History Film / LordsOfTheDeep

* CanadaEh: The whiff of Canada in O'Neill's line readings is (along with his unfortunate mustache) the main thing that differentiates him from the rest of the movie's mostly interchangeable cast of brown-haired white men.

* TheDragon: [[spoiler: Dobler is in an odd position as he's the film's main antagonist AND TheDragon. While he's responsible for every death, he begins his murderous rampage at the behest of Creator/RogerCorman's corrupt executive, making him TheDragon. Not only does he fail he gets killed in the end.]]

''Lords of the Deep'' is a 1989 American SciFiHorror film, co-produced by Creator/RogerCorman and directed by Mary Ann Fisher, about an underwater colony being attacked by alien life forms. Actors included Bradford Dillman and Priscilla Barnes.

* ForgettableCharacter: It ''really'' doesn't help the movie that its cast is made up almost entirely of bland, interchangeable white guys. The only ones who stand out are Dobler (Creator/BradfordDillman), by virtue of being the antagonist and talking like he took acting classes from William Shatner, and O'Neill, who has a mustache and is Claire's love interest. Another factor that makes Dobler stand out is that he's played by Dillman, who notched a long career playing slimy executives and unreasonable authority figures, such as in the Dirty Harry franchise.

* HumiliationConga: [[spoiler: Dobler manages to kill off multiple people except for his intended target in order to keep his position as the undersea lab's commander and avoid being on Earth's toxic surface. His superior is so incensed that he killed he wrong people and not the one he was told to that he tells him that he's being replaced anyway. Dobler, completely nuts by this point, keeps trying to kill O'Neill and Claire, but fails. The alien presence saves O'Neill and Claire and leaves Dobler to die when the undersea lab implodes. Also, a number of characters Dobler thought he killed were saved by the aliens.]]

* ForgettableCharacter: It ''really'' doesn't help the movie that its cast is made up almost entirely of bland, interchangeable white guys. The only ones who stand out are Dobler, Creator/BradfordDillman by virtue of being the antagonist and talking like he took acting classes from William Shatner, and O'Neill, who has a mustache and is Claire's love interest. Another factor that makes Dobler stand out is that he's played by Dillman, who notched a long career playing slimy executives and unreasonable authority figures, such as in the Dirty Harry franchise.

* ForgettableCharacter: It ''really'' doesn't help the movie that its cast is made up almost entirely of bland, interchangeable white guys. The only ones who stand out are Dobler, Creator/Bradford Dillman by virtue of being the antagonist and talking like he took acting classes from William Shatner, and O'Neill, who has a mustache and is Claire's love interest. Another factor that makes Dobler stand out is that he's played by Dillman, who notched a long career playing slimy executives and unreasonable authority figures, such as in the Dirty Harry franchise.

* ForgettableCharacter: It ''really'' doesn't help the movie that its cast is made up almost entirely of bland, interchangeable white guys. The only ones who stand out are Dobler, (Bradford Dillman) by virtue of being the antagonist and talking like he took acting classes from William Shatner, and O'Neill, who has a mustache and is Claire's love interest. Another factor that makes Dobler stand out is that he's played by Dillman, who notched a long career playing slimy executives and unreasonable authority figures, such as in the Dirty Harry franchise.

* HumiliationConga: [[spoiler: Dobler manages to kill off multiple people except for his intended target in order to keep his position as the undersea lab's commander and avoid being on Earth's toxic surface. His superior is so incensed that he killed he wrong people and not the one he was told to that he tells him that he's being replaced anyway. Dobler, completely nuts by this point, keeps trying to kill O'Neill and Claire, but fails. The alien presence saves O'Neill and Claire and leaves Dobler to die when the undersea lab implodes.]]

* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: Dobler wipes out most of the crew to save his job and prevent being relegated to Earth's toxic surface. His superior is pissed and makes it clear he's out of a job, and then later, Dobler dies for his troubles.]]

* ForgettableCharacter: It ''really'' doesn't help the movie that its cast is made up almost entirely of bland, interchangeable white guys. The only ones who stand out are Dobler, by virtue of being the antagonist and talking like he took acting classes from William Shatner, and O'Neill, who has a mustache and is Claire's love interest. Another factor that makes Dobler stand out is that he's played by Bradford Dillman, who notched a long career

* CastingGag: Co-producer Creator/RogerCorman's video appearances are very similar to the character Martin, played by Creator/MegFoster in Leviathan. [[spoiler: Also, the character escapes unscathed, and doesn't even get a punch of retribution in the end.]]

* ForgettableCharacter: It ''really'' doesn't help the movie that its cast is made up almost entirely of bland, interchangeable white guys. The only ones who stand out are Dobler, by virtue of being the antagonist and talking like he took acting classes from William Shatner, and O'Neill, who has a mustache and is Claire's love interest.

* HotScientist: Downplayed. Claire is played by the attractive Priscilla Barnes, but the movie doesn't make a big deal out of her looks and she wears practical uniforms and PPE all the way through.

''Lords of the Deep'' is a 1989 American science fiction horror film co-produced by Roger Corman, about an underwater colony being attacked by alien life forms. Actors included Bradford Dillman and Priscilla Barnes.

* StarfishAliens: Lords of the Deep bodies are similar to manta-rays.

* InnocentAliens: The Lords of the Deep are actually benign, as they are trying to find a way to save humanity from itself.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [=McDowell=] superior is disgusted with what he see as [=McDowell=] needlessly killing various people and yet not the one person they asked him to kill. [=McDowell=] tries to justify his action but his superior still plans to replace him once the new people get there.
* ForgettableCharacter: Really doesn't help the movie as the 'Lords of the Deep' cast being almost completely bland white guys.
* MushroomSamba: with a dash of AcidTripDimension feel when the aliens try to use images to discuss what their plan is to the protagonist.
* InnocentAliens: The Lords of the Deep are actually benign as they are trying to find a way to save humanity.

Lords of the Deep is a 1989 American science fiction horror film co-produced by Roger Corman, about an underwater colony being attacked by alien life forms. Actors included Bradford Dillman and Priscilla Barnes.

The film was recently featured as the third episode of since gained new life as the subject of the reboot of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''. Tropes pertaining to that episode can be found [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S12E03LordsOfTheDeep here]].

* EvenEvilHasStandard: McDowell superior is disgusted with what he see as McDowell needlessly killing various people and yet not the one person they asked him to kill. McDowell tries to justify his action but his superior still plans to replace him once the new people get there.

* Forgettable Character: Really doesn't help the movie as the 'Lords of the Deep' cast being almost completely bland white guys.

Lords of the Deep is a 1989 American science fiction horror film co-produced by Roger Corman[1], about an underwater colony being attacked by alien life forms. Actors included Bradford Dillman and Priscilla Barnes.