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.
Kenneth Tobey
Cmdr. Pete Mathews
Faith Domergue
Prof. Lesley Joyce
Donald Curtis
Dr. John Carter
Chuck Griffiths
Lt. Griff, USN
Ian Keith
Adm. Burns
Dean Maddox Jr.
Adm. Norman
Harry Lauter
Deputy Bill Nash
Richard W. Peterson
Capt. Stacy
Director
Robert Gordon
Writers
George Worthing Yates, Harold Jacob Smith, George Worthing Yates
Henry Freulich
Director of Photography
Jerome Thoms
Editor
hand2a
2/4/2025
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
4/24/2026
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
