Rating: NR
Genre:
Science Fiction
Release Date: 01/15/2008
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol/Por
Dubbed: English/Espanol/Por
Sound: DD5.1/DD1
Run Time: 79 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children, Not For Children
Distributor/Studio: Sony Pictures
It Came From Beneath the Sea was the first of several fruitful collaborations between producer
Charles H. Schneer and special-effects wizard
Ray Harryhausen. "It" is a giant, six-tentacled octopus, which is galvanized into action by an H-bomb test. Worse still, the monster is highly radioactive, rendering useless the normal means of defense against it. Scientists
Donald Curtis and
Faith Domergue team with atomic-submarine commander
Kenneth Tobey to halt the creature's progress before it begins to attack major coastal cities. Alas, the monster manages to reach San Francisco, wreaking havoc on the Golden Gate Bridge, the Ferry Building, and Market Street before
Tobey figures out a way to destroy it. The stop-motion animation utilized by
Harryhausen in
It Came From Beneath Sea is convincingly frightening, but before long he'd top this achievement with such superb projects as
Earth vs. Flying Saucers and
Seventh Voyage of Sinbad.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
;)
