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The Abyss Creature is the main antagonist of the 1994 Italian horror film Creatures from the Abyss.

When five teens partying on a dinghy spot a large yacht, they climb aboard to avoid an incoming storm. Unfortunately for them, the yacht is inhabited by a mutated deep-sea fish that was being examined on the ship.

Appearance

The Abyss Creature is a small stonefish-like creature with bulbous eyes and sharp spines on its back. The mutations that it afflicts on humans include growing fish-like creatures out of long stalks on their back and growing extra jaws and body parts.

Powers and Abilities

The Abyss Creature possesses the following powers and abilities:

  • Flight
  • Sharp teeth
  • Infection of human/inducing mutations

Fate

The remaining mutated humans are killed after gasoline is dumped throughout the yacht and the boat is blown up.

Trivia

  • The initial fish resembles a cross between a stonefish and a goby, the latter due to its frog-like eyes and underbite.

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