It Came from Beneath the Sea
“IT CRUSHES! KILLS! DESTROYS!”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 48, rated by 1 admin.
Higher CrapScores mean more entertainingly bad. How we score movies.
Atomic testing disturbs a giant octopus that starts exploring the California coast. Ray Harryhausen's animated tentacles give the destruction genuine craft, especially around San Francisco's landmarks. The human romance moves much more slowly than the creature, so bring an audience willing to wait for miniature devastation.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 3.5/10
- Plot
- 6.5/10
- Effects
- 2/10
- Dialogue
- 5/10
- Rewatchability
- 7/10
“San Francisco's infrastructure meets a visitor with too many opinions and arms.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 48
Synopsis and movie facts
A giant octopus, whose feeding habits have been affected by radiation from H-Bomb tests, rises from the Mindanao Deep to terrorize the California Coast.
- Released
- 1955
- Directed by
- Robert Gordon
- Running time
- 79 min
Starring
- Kenneth Tobey as Cmdr. Pete Mathews
- Faith Domergue as Prof. Lesley Joyce
- Donald Curtis as Dr. John Carter
- Chuck Griffiths as Lt. Griff, USN
- Ian Keith as Adm. Burns
- Dean Maddox Jr. as Adm. Norman
- Harry Lauter as Deputy Bill Nash
- Richard W. Peterson as Capt. Stacy
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 29959.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review praises the Golden Gate Bridge animation and finds the romantic subplot sluggish.
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