Destination Inner Space

Destination Inner Space (1966)

TERROR from the DEPTHS of the SEA!

A futuristic underwater sea-lab is having problems with a UFO that's parked between them and a nearby deep ocean trench. As they investigate, they attract the unwanted attention of a dangerous creature who puts the scientists and crew in danger.

Date of release
1966-05-01
TMDB
4.9 / 10 (27)
Runtime
1h 23m
Genres
Thriller, Science Fiction
Director
Francis D. Lyon

Casting

Interesting facts

Destination Inner Space is a 1966 science fiction film produced by Earl Lyon, directed by Francis D. Lyon, written by Arthur C. Pierce, and stars Scott Brady, Gary Merrill, and Sheree North. The film was released to theaters in the US in May 1966 on a double bill with Frozen Alive (1964); its broadcasting rights were pre-sold to television so that some of the licensing fee could be used to finance the film's production. The story centers on scientists working in a laboratory on the floor of the ocean. They encounter an undersea flying saucer, after which the lab is attacked by a colorful aquatic humanoid monster who they fear may be the first in an alien invasion.

Production

United Picture Corporation's first two films, Castle of Evil and Destination Inner Space, were shot back-to-back in only 14 days. Francis D. Lyon later wrote, "I don't recommend this hurried approach as a practice, because quality has to suffer".

Principal photography of Destination Inner Space began on November 17, 1965 at Producers Studio in Los Angeles. Its production was financed in part by its having been licensed in advance to 44 TV stations by Television Enterprises Corporation (TEC). It was part of a film package that generated licensing fees to TEC of $5 million to $5.5 million. The same package of films was later sold to CBS at an unspecified price.

The film was well-known actor Sheree North's first film in almost a decade. After roles in a number of features, she had been working extensively in TV and on stage, but had not appeared in a motion picture since Mardi Gras (1958).

The film's score is by Paul Dunlap, who composed music for numerous SF films, including I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957), and The Angry Red Planet (1959). However, film critic Bruce Elder refers to the music in Destination Inner Space as "mostly hand-me-down work" from The Angry Red Planet.

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