Evil in the Deep (1974) Cheryl Ladd

[jaws3dfan]

"Evil in the Deep" (1974) is the "R" rated cut of "The Treasure of Jamaica Reef" (which is now available from Dark Force Entertainment) Dark Force was only able to find film elements on "Treasure of Jamaica Reef" and not "Evil in the Deep" but maybe someday another label can find the elements and release this version on Blu-Ray

To Quote "Horse_Hockey" from the news article for "The Treasure of Jamaica Reef"


Treasure of Jamaica Reef has an interesting backstory (it was during filming that Cheryl Stoppelmoor met David Ladd) but it's an astonishing bore. It claims to be based on the novel Diary of a Diver by John Walker, but I've found zero evidence that such a novel ever existed; likewise I'm not sure the film ever played in theaters.

Then Jaws came out. Somebody decided to take ToJR, slap shark footage and a few utterly ridiculous murder scenes into it, splash a little gore here and there, call Stephen Boyd back to narrate some nonsensical hoohah about "Visconti's cursed map," get William Marshall to VO a trailer (it's on YouTube!) and run it in the southern U.S. as Evil in the Deep with the tagline, "RIPS YOUR NERVES TO SHREDS!" It made a quick buck, with which someone ran off. It's still a terrible movie, but at least that version is funny and only occasionally boring."

[jaws3dfan]

[jaws3dfan]

I got my copy of "The Treasure of Jamaica Reef" I found it kind of odd that the "Evil in the Deep" side of the cover was the prominent side displayed and the title printed on the disc is also "Evil in the Deep" when this is the "G" rated version called "The Treasure of Jamaica Reef" and the "R" rated version "Evil in the Deep" is not included on the disc.

I hope this doesn't confuse another studio that may want to release the "R" rated version "Evil in the Deep" in the future.