It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)

It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)

Year: 1955

IMDb Rating: 5.9/10

Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi

Directors: Robert Gordon

Cast: Faith Domergue, Kenneth Tobey, Donald Curtis

After an encounter at sea with an unknown underwater creature, a naval commander works with two scientists to identify it. The creature they are dealing with is a giant, radioactive octopus that has left its normal feeding grounds in search of new sources of replenishment. As the creature attacks San Francisco, the Navy tries to trap it at the Golden Gate Bridge but it manages to enter the Bay area leading to a final confrontation with a submarine.

It Came from Beneath the Sea is a 1955 American science fiction monster horror film from Columbia Pictures, produced by Sam Katzman and Charles Schneer, directed by Robert Gordon, that stars Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, and Donald Curtis. The screenplay by George Worthing Yates was designed to showcase the stop motion animation special effects of Ray Harryhausen. A monstrous giant octopus rampages along the west coast of North America after becoming too radioactive from nuclear testing in the South Pacific for it to be able to hunt its natural prey in the Mindanao Deep. It Came from Beneath the Sea was released as the top half of a double feature with Creature with the Atom Brain.

A giant, radioactive octopus rises from the Philippine Trench to terrorize the North American Pacific Coast.

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