comic chicken and introduced the character played by David Tomlinson. Heyward says that Willoughby quit after these changes. Reception The film was released in New York on a double bill with Beach Blanket Bingo. The reviewer for The New York Times thought it was the better of the two movies, calling it "a briny safari". Comic book adaption Dell Movie Classic: War-Gods of the Deep (July–September 1965) See also The Shadow over Innsmouth by H. P. Lovecraft. References External links City Under the Sea at DBCult Film Institute 1965 films American International Pictures films 1960s science fiction adventure films British science fiction adventure films British fantasy adventure films Films directed by Jacques Tourneur Underwater civilizations in fiction Films adapted into comics British historical adventure films 1960s historical adventure films 1960s English-language films 1960s British films Films based on poems Films based on works by Edgar Allan Poe Films shot in the United Kingdom Films set in Cornwall