i got this movie in the mail today after ordering it from amazon, b/c i was curious to see what it was like. well, the film started out okay, then got a lil dull, and then i was about to fall asleep. watching the film was sorta like watching 'Jaws: The Revenge' except with an octopus. also, you can tell that the octopus is fake. well, actually, u barely ever see the octopus. u see octopus footage most of the time and it's POV, but the only mechanical octopus in this movie is just some rubber head and a few tentacles. the tentacles actually move around as if they belong to a real octopus, but the head does nothing but move straight ahead. now the acting. the acting isn't too bad, from the main cast, but the rest of that acting is bad. all the Italian actors (except for Delia Boccardo) are horrible at acting. there are a few funny scenes though. The scene were this pair of legs just pop out of the water and go scooting by a boat, a scene or two with Shelley Winters wearing this big-ass hat that looks like something inappropriate, and the scene where you see a bunch of fish underwater standing on their heads (?!). it's hard to explain the fish scene, you have to watch it for yourself. the one scene i hated the most was the sailboat regatta scene. you only see the octopus' head going' around capsizing boats, and while the kids are out at sea being eaten by a rubber octopus, there's a bunch of freeze-frames (apparently a trademark of the director that he also uses in 'Beyond the Door', an 'Exorcist' rip-off) their parents are back on dry land being "entertained" by some guy in an Uncle Sam suit and applauding him for his jokes (which make no sense at all). the pacing of the scene is very slow (as is the pacing for the film), and finally when all the kids are back at the dock with their parents, this one woman goes looking around for her son (who got eaten). The police chief asks the coastguard who looks like a gay guy if there were any other kids. the coast guard just shrugs his shoulders and goes on with his business, apparently unaware that a five year old boy just got eaten by an octopus.
My Point? The only reason you'd want to see TENTACLES is for its unbelievable cast (John Huston, Shelley Winters, Henry Fonda), and because it's such an atrocious and hilarious rip-off of a classic. 2/10
My Point? The only reason you'd want to see TENTACLES is for its unbelievable cast (John Huston, Shelley Winters, Henry Fonda), and because it's such an atrocious and hilarious rip-off of a classic. 2/10