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The National Trust limit the number of people who can cross the bridge in any given hour. Thousands of people come every year to blow out the cobwebs, see beautiful coastal scenery, and spot rare wildlife. Suspended almost 100ft (30m) above sea level, the rope bridge was first erected by salmon fishermen 350 years agoĬrossing the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge is an exhilarating experience, high above the water and open to the elements. Queen of the Fishmen.Carrick-a-Rede one of Northern Ireland’s most loved attractions in Northern Ireland, cared for by the National Trust, a registered conservation charity founded to protect beautiful and special places for ever, for everyone.Ĭonnected to the cliffs by a rope bridge across the Atlantic Ocean, Carrick-a-Rede Island (home to a single building - a fisherman's cottage) is the final destination. In 1995, Sergio Martino returned to direct a made-for-Italian-TV sequel titled The Fishmen and Their Queen, a.k.a.

Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film half of one star out of four and remarked, "'Screamers' (a fresh title for what appears to be an old film) never generates any scream." Sequel Roughly half an hour of footage was edited from L'isola degli uomini pesce in order to make room for the above-mentioned stateside additions. īoth Something Waits in the Dark and Screamers run approximately 85 minutes in length. Wynorski re-titled the film (again) and for this new version, entitled Screamers, a scene of a man being turned inside-out was filmed specifically for inclusion in a trailer designed to lure in audiences who failed to give Something Waits in the Dark much notice. Changes to the film itself included the addition of musical cues by Sandy Berman not present in the Italian cut, a new English dub track and a new title, Something Waits in the Dark.Īfter this 1980 release proved unsuccessful, Jim Wynorski spearheaded New World Pictures' re-release of the film. This footage contained grisly special make-up effects of fishmen-inflicted wounds created by Chris Walas. This prologue featured Cameron Mitchell as a sea captain leading a gentleman ( Mel Ferrer) who had squandered his family fortune in search of Atlantean treasure on the island. Alternate versions Īfter being acquired by American distributors New World Pictures and United Pictures Organization, Miller Drake was hired to pen and helm a new opening for the film. Islands of the Fishmen was released in Italy on January 18, 1979.

Joseph Cotten as Professor Ernest Marvin.

Claudio Cassinelli as Lieutenant Claude de Ross.

The backstage on the set in Neptune's Grotto Cast The priestess' prophecy is fulfilled as the film ends with Claude and Amanda attempting an escape from a gun-wielding Rackham, a crazed Shakira, uncontrolled fishmen and the very volcano that doomed Atlantis which awakens and threatens to send what unsubmerged landmass remains to oblivion. Shakira (Beryl Cunningham), a voodoo priestess in the employ of Rackham foretells death and destruction descending upon the island. Having discovered the lost city of Atlantis beneath the waters surrounding the island however, Rackham is in actuality using the half-human monsters to plunder the lost city of its treasures. Rackham manipulates Marvin into performing the procedure upon both willing and unwilling participants by assuring him that his work is undertaken for purely scientific and humanitarian motives (Marvin hopes to reduce strain on the world food supply by creating a race of people who can live in the resource-untapped ocean). When several of these convicts meet unfortunate ends at the hands of the titular fishmen, Claude and the other survivors flee into the jungle, only to encounter the sadistic Edmond Rackham ( Richard Johnson) and his beautiful captive Amanda Marvin ( Barbara Bach).Īmanda's father, Professor Ernest Marvin ( Joseph Cotten), a once-famed biologist, has discovered a way to transform humans into amphibious creatures and controls their every move. It is the year 1891 and a military doctor, Lieutenant Claude de Ross (Claudio Cassinelli) a survivor of not one, but two shipwrecks, washes ashore on a mysterious, uncharted Caribbean island along with a handful of convicts. This version was given the title Screamers. In 1981, about 30 minutes of footage was removed from the original film and replaced with new material for international release.

Island of the Fishmen ( Italian: L'isola degli uomini pesce) is a 1979 Italian action- horror film directed by Sergio Martino, starring Barbara Bach, Joseph Cotten and Richard Johnson.