This should be called “Harpsichord!”. The music stings are the most frightening thing about it. (Well, that and the fact that no less than THREE Academy award winners were convinced to star in the thing)
Tentacles
It's Turning the Beach ... Into a Buffet!
Rating
2.0 (1)
Release Date
2/25/1977Runtime
102 minsOverview
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...
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
ItalianBudget
$750,000Revenue
$3,000,000Homepage
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A creature-feature that plays as environmental horror wrapped in monster-attack spectacle, where industrial negligence awakens a mutated threat lurking in the depths. The film trades in genuine unease about what lurks beneath familiar beaches while delivering the pulpy thrills of an action-adventure monster movie.
Mood
Dread-soakedTenseUnsettling
Themes
SurvivalCorruptionNature
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Brisk
Look
Practical effectsDocumentary-like
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violence
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