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It Came from Beneath the Sea

"IT CRUSHES! KILLS! DESTROYS!"

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.

Top Cast

  • Kenneth Tobey

    Kenneth Tobey

    Cmdr. Pete Mathews

  • Faith Domergue

    Faith Domergue

    Prof. Lesley Joyce

  • Donald Curtis

    Donald Curtis

    Dr. John Carter

  • Chuck Griffiths

    Chuck Griffiths

    Lt. Griff, USN

  • Ian Keith

    Ian Keith

    Adm. Burns

  • Dean Maddox Jr.

    Dean Maddox Jr.

    Adm. Norman

  • Harry Lauter

    Harry Lauter

    Deputy Bill Nash

  • Richard W. Peterson

    Richard W. Peterson

    Capt. Stacy

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.

Rating

5.7 / 10
107 Reviews
1 Popular

2 Reviews

  • hand2a
    hand2a
    6 Feb 4, 2025

    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

  • Dr_Nostromo
    Dr_Nostromo
    6 Apr 24, 2026

    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. -- DrNostromo.com

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