiler:who's turning humans into fish people]].
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* EvilutionaryBiologist: [[spoiler:Professor Ernest Marvin. The Fishmen are the result of his experimentation into creating a species that will replace humans at the dominant species on Earth after humanity has gone extinct.]]


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* TheReveal: Claude and Amanda finding [[spoiler:Jose in a tank in Amanda's father's lab, half-transformed into a fishman]].
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* LocationTitle: The movie is set on an island populated by fish people.
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* WhiteDress: Amanda is usually seen wearing one.

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* LadyInWhite: Amanda is usually seen in a white dress.


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* HollywoodNatives: The natives of the island look like [[https://images.static-bluray.com/reviews/10154_4.jpg this]].

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* HollywoodNatives: The natives of the island working for Edward Rackham look like [[https://images.static-bluray.com/reviews/10154_4.jpg this]].this]].
* LadyInWhite: Amanda is usually seen in a white dress.
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* HollywoodNatives: The natives of the island look like [[https://images.static-bluray.com/reviews/10154_4.jpg this]].
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* MercyKill: Claude performs one on [[spoiler:Jose upon discovering him in a tank in Professor Ernest Marvin's lab]].
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''Island Of The Fishmen'' (''L'Isola Deglg Oumini Pesche'' in Italian), also known as ''Screamers'', is an [[ItalianMmedia Italian]] [[HorrorFilms Horror Movie]] by Sergio Martino.

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''Island Of The Fishmen'' (''L'Isola Deglg Oumini Pesche'' in Italian), also known as ''Screamers'', is an [[ItalianMmedia [[ItalianMedia Italian]] [[HorrorFilms Horror Movie]] by Sergio Martino.
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''Island Of The Fishmen'' (''L'Isola Deglg Oumini Pesche'' in Italian), also known as ''Screamers'', is an [[ItalianMmedia Italian]] [[HorrorFilms Horror Movie]] by Sergio Martino.

In 1891, a military doctor named Lieutenant Clause de Ross (Claudio Cassinelli) washes up on an island in the Carribean Sea with a handful of convicts. Soon, the group discovers they aren't alone. The island is populated by a race of murderous FishPeople who will attack and kill anyone they see.

Of course, they aren't the only ones on the island. They soon find themselves in the abode of one Edward Rackham (Richard Johnson), who reveals that the fish people are in fact descended from the original inhabitants of Atlantis. He's been using a woman named Amanda Marvin (Barbara Bach) to give the creatures developed by her father, the biologist Professor Ernest Marvin (Joseph Cotton) to have the fish people dredge up relics from the ruins below the island.

However, Claude and Amanda soon discover that there's more going on than they know.

The movie was released on January 18th, 1979.

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!!''Island Of The Fishmen'' contains examples of:
* FishPeople: The titular Fishmen are gigantic bipedal human-fish creatures. [[spoiler:They were the result of Professor Marvin's research into creating the next dominant species on Earth for when humans have gone extinct.]]
* WasOnceAMan: [[spoiler:The Fishmen are in fact humans transformed into human-fish hybrid creatures by Professor Marvin.]]
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