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Premise labels used: memory plague, undersea research, cure search, isolated lab, rescue mission, deep-sea horror, scientific experiment, apocalyptic outbreak
Setting labels used: Mariana Trench, deep sea, underwater station, research lab, Pacific Ocean, lightless depths, isolated facility, submersible descent, claustrophobic enclosure, apocalyptic world
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A science team sails into the Mariana Trench to verify mermaids, and the ocean answers with slaughter.
Why this is here
Premise labels: killer mermaids · scientific expedition · search mission · truth seeking · revenge quest · cover-up · expedition horror · monster discovery
Setting labels: Mariana Trench · open ocean · research ship · deep sea · Pacific Ocean · oceanic isolation · underwater expedition
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Distance: 0.1599
A Navy-led deep-sea science team investigates a mysterious shipwreck and a strange sphere that warps reality.
Why this is here
Premise labels: deep-sea expedition · alien artifact · spacecraft mystery · first contact · unknown life form · group in peril · psychological pressure · containment crisis
Setting labels: Pacific Ocean · South Pacific · deep sea · ocean floor · underwater habitat · undersea station · remote research site · claustrophobic setting · alien environment · future past
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Distance: 0.1704
A marine biologist is pulled into a deep-sea mystery that erupts into monster horror, then a flooded future quest.
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Premise labels: scientific investigation · secret facility · deep sea threat · monster encounter · future survivor · signal hunt · post-disaster world · humanity vs creatures · quest narrative · two-timeline story
Setting labels: Arctic Circle · underwater base · deep ocean · post-apocalyptic future · flooded world · coastal inundation · sea-level rise · dystopian future · illegal drilling rig · highly aquatic world
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Distance: 0.1729
A traumatized sailor’s confession leads from wartime escape to a remote island and an encounter with impossible sea horror.
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Premise labels: shipwreck survival · island discovery · ancient ruin · forbidden knowledge · cosmic horror · sea horror · madness
Setting labels: Pacific Ocean · remote island · war at sea · World War I · deserted island · volcanic island · ancient underwater world · maritime
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Distance: 0.1843
A disgraced deep-sea expert returns to the Mariana Trench, where a prehistoric mega-shark may still be alive.
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Premise labels: prehistoric shark · monster shark · deep sea terror · survival threat · haunted survivor · science-backed monster · underwater danger
Setting labels: Pacific Ocean · Mariana Trench · deep sea · underwater facility · modern day · high-tech submersible
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Distance: 0.1848
Bioengineered outcasts maintain a deep-sea power station where isolation, trauma, and something far older begin to collide.
Why this is here
Premise labels: undersea station · deep sea survival · bioengineered workers · corporate exploitation · geothermal energy · abnormal psychology · transhuman adaptation · apocalyptic threat · marginalized cast · claustrophobic isolation
Setting labels: undersea rift · ocean floor · deep ocean · near future · Pacific Ocean · Juan de Fuca Ridge · hydrothermal vents · active volcanic setting · claustrophobic habitat · lightless abyss
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Distance: 0.1853
Jake and the Animorphs dive into a secret undersea world to stop a Yeerk weapon and survive its monstrous inhabitants.
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Premise labels: undersea mission · alien ship hunt · hidden civilization · rescue mission · war sabotage · body horror
Setting labels: underwater · ocean depths · hidden sea cave · secret civilization · Earth-based · Atlantis-like
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Distance: 0.1883
A naval doctor investigates a mysterious illness at a secret deep-sea facility and uncovers a far stranger hidden truth.
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Premise labels: undersea discovery · medical mystery · secret facility · mysterious illness · Atlantis mystery · deep sea excavation · military science project · cover-up · unknown signal · alien technology
Setting labels: North Atlantic · Greenland · oil platform · undersea facility · deep sea station · ocean floor · remote setting · submerged environment · claustrophobic setting · near-future science
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Distance: 0.1889
An ex-SEAL salvage captain dives into a global catastrophe, a lost civilization mystery, and a looming war.
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Premise labels: world disaster · ancient civilization · underwater mission · save the world · political crisis · nuclear brinkmanship · deep-sea salvage · lost civilization mystery · end-of-the-world threat · scientific mystery
Setting labels: Pacific Ocean · deep sea · underwater · global scale · Pacific Rim · United States · Japan · Washington DC · Micronesia · exotic locations · submersible setting · high-tech fictional reality
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Distance: 0.1916
A short prequel follows Jonas Taylor’s first deep-sea encounter with a prehistoric shark and its fallout.
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Premise labels: prequel · backstory · origin story · first encounter · marine expedition · submersible dive · deep-sea survival · prehistoric monster · hidden creature · career downfall · cover-up
Setting labels: Mariana Trench · Challenger Deep · deep ocean · underwater expedition · naval setting · sea exploration · prehistoric marine world · thermal vents
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Distance: 0.1935
A skeletal Arctic rig crew faces isolation, supply shortage, and a world-ending contagion that is heading their way.
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Premise labels: arctic isolation · global pandemic · zombie outbreak · survival ordeal · marooned crew · end of the world · stranded workplace
Setting labels: Arctic Ocean · oil refinery platform · offshore rig · remote workplace · polar winter · post apocalyptic world · isolated enclosure · global collapse
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Distance: 0.1940
A mermaid documentary shoot aboard a cruise ship turns into a deadly deep-sea disaster.
Why this is here
Premise labels: killer mermaids · documentary crew · mockumentary · deep sea expedition · lost-at-sea mystery · predator reveal · survival horror · cryptid hunt · marine disaster
Setting labels: Mariana Trench · open ocean · bathypelagic zone · cruise ship · at sea · deep water · subaquatic setting
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1978
