Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

a_chinn Poorly made cheap sci-fi horror film about fish-man creature mutated by radiation. There's a ridiculous story involving spies and espionage, but this film is so unbelievably cheap, poorly acted, poorly written, poorly directed, and overall poorly made that there are really no redeeming qualities to recommend watching this film. Overall, "The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues" is a bad creature-feature even by American International Pictures standards. Not even interesting on a so-bad-it's-good level of entertainment.

Charles Reichenthal There are some films, with tiny budgets, that can pass for a light smile. This film leaves you gaping at the stupidity in everything concerned. The Oceangraphic School, at which this takes place, seems to have no building at all...and there are no signs of any human beings save for the actors. The dialogue is awful, and the beginning of the film indicates just how bad it will be. A actor, in a gill suit, is underwater...and preying on anything. Oh, what to do??!! Kent Taylor, the 'hero' of the piece never changes expression ('Just let me out of here'). Cathy Downs does try...but has nothing tangible to do. She is still attractive, but that beauty of 'My Darling Clementine' and 'The Dark Corner' is strained. Still, she is the only thing worth looking at in the film. No school, no students, no apparent staff, a lab from an Ed Wood movie. Sad sad sad film. The one alleged professor has created a new scientific study that has gotten out of hand. Uranium apparently is at the bottom of this stretch of see...and it multiplies leading to the creation of an actor dressed in a gill suit but still looking like an actor in a gill suit ( makes you admire The Creature from the Black Lagoon even more.) The gill man's first victim, to us, is a man whose row boat is overturned. The gill man gets him...and seems to fondle him as he kills him (watch the scene, if you dare!). No students on the beach...no one else...until a bleached blond (of .maybe, a spy ring) entices the professor's dart=carrying assistant to 'get the secret'. You don't need to know any more.

Scott LeBrun Handsome, stolid Kent Taylor plays Dr. Ted Stevens, a scientist investigating unusual activity in a seaside community. What he discovers is a radioactive light emanating from the ocean floor...and a goofy marine monster guarding the thing. There's no shortage of dubious types involved, as there are those who would seek to profit from this weapon. Ted, a real multi tasker if ever there was one, also finds the time to romance Lois King (Cathy Downs), the daughter of local oceanographer Professor King (Michael Whalen).One would hope, based on the poster art and that great title, that this would make for tasty schlock movie viewing. Alas, it's not to be, as this is a fairly dull affair, with not much of interest ever happening. Lou Rusoff, the screenwriter, tried to spice things up with the intrigue subplot, but everything is boringly handled. The filmmakers, led by director Dan Milner (who went on to do the more memorably awful "From Hell It Came"), establish their "credentials" by showing off their monster less than a minute into the movie! It's a funny looking beast, to be sure; audience members may be chuckling quite a bit every time it makes an appearance. It does kill a few people, but mostly it just stands there looking silly.Taylor is a rather stiff but not unlikable hero. Downs is lovely but doesn't have a very good part with which to work. Whalen is passable as our well intentioned antagonist. Phillip Pine is a non-threatening, would be villain. Rodney Bell is not bad as the government agent who collaborates with Dr. Stevens. Vivi Janiss does what she can in the role of Professor Kings' nosey secretary, who's motivated to find out more about what her boss does. The very sexy Helene Stanton has her moments as a conniving woman prodding Pine to produce results for certain interested parties.Best of all is Ronald Steins' score, which is good enough to deserve to have been in a better movie.Five out of 10.

bensonmum2 The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues, huh? It's more like The Phantom from 10 Feet. The "Phantom" is as lame a creature as I've seen recently in a 50s sci-fi/horror movie. No movement to speak of, ridiculous looking, and only threatening if you get within 3 feet – we're not talking The Creature from the Black Lagoon here. And The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues commits one of the most unforgivable sins a bad sci-fi/horror movie can – it eliminates all tension and mystery by showing us a good, clear shot of the monster within the first 15 seconds of the movie. What a huge mistake! And when your monster is this bad, you really need to keep it under-wraps as long as you can. This is "Bad Movie Making 101" type stuff.I'm a fan of 50s sci-fi/horror – even the bad ones. But when I run across one this dull, I've got to be honest and give it the rating it deserves. Actually, "dull" hardly seems strong enough. The paper thin plot is as dull as dishwater. We're promised death rays, but none are forthcoming. We're told of radiation burns, but the bodies are all conveniently face-down. And we're lead to believe that there's a large Oceanography Institute nearby, but all we see is a small office and an even smaller lab. What plot the movie does have takes a backseat to incessant conversations between characters I couldn't have cared less about. Can a movie be completely filled with padding in the form of pointless dialogue? The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues comes close. And what a group of characters! Again, about as dull as you'll run across – a misguided but dull scientist, his clueless and dull daughter, a good but dull scientist/hero, a nosey but dull secretary, a gruff and dull investigator, and an idiotic, homicidal, but ultimately dull lab assistant. I think I'm being generous with my 3/10.Before I end this, there are a few things in The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues that I feel I must comment on:1. The young hero/scientist comes walking out of the ocean and just happens to trip over the only person within sight – the film's female lead. What are the chances of that happening?2. Are we really supposed to believe that the local fishermen, scientists, sightseers, the Oceanography Institute, and everyone else really share the same row boat? Were we not supposed to notice the same boat going out to sea over and over? That little boat sure gets some mileage.3. How convenient is it that all the dead bodies and the aforementioned row boat always seems to wash up on the same spot of beach? Just a lucky coincidence I guess.4. Did anyone else find it odd that the movie's young female lead dresses in the living room? For that matter, did anyone find it odd that the bathroom/shower was that close to the front door? And what about that scene where the hero helps the young heroine with her zipper? Can you say cliché?5. Why the need for a subplot involving foreign spies? Granted, Helene Stanton is about the best thing The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues has going for it, but really, why is she here?