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TENTACLES

Tentacoli

1977 • IT HMDB
February 25, 1977

Several people disappear from and at the sea. Their bodies are found gnawed to the skeleton, even the marrow is missing. The scientists have no idea which animal could do such things. Dr. Turner begins to suspect that the company which builds a tunnel beneath the bay might have poisoned the environment and caused an octopus to mutate to giant dimensions...

Directors

Ovidio G. Assonitis

Cast

John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins, Henry Fonda, Delia Boccardo, Cesare Danova, Alan Boyd, Sherry Buchanan, Franco Diogene, Marc Fiorini
Avventura Horror Azione Fantascienza

REVIEWS (1)

MC

Marco Castellini

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A giant octopus sows terror in the waters of California. After numerous victims and a series of useless attempts, it will be killed thanks to the use of two trained orcas. Produced in Italy but filmed in the USA, this "Tentacoli" directed, under the pseudonym of Oliver Hellman, by the Italian Ovidio Assonitis is a decent film that is appreciated in its genre, if not for anything else than for a certain originality and for the good special effects. One of the rare examples of fruitful cinematic collaboration between Italy and the United States. In the cast, it is worth noting the presence of John Huston and Bo Opkins.