Up from the Depth (1979) - Newspaper Ad

Oakland Tribune - August 29, 1979

I remember being freaked out by this artwork for Up from the Depths, but the movie was not booked at any venues I would have been able, much less even allowed, to go to in order to see it on the big screen. If I had even dared to. This ad made the movie look pretty darn scary to me.

The co-hit for the film at the Eastmont Four was Piranha (1978), a far better film than Up from the Depths turned out to be. At the Lux Up from the Depths would be sharing the screen with The Great Train Robbery (1978) and Fast Charlie...the Moonbeam Rider (1979), making this creature feature the cinematic fish out of water of the three. The Nimitz and San Ramon drive-ins would also have Up from the Depths coupled with Piranha, like the Eastmont Four.