Demons of the Deep

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Real thrills with the professional fishermen who go out after the big ones. Harpooning swordfish is exciting sport. A fisherman is dragged overboard by the rope, with a giant shark hovering nearby, and one of his pals goes over the side and helps him back on board. This is obviously planted stuff, and the reel would have been better without it, for the fights with the monster fish are thrilling enough. The finale has the crew going after a giant shark, which they harpoon, and it drags them through the water in their boat. This film could have been improved by less narrative. The narrator keeps talking steadily and in a phoney excited voice that distracts the attention from the thrill stuff in the picture. It would seem that the average audience can see what is going on without the narrator telling them all about it all over again. Much stronger effect could be gained by an occasional tense remark by the narrator with long pauses heightening the dramatic effect.