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It Came from Beneath the Sea

1955 · 79 min

A creaky, earnest creature feature whose stop-motion tentacles and military-scientist banter make for cozy, low-stakes Saturday-matinee thrills.

Tagline
IT CRUSHES! KILLS! DESTROYS!
Overview
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.
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • science
  • nature
  • fate
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • sea
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror4
Humour3
Realism4
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
science fiction, adventure, horror
Directed by
Robert Gordon
Written by
Harold Jacob Smith, George Worthing Yates
Starring
Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald Curtis, Chuck Griffiths, Ian Keith, Dean Maddox Jr., Harry Lauter, Richard W. Peterson
Cinematography
Henry Freulich
Runtime
79 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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