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Special Features
- Audio Commentary by Ray Harryhausen, Arnold Kunert, Randy Cook and John Bruno
- Featurette: Ray Harryhausen on It Came From Beneath The Sea
- Video Photo Galleries
- Featurette: Tim Burton Sits Down with Ray Harryhausen
- A Video Discussion of It Came From Beneath The Sea’s 1955 marketing and advertising campaign by producer Arnold Kunert
- Featurette: David Schecter on Film Music’s Unsung Hero
- Featurette: A Present Day Look at Stop-Motion
- Sneak Peek of Digital Comic Book It Came from Beneath the Sea…Again!
Editorial Reviews
It Came From Beneath the Sea was the first collaboration between special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen and producer Charles H. Schneer. Directed by Robert Gordon (Tarzan and The Jungle Boy), the newly colorized film, depicting a giant octopus attacking San Francisco, stars Kenneth Tobey (The Thing From Another World), Faith Domergue (This Island Earth), Donald Curtis (Earth vs. The Flying Saucers) and Ian Keith (The Ten Commandments).
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37 of 39 people found the following review helpful
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Good Grade B '50s sci-fi flick. An atomic size octopus from the deepest realms of the Pacific threatens the world. Seeking adequate levels of food supply, not excluding humans, the creature attacks San Francisco. The real star of this movie is the razzle-dazzle special effects of Ray Harryhausen. The quality of the stop-motion animation exceeds the constraints of the B&W photography and the modest budget. The first part of the film tells of the mysterious ship sinking and other unexplained marine mayhem caused by the great sea beast. Navy Captain Pete Mathews (Kenneth Tobey) and two expert marine-biologists, John Carter (Donald Curtis) and Lesley Joyce (Faith Domergue), work around the clock tracking down clues to identify the source of the mysterious events at sea. The simple plot moves right along and doesn't waste time. As seems obligatory in many '50s sci-fi flicks, the heroes endure the "I'm telling you, there's a monster!" phase followed by the "Yeah, right!" response from the authorities. Happily, that particular cliche is kept to a minimum. Things really start to go snap, crackle, and pop as the monstrous octopus tries to pull itself up on the Golden Gate Bridge. And check out the giant eye that opens as the submarine approaches the submerged creature in the San Francisco harbor. This is solid Saturday afternoon at the movies fun for 12 year-olds of all ages. They really don't make them like this anymore.
24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
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My Dad was a young and handsome Naval submarine officer stationed in San Francisco at the time the movie was being made, and he was asked to play the part of the executive officer, Lt. Griff. It was his one and only movie. My family and I got to visit the set and meet the stars, including the real octopus. (Very small).
Dad was presented with an electric dishwasher as a gift for his part in the film since the Navy would not let him accept money and my mother felt we really needed a dishwasher. My brother and I were in elementary school when the movie finally made it to the local theater in Kailua, Oahu two years later and we got to see out dad's name up on the big screen. None of the other children sitting in the audience for that Saturday matinee believed us. The movie is still a hit at Griffiths family reunions. Dad is now 82, and retired from the Navy with the rank of Vice Admiral.
Dad was presented with an electric dishwasher as a gift for his part in the film since the Navy would not let him accept money and my mother felt we really needed a dishwasher. My brother and I were in elementary school when the movie finally made it to the local theater in Kailua, Oahu two years later and we got to see out dad's name up on the big screen. None of the other children sitting in the audience for that Saturday matinee believed us. The movie is still a hit at Griffiths family reunions. Dad is now 82, and retired from the Navy with the rank of Vice Admiral.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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and were about 5 years old (as I did and was) when this movie originally came out you never traveled across the S.F. Bay Bridge without holding your breath for as long as you could praying that you'd make it across BEFORE the Beast through it tentacle over the exact spot you were at on the bridge! By today's movie standards, it a simple "B" movie -- very lotech and maybe even cheesy, but way be fore it became fashionable, it had a lot to say about what the nuclear tests and waste products of the day could do to living things --
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I Have The Black And White VHS Cassette Of This Movie. When I First Saw This Movie In Black And White I Always Wondered How It Would Look In Color. Read more
Published 1 month ago by John J. Marco
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ILHM Reviews: It Came From Beneath the Sea
After his atomic submarine is attacked by a giant octopus, Commander Pete Mathews sets out to stop the beast before it can destroy all of San Francisco! Read more
Published 3 months ago by Carl Manes
5.0 out of 5 stars
it came from beneath the sea
It goes to show you what can happen when using to many atomic bombs. A giant squid runs amuke on the open sea kill and attacking anything it can grab and causing trouble for are... Read more
Published 3 months ago by john ward
4.0 out of 5 stars
It Came From Beneath the Sea
Fun movie to watch when nothing else is on. The movie could become reality with the nuclear bombs and everything else being dumped into the ocean and effecting the life underneath... Read more
Published 4 months ago by bonnie k gray
4.0 out of 5 stars
5 tentacles R better than none!
Harryhausen at his best... um, early best. Terrific stop-motion animation even tho the monster is more generic than Ray's later crop of character-driven critters like the Cyclops,... Read more
Published 10 months ago by TexFX
3.0 out of 5 stars
It Came From Beneath the Sea (Color Special Edition)
If you are a fan of this film buy it by all means! The colorized and black-and-white prints are great and worth the price. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Roger M
5.0 out of 5 stars
GREAT PURCHASE!!!!!!!!!
This movie has outstanding picture and quality for 1955, being remastered,its in chromachoice color, a company that I really like it,also commentary with Ray Harryhausen,Randall... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Smick1082
5.0 out of 5 stars
great monster film
we got a bunch of the Harryhausen flims at once: kids love them, and they are still fun for us grandparents! it came early and in great condition.
Published 14 months ago by Alaska Slim
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Just Within Reach
If you are Pete Mathews, you are the commander of a nuclear submarine. While out on patrol, sonar picks up an object trailing your sub. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Magnifying Glass
3.0 out of 5 stars
3 1/2 stars for this Sci Fi "B" pic !
It Came from Beneath the Sea(Released in July/55),I had not seen since the 1960s,when it was a staple of TV fare. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Robert Badgley
