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- 1977
- PG
- American International Pictures (AIP)
- 1 h 42 m
- 1977
- PG
- American International Pictures (AIP)
- 1 h 42 m
Summary A mutated giant octopus wreaks havoc on a California seaside community.
Directed By: Ovidio G. Assonitis
Written By: Jerome Max, Tito Carpi, Steven W. Carabatsos
- 1977
- PG
- American International Pictures (AIP)
- 1 h 42 m
- 1977
- PG
- American International Pictures (AIP)
- 1 h 42 m
Tentacles
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Summary A mutated giant octopus wreaks havoc on a California seaside community.
Directed By: Ovidio G. Assonitis
Written By: Jerome Max, Tito Carpi, Steven W. Carabatsos
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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25% Mixed
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50% Negative
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2 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
36
25% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
25% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
50% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
If you aren’t charmed by Tentacles’ impressive cast or fascinated by the film’s clever use of octopus skills, surely you will be won over by the film’s campiness that culminates in an underwater orca versus octopus showdown.
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."
Outside of Fonda's minor role as an executive and Huston's equally small part as a newspaper reporter married to Winters, there isn't much to the ultraboring TENTACLES.
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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