Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

O2D Even though this movie contains all the staples of a 1950's monster movie, it's still pretty good.Of course there's plenty of scientists and military personnel and even a person who is considered insane because he saw a giant octopus.The special effects are great and there's plenty of action, not a lot of time where nothing is happening(like most monster movies).The only bad thing about this movie is that it centers around a female scientist who is always trying to prove she is as good as a man, while at the same time being pursued by two different men.The only thing missing was the main military guy being her dad.But it's not enough to hurt this flick.This is a must see.

Wizard-8 If you make preparations for what you expect from "It Came from Beneath the Sea", the better the chance you'll end up enjoying it. If you approach the movie expecting non-stop action and special effects, you'll probably be disappointed. The monster of this movie only makes a few brief appearances in the first sixty minutes, and the movie is more devoted to serious dialogue than anything else.However, if you find the idea of a giant monster movie handled in a more realistic manner than usual, you'll probably find the movie interesting and entertaining. After seeing so many dumb giant monster movies, I actually found this serious approach refreshing. It's interesting to see a believable way authorities would deal with the sudden appearance of a giant monster. Of course, the big selling point of the movie IS the giant monster. When we do get to see it, it's pretty impressive. Yes, some aspects of the special effects are dated by today's standards (like some cheesy rear projection), but if you put yourself in a 1955 perspective, you can be impressed by what you see.If you're in the mood for a giant monster movie from the 1950s, but with a different narrative twist, give this movie a try.

SnoopyStyle A US atomic submarine has an underwater encounter with a giant octopus. Commander Mathews manages to get the boat back to Pearl Harbor. Marine biologists Lesley Joyce and John Carter are called in. They propose the creature is radioactive and driven out of its home by the underwater nuclear testing. Ships are attacked and the scientists investigate. The creature then attacks the Oregon coast and approaches San Francisco.This is strictly a B-horror movie. The acting is stiff. The most interesting thing is the stop-motion animated octopus by Ray Harryhausen. It's the only worthwhile thing in the whole movie but even there, the studio limits Harryhausen to six tentacles. The movie is only 79 minutes and I would still cut out most of the non-creature scenes. Those are excruciating. The creature feature part is cool but the tentacles move too slowly. Harryhausen does a good job to give the tentacles power but it needs more speed. Overall this is a movie only for Harryhausen fans.

Woodyanders A gigantic radioactive octopus makes a bee-line for San Francisco. Meanwhile, rugged Navy Captain Pete Matthews (well played by the always dependable Kenneth Tobey) has to find some way to stop the beast before it's too late. Director Robert Gordon, working from a compact script by George Worthing Yates, relates the engrossing story at a steady pace, maintains a serious tone throughout, and stages the monster attack scenes with aplomb (the sequence with the big creature destroying the Golden Gate Bridge rates as the definite exciting highlight). The solid acting from the competent cast helps a lot: Tobey does well in one of his customary stalwart hero roles, the lovely Faith Domergue holds her own as the feisty Professor Lesley Joyce, and Donald Curtis contributes a sturdy turn as the esteemed Dr. John Carter. Ray Harryhausen's typically fine and fluid stop-motion animation does an ace job of bringing the slimy behemoth to life. Moreover, there's a surprisingly radical and progressive subtext concerning Professor Joyce, there's an earnest quality to this picture that's impossible to dislike, and the inevitable romance between Matthews and Joyce provides a good deal of sweet charm thanks to the strong chemistry between Tobey and Domergue. Both Henry Freulich's stark black and white cinematography and Mischa Bakaleinikoff's robust'n'rousing score are up to snuff. An immensely entertaining giant monster movie.