This is another of those cornball "cult classics" of the 1950s, which usually are the science- fiction films. It gets recognized because of Ray Harryhausen, whose reputation as the early whiz of special-effects only gets bigger and bigger through the years. Film critics put the man on a pedestal and it seems like none of the films he ever worked on are ever criticized.
Well, I, too, enjoyed his expertise back in the '50s through the '70s, but that doesn't mean the films - such as all those Jason and the Argonaut/Greek mythology films - were any good. Most of the time, except for monsters and skeletons coming to life, they were terrible because the dialog was so brutal and the acting sub-par.
Here, we have much of the same. The giant octopus is cool - but not scary by today's standards - but the corny dialog in all the male-female courting scenes is just awful. Take a look at the cast, too: not too impressive. The worst part of the whole film is that nothing much happens until the end. We don't even get much of a chance to enjoy the campy octopus!
Well, I, too, enjoyed his expertise back in the '50s through the '70s, but that doesn't mean the films - such as all those Jason and the Argonaut/Greek mythology films - were any good. Most of the time, except for monsters and skeletons coming to life, they were terrible because the dialog was so brutal and the acting sub-par.
Here, we have much of the same. The giant octopus is cool - but not scary by today's standards - but the corny dialog in all the male-female courting scenes is just awful. Take a look at the cast, too: not too impressive. The worst part of the whole film is that nothing much happens until the end. We don't even get much of a chance to enjoy the campy octopus!