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It Came from Beneath the Sea

It Came from Beneath the Sea

5,7 /10 (109 Votes)
1955 EN 79 min

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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Release date

02/05/1955

Votes

109

Popularity

3.0

IT CRUSHES! KILLS! DESTROYS!

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

79 min

Budget

$150,000

Revenue

$1,700,000

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hand2a

2025-02-04

⭐ 6

Harryhausen's special effects in this film are absolutely brilliant as always. I thought that the opening sequence in the submarine was excellent but the rest of the film, excluding Harryhausen's work, was unremarkable. Still definitely worth a watch 3/5

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Dr Nostromo

Dr Nostromo

2026-04-24

⭐ 6

57/100 Early Ray Harryhausen creature feature about a radiation enhanced, giant octopus (with only 6 tentacles) attacking the west coast of the U.S. climaxing at the Golden Gate bridge. The creature effects were wonderful to watch as it threatens several ships and rips the bridge apart making them the obvious highlight of the film. But the stuff in between ...sheesh. The writers seem to have a hard time giving us a plausible story making everything sort of silly and, even considering the sexual moors of the 50's, the relationship dynamics were just plain bizarre. Fun nostalgia. -- DrNostrom…

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