This week’s release: Deepwater Horizon
IMDb Describes It As: “A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.”
The Basic Ingredients: A devastating catastrophe on an oil rig causes the deaths of several people.
So what’s our horror equivalent?
The Intruder Within (1981)
Directed by Peter Carter
Written by Ed Waters
IMDb Describes It As: “Drillers on an oil rig near Antarctica discover they have accidentally brought up several prehistoric eggs. One egg hatches and becomes an unstoppable creature.”
Long live The Horror Equivalent!
Deepwater Horizon