Gods of the Deep

Gods of the Deep, which features the tagline "A New Depth of Fear" is a low-budget British Lovecraftian horror film written and directed by Charlie Steeds and released in February 2024 Gods of the Deep (2023) at iMDB, retrieved 3 July 2024.
==Synopsis==
When a new deep sea trench is discovered at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean - the deepest ever recorded at 37,000 feet - a large corporation designs a revolutionary new submersible craft and recruits a crack team of experts to explore this hidden new world. However, when they uncover a colossal sleeping creature, avaricious executives demand a tissue sample, revealing that they had expected the existence of such a being all along.
As the monstrous entity begins to awaken, insanity starts to claim the minds of the crew, and the sample begins to grow, adding its own power to the waves of madness washing through the ship.
==Mythos Connections==
*The name of the company which funds the expedition is the Pickman Corporation, a clear nod to the titular character of "Pickman's Model", but with no substantial connection to the story.
*The main character is stated to have attended Miskatonic University, although the one mentioned in Gods of the Deep is located in London, England rather than Lovecraft's New England.
*Although never directly named, the entity which awakens, an enormous winged humanoid with tentacles in place of its lower face, is clearly intended to be Cthulhu.
==Other Connections==
*The character of Jed Pickman, owner of the Pickman Corporation, was played by actor Chris Lines. Lines had previously played the part of the titular character in the 2017 short H. P. Lovecraft's The Terrible Old Man H. P. Lovecraft's The Terrible Old Man (Short 2017) at iMDB.
==Reception==
Gods of the Deep has received mostly negative reviews, holding a 3.2/10 rating on iMDB (below average user experience) and an approval rating of only 7% on Rotten Tomatoes Gods of the Deep at Rotten Tomatoes, retrieved 3 July 2024.
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Category:Charlie Steeds works
Category:Expanded Mythos Film & Television