Review of Tentacles (1977) by Hobie P — 15 Dec 2012
In the post-Jaws era of horror films, Tentacles is not bad but also not good as this Italian made production. Here, you have three acting legends John Huston, Henry Fonda and Shelley Winters. It's great to see them working together on a film, but you wish they were in another film instead of slumming here.
This time instead of a great white you have a great, giant octopus that is causing havoc in this seaside town. What starts off as a promising opening where the octopus take a child in a carriage and others to their deaths, becomes silly towards the middle and increasingly hokey at the end.
70's horror vet Bo Hopkins is on hand as a marine biologist out for revenge and Huston and Winters play husband and wife and they have a young son, not grandson to watch over but son. Stretching credibility much further is Hopkins giving an empassionate speech to two killer whales! But the part that caused me so laugh so hard is Shelley Winters and a ridiculous hat she wears.
Oh how I miss 70's cinema.
This review of Tentacles (1977) was written by Hobie P on 15 Dec 2012.
Tentacles has generally received negative reviews.
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