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Tentacles (Italian: Tentacoli) is a 1977 horror-thriller film directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis and starring John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins, Cesare Danova, Delia Boccardo and Henry Fonda. When numerous people go missing in a seaside resort town, a reporter discovers that a rampaging giant octopus is terrorizing the coast.
Tentacles. PG 1977 1h 30m Horror. List. 0% Tomatometer 11 Reviews. 11% Audience Score 250+ Ratings. When numerous people go missing in a seaside resort town, reporter Ned Turner (John Huston ...
Comments: Okay, I’m going to start this review with a spoiler, and with a disclaimer—at least of sorts. Tentacles , one of the countless post- Jaws killer animal films, climaxes with the killing of a gigantic octopus by two orcas—in a scene that features the real killing of a real octopus.
James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk. Like so many films of its ilk, Tentacles feels cheap and lazy, belying its healthy budget. Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Apr 15, 2022. Jesús Fernández ...
June 15, 2022. The road to Cthulhu is paved with massive underwater explosions. Okay, maybe not Cthulhu, but the monstrous villain in Ovidio G. Assonitis’ 1977 Tentacles is a start. Assonitis went under the pseudonym Oliver Hellman in the U.S. release of this Jaws acolyte, as many Italian directors do when marketing their Americanized pictures.
Tentacles: Directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis. With John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins, Henry Fonda. A mutated giant octopus wreaks havoc on a California seaside community.
A creature is hunting off the Californian coast. Reporter Ned Turner (John Huston) recruits marine scientist Will Gleason to investigate the mysterious dead bodies. Tillie (Shelley Winters) is Ned's wife. Ned has been reporting on the tunnel construction company owned by Mr. Whitehead (Henry Fonda).
