Blu-ray, DVD Release: Monster From the Ocean Floor

Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Available now
Price: DVD $19.98, Blu-ray $25.82
Studio: Film Masters

The first feature-length film produced by the iconic king of pop cinema, Roger Corman, 1954’s Monster From the Ocean Floor was inspired by a Los Angeles Times story Corman read about a one-man submarine manufactured by Aerojet General.

For his inaugural endeavor, Corman recruited first-timers William Danch (Shazam!, The Jim Backus Show) to write the screenplay and director Wyott Ordung (The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals, The Navy vs. the Night Monsters). Other first-timers included actor Stuart Wade (Teenage Monster) and soon-to-be regular Corman player Jonathan Haze (The Little Shop of Horrors, Not of This Earth), who was given a bit part as the ill-fated abalone diver.

In the film, Julie Blair (Anne Kimbell, Girls at Sea) is an American artist vacationing at a seaside village in Mexico where rumors swirl about a man-eating creature dwelling in the cove. Steve Dunning (Wade) is a marine biologist doing research in the area in a one-man submarine. While Julie thinks there may be some truth to the tales, Steve is skeptical … Nonetheless romance soon blooms. But when the mysterious death of an abalone diver (Haze) and Julie’s own terrifying encounter prove that the creature exists, Dunning takes to the depths in a daring underwater battle against the monstrous predator.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

-Tom Weaver and The Weaver Players full-length commentary, including archival contributions from Roger Corman
-Liner notes by Weaver
-Two new documentaries from Ballyhoo Motion Pictures: Bob Baker: From Monsters to Marionettes and Roger Corman: Becoming a B-Movie Maker
–Stills gallery, courtesy of Mike Barnum
-Original 35mm theatrical trailer
-Re-cut 2025 trailer.