Rent It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
3.0 of 5 from 60 ratings
1h 19min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- The action is wet and wild in this sci-fi thriller that pits man - and woman - against a giant octopus. Submarine commander Pete Mathews and scientists Lesley Joyce and John Carter battle an angry sea monster driven from the depths of the ocean by an H-bomb explosion. In search of non-contaminated food, this tentacled tyrant counts among its victims a fishing trawler and its passengers, a family sunning at the beach, several San Francisco skyscrapers and even the Golden Gate Bridge! A daring attempt by the scientists to destroy the monster while saving themselves is a gripping finale to this aquatic adventure. The riveting special effects were created by Ray Harryhausen.
- Actors:
- Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald Curtis, Ian Keith, Dean Maddox Jr., Chuck Griffiths, Harry Lauter, Richard W. Peterson, Tol Avery, William Bryant, Del Courtney, Roy Engel, Eddie Fisher, Sam Hayes, Jules Irving, Jack Littlefield, Rudy Puteska, Ray Storey
- Directors:
- Robert Gordon
- Producers:
- Charles H. Schneer
- Narrated By:
- William Woodson
- Writers:
- George Worthing Yates, Harold Jacob Smith
- Studio:
- Powerhouse Films
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Collections:
- Cinema Paradiso's 2024 Centenary Club: Part 2, A Brief History of Film...
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 13/10/2008
- Run Time:
- 79 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour and B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with Ray Harryhausen, documentary producer Arnold Kunert, and visual effects artists Randall William Cook and John Bruno
- Tidal Wave of Terror! (2017, 8 mins): acclaimed filmmaker Joe Dante discusses Harryhausen and It Came from Beneath the Sea
- Remembering 'It Came from Beneath the Sea' (2008, 22 mins): interviews with Ray Harryhausen, John Bruno and animator and author John Canemaker
- Tim Burton Sits Down with Ray Harryhausen (2007, 27 mins)
- A Present-Day Look at Stop Motion (2008, 12 mins)
- Original Ad Artwork (2007, 18 mins): Harryhausen expert Arnold Kunert details the press and advertising materials produced to market Harryhausen's films
- It Came from Beneath the Sea... Again: sample pages from the comic book inspired by the film Theatrical Trailer
- Ernest Dickerson trailer commentary (2013, 3 mins): a short critical appreciation
- Image gallery: extensive promotional and on-set photography, poster art and archive materials
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Reviews (1) of It Came from Beneath the Sea
Atomic Monsters. - It Came from Beneath the Sea review by Steve
Uneven sci-fi-horror which is mainly remembered for Ray Harryhausen’s stop motion giant amphibious octopus which takes apart San Francisco at the climax, most famously, the Golden Gate Bridge. Columbia ripped off the title from Universal’s It Came from Outer Space (1953), but this is unrelated.
It is more of a companion to another monster picture, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953), because Harryhauson was also animator, and they are both semi-aquatic atomic paranoia stories. The mega-octopus is the result of US H-bomb tests in the Pacific.
Though there isn’t really an ecological or anti-nuclear message. It’s just a creature feature which reserves all of its meagre budget for the effects of the colossal sea creature on the rampage. The first hour might as well have been made for radio, as the scientists exchange exposition in front of crude sets.
And it’s completely inert. The buff Navy Commander (Kenneth Tobey) pursues the foxy marine biologist (Faith Domergue), sometimes in beachwear. Which provokes an unexpected oration about ‘50s feminism. But the climax with the colossal radioactive beast stomping on ‘Frisco Bay is sensational, and legendary.
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