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| Ambassador Film Distributors | Release Date: June 15, 1977 |
Starring:
Alan Boyd, Bo Hopkins, Cesare Danova, Delia Boccardo, Franco Diogene, Henry Fonda, John Huston, Marc Fiorini, Shelley Winters, Sherry Buchanan
Summary:
A mutated giant octopus wreaks havoc on a California seaside community.
Director:
Ovidio G. Assonitis
Genre(s):
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror, Comedy
Runtime:
102 min
People who are immune to atrocious acting in minor roles; to occasionally poor dubbing; to a totally unoriginal story; to the sort of sloppiness that allows at least one reference to the octopus as a squid; and to a climactic sequence that looks like feeding time at the aquarium when it is at all intelligible, will cull the exceedingly minor rewards of "Tentacles" from some realistic underwater photography, a nicely manipulative opening sequence in which the baby vanishes; and the bobbing corpse gimmick that was more shocking than anything else in "Jaws."
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Fonda, who looks as if he's trying to hide through half the picture, was paid $ 500,000 to look like a convincing victim. It doesn't seem worth it. Even the corny special effects are better than his stilted, walk-through performance. [03 Dec 1989, p.B45]
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