The Rift

After producing Leviathan (1989) for about $30 million, Dino De Laurentiis, albeit uncredited, decided to finance this low budget version of his own bigger budgeted movie. He hired David Coleman to rewrite a 250 pages draft by Colin Wilson. Coleman's work was written in English but it had to be translated into Italian for De Laurentiis and into Spanish for director Juan Piquer Simón who didn't speak English.

The story was set in outer space in an earlier draft of the script.

At about the 38 minute mark, the submarine is making its way through a tight passage and the character Skeets says "This feels like a golf ball being sucked through a garden hose". This line will seem familiar from another film, Full Metal Jacket, said by R. Lee Ermey who stars in both films.

Deep Star Six (1989) was the first release of several underwater-monster-themed feature films released during 1989-90, including The Abyss (1989), Leviathan (1989), The Evil Below (1989), and Lords of the Deep (1989), and 'The Rift' (aka 'Endless Descent', 1990). With the exception of 'The Abyss', none of these films were box office hits.

Jack Scalia was immediately cast in the lead after he met and spoke to Dino De Laurentiis in his office.

After producing Leviathan (1989) for about $30 million, Dino De Laurentiis, albeit uncredited, decided to finance this low budget version of his own bigger budgeted movie. He hired David Coleman to rewrite a 250 pages draft by Colin Wilson. Coleman's work was written in English but it had to be translated into Italian for De Laurentiis and into Spanish for director Juan Piquer Simón who didn't speak English.

The story was set in outer space in an earlier draft of the script.

At about the 38 minute mark, the submarine is making its way through a tight passage and the character Skeets says "This feels like a golf ball being sucked through a garden hose". This line will seem familiar from another film, Full Metal Jacket, said by R. Lee Ermey who stars in both films.

Deep Star Six (1989) was the first release of several underwater-monster-themed feature films released during 1989-90, including The Abyss (1989), Leviathan (1989), The Evil Below (1989), and Lords of the Deep (1989), and 'The Rift' (aka 'Endless Descent', 1990). With the exception of 'The Abyss', none of these films were box office hits.

Jack Scalia was immediately cast in the lead after he met and spoke to Dino De Laurentiis in his office.