Tentacles

Tentacles

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

Directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis

Produced by American International Pictures, Esse Ci Cinematografica

1977102 min4.6 / 10

A creature-feature thriller about a mutated giant octopus terrorizing a coastal community, driven by environmental destruction and sustained by practical monster-attack sequences.

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...

Questions people ask

  • Is Tentacles violent? Yes. More violent than 85% of films.

  • Is Tentacles sad? Barely. Less sad than 80% of films.

  • Is Tentacles scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Tentacles easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Does Tentacles end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 63% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

7/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity15

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise5

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love4

How much audiences actually like it

The highest scores in the catalogue →

Ensemble

Like Tentacles

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Tentacles

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Tentacles, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Tentacles, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Tentacles, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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