Tentacles (film)

Tentacles
Theatrical release poster
ItalianTentacoli
Directed byOvidio G. Assonitis[1]
Written by
Produced byEnzo Doria[1]
Starring
CinematographyRoberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli[1]
Edited byAngelo Curi[1]
Music byStelvio Cipriani
Production
companies
A-Esse Cinematografica
Cherkawy Limited[1]
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 25 February 1977 (1977-02-25) (Italy)
  • 15 June 1977 (1977-06-15) (New York)
Running time
102 minutes[1]
Countries
LanguageEnglish
Budget$750,000
Box office$3 million[3]

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. While a marine biologist attempts to stop the octopus before more tourists fall victim to the creature, it appears that a corporation may be connected to the cephalopod's murderous behavior.

Although the film was intended to cash in on the success of Jaws,[4] Tentacles also bears numerous resemblances to the 1955 science fiction giant monster horror film It Came from Beneath the Sea.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Cite error: The named reference afi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Tentacoli". British Film Institute. 1977. Archived from the original on 27 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  3. ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 300. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
  4. ^ Kim Newman (2008). Nightmare Movies: Horror on Screen Since the 1960s. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011, p. 93. ISBN 9780786435562.
  5. ^ William Schoell (2008). Creature Features: Nature Turned Nasty in the Movies. McFarland, 2008, p. 139. ISBN 9780786435562.


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