Being Film #3 for Hooptober 2024

I can appreciate all the breaks Roger Corman gave people through his films over the years. And I can appreciate the fun schlock of many of his films – with the best of them there’s a charm and imprint that can’t be denied. And huge kudos to the man for giving female directors a chance to shine: I’m attributing anything good about Humanoids From The Deep to Barbara Peeters who took a swing with this Jaws ripoff and inject a sense of fun and social consciousness to the proceedings. But if you know anything about this film, it’s probably about the image I used for the header, which is not only exploitative in the worst possible way, but was done so without the cast and crew’s knowledge. So let’s get into why a few inserted scenes basically makes this a non-starter for me.