Though the shots actually featuring the beast are quite well done, they are few and far between. The bulk of the film is instead comprised of confused people (who have apparently never heard of an octopus before) struggling to describe what they saw, long walks on the beach, and a downright cringe-worthy romance subplot featuring an outspoken misogynist who aggressively manhandles and belittles the object of his sexual interest. I'd be willing to forgive some of the more awkward sequences as simply being "a product of the era" if there had been more monster in this monster movie, but as it stands, It Came from Beneath the Sea is as dull as it is dumb.
Review of It Came from Beneath the Sea
