A giant octopus attacks San Fransisco in this monster movie, a showcase for the special effects of Ray Harryhausen. And that's all it is, a thin excuse of a movie built around those special effects. The story involves two marine biologists (Donald Curtis and Faith Domergue) and a Navy Commander (Kenneth Toby) who are investigating the cryptid, which was driven from its peaceful trench life to seek food after nuclear testing drove away its supply. You can almost feel the desperation of the screenwriters as they try to stretch the film to feature length. The actors are wooden even for your average B movie (Domergue is kind of attractive, though). The Harryhausen stop-motion effects comprise about 10 minutes of the less than 80 minute film. They are, as you would expect, awesome. Everything else about the movie is painful.
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