Tentacles
“It's Turning the Beach ... Into a Buffet!”
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A coastal community suffers mysterious deaths while a giant octopus lurks beneath the water. A surprisingly recognisable cast lends weight to an Italian aquatic thriller whose ambitions eventually overwhelm its creature staging. The climactic sea-animal confrontation is a particular attraction for miniature-monster connoisseurs.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 5.5/10
- Plot
- 8/10
- Effects
- 8/10
- Dialogue
- 6.5/10
- Rewatchability
- 7/10
“A respectable cast discovers that the sea-monster budget has other priorities.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 70
Synopsis and movie facts
Several people disappear from and at the sea. Their bodies are found gnawed to the skeleton, even the marrow is missing. The scientists have no idea which animal could do such things. Dr. Turner begins to suspect that the company which builds a tunnel beneath the bay might have poisoned the environment and caused an octopus to mutate to giant dimensions...
- Released
- 1977
- Directed by
- Ovidio G. Assonitis
- Running time
- 102 min
- Original title
- Tentacoli
Starring
- John Huston as Ned Turner
- Shelley Winters as Tillie Turner
- Bo Hopkins as Will Gleason
- Henry Fonda as Mr. Whitehead
- Delia Boccardo as Vicky Gleason
- Cesare Danova as John Corey
- Alan Boyd as Mike
- Sherry Buchanan as Judy
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 49158.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review notes the name cast and criticises the artificial-looking climactic battle between whales and octopus.
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