Tentacles
Tentacles
Tentacoli
Directed by:
Ovidio G. AssonitisCinematography:
Roberto D'Ettorre PiazzoliComposer:
Stelvio CiprianiCast:
John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins, Henry Fonda, Cesare Danova, Claude Akins, Sherry Buchanan, Delia Boccardo, Helena Mäkelä, Marc Fiorini (more)VOD (2)
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A prehistoric octopus of monstrous proportions, stirred from its sleep in the North Sea by underwater explosions, migrates to the U.S. Gulf Coast and menaces a seaside community. A scientist turns his trained killer whales against the octopus, and the giant sea creatures battle to the death. (official distributor synopsis)
Reviews (2)
Whereas Spielberg dares to kill a little boy in Jaws, Ovidio Assonitis swears and kills an infant outright in the opening scene. I guess that much tells you how self-aware a film Tentacles is. Ovidio must have had some pretty solid leverage on John Huston and Henry Fonda to get them into this Italian mess. Or was cash and whiskey enough? It's hard to say, but the sight of the papier-mâché monster slowly and impossibly lingering on the surface of the sea (to Stelvio Cipriani's comically repetitive score) will haunt my memory for a long time.
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"Trapdoors" are simply a product of film commerce, where the potential represented by a particular trend must be utilized at all costs. Here, it simply didn't work out, and at times you have the feeling that you are watching something that is completely unmanaged by the director. The long scenes at the pier definitely fail to evoke calm before the storm, and it is truly just boredom that seems to have little connection with the film.
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