Death Dive

{{Short description|2015 Canadian film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Death Dive

| native_name = {{infobox name module|fr|Le Scaphandrier}}

| image = Le_scaphandrier.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Alain Vézina

| producer = Daniel Morin

| writer = Alain Vézina

| starring = Éric Gagné
Édith Côté-Demers
Alexandre Landry
Raymond Bouchard
Béatrice Picard

| music = Réjean Doyon

| cinematography = Jean Kavanagh

| editing = Marc Plana
Alain Baril

| studio = Boréal Films

| distributor = Filmoption International

| runtime = 78 minutes

| released = {{film date|2015|02|20}}

| country = Canada

| language = French

| budget =

}}

Death Dive ({{langx|fr|Le Scaphandrier}}) is a Canadian horror film, directed by Alain Vézina and released in 2015.Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/scaphandrier-alain-vezina/ "Scaphandrier, Le – Film de Alain Vézina"]. Films du Québec, January 26, 2015. The film centres on a zombie invasion in a small town in the Gaspésie region of Quebec, spawned after a journalist tries to investigate the appearance of a mysterious ghost ship in the St. Lawrence River.Éric Moreault, [https://www.lesoleil.com/archives/le-scaphandrier20-000-zombies-sous-le-fleuve-aae56eeaaaf60e4d4762beb1b1d6c87c "Le scaphandrier: 20 000 zombies sous le fleuve"]. Le Soleil, February 21, 2015.

The film's cast includes Éric Gagné, Édith Côté-Demers, Alexandre Landry, Raymond Bouchard, Béatrice Picard, Jean-Guy Bouchard, Pascale Létourneau, Benoit Rousseau, Widemir Normil, Charles Dauphinais, Félix-Antoine Duval and Dominique Laniel.

It premiered in Quebec theatres in February 2015, and was subsequently screened at several international horror and fantasy film festivals, including the Sitges Film Festival.Marc Larouche, [https://www.infodimanche.com/actualites/culture/275583/le-scaphandrier-selectionne-dans-des-festivals-internationaux "«Le Scaphandrier» sélectionné dans des festivals internationaux"]. Info-Dimanche, October 4, 2015. At the Torremolinos Fantastic Film Festival, it won the awards for Best Special Effects and Best Direction.[https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/455197/des-prix-pour-le-scaphandrier "Des prix pour Le scaphandrier"]. Le Devoir, November 13, 2015.

Joan-Patricia Parris and Mario Soucy received a Quebec Cinema Award nomination for Best Makeup at the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2016.Maxime Demers, [https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2016/03/20/gala-du-cinema-quebecois-la-liste-des-gagnants "La passion d’Augustine triomphe"]. Le Journal de Montréal, March 20, 2016.

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