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Tentacles

Tentacles

It's Turning the Beach ... Into a Buffet!

19774.61h 42m

Overview

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...

Directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis
Written by Steven W. Carabatsos, Tito Carpi, Jerome Max
Produced by Enzo Doria
Box OfficeBudget: $750KRevenue: $3.0M

Top Cast

John Huston

John Huston

Ned Turner

Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters

Tillie Turner

Bo Hopkins

Bo Hopkins

Will Gleason

Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda

Mr. Whitehead

Delia Boccardo

Delia Boccardo

Vicky Gleason

Cesare Danova

Cesare Danova

John Corey

A

Alan Boyd

Mike

Sherry Buchanan

Sherry Buchanan

Judy

Franco Diogene

Franco Diogene

Chuck

Marc Fiorini

Marc Fiorini

Don

Themes & Keywords

octopuskiller whale

About Tentacles

Tentacles is a horror, science fiction, adventure, action film released in 1977 exploring themes of octopus, killer whale. Directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis, it stars John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins. 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...

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