Tentacles (Tentacoli)

Tentacles (Tentacoli) (1977)

  • 0% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 13% of users liked it
    (269 ratings)

Italian filmmaker Ovidio Assonitis, who had ripped off The Exorcist with his successful Chi Sei? (1974) here turns his attentions to the post-Jaws ecokill film with silly results. The titular beast kills swimmers and divers before attacking a sailing regatta (an idea which, paradoxically, was… More

PG, 1 hr. 42 min.
Directed By
Oliver Hellman
Genres
Action & Adventure, Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
In Theaters
Feb 25, 1977 Wide
MGM

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    A Jaw's rip-off.

  • Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena

    Indesculpável.

  • Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com

    John Huston and Shelley Winters in a clunky monster movie? Even the Octopus is up in arms.

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  • Jason O


    AMC was having an all-day marathon today of old horror classics. Among the ones I watched was "Tarantula," "The Deadly Mantis," "Frogs," and "Tentacles." Without a doubt, "Tentacles" was the worst one of the bunch, and it was the only… More

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