Tentacles (film)

Tentacles
Theatrical release poster
Italian	Tentacoli
Directed by	Ovidio G. Assonitis[1]
Written by	Steven W. Carabatsos Tito Carpi Jerome Max[1]
Produced by	Enzo Doria[1]
Starring	John Huston Shelley Winters Bo Hopkins Henry Fonda Cesare Danova Claude Akins
Cinematography	Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli[1]
Edited by	Angelo Curi[1]
Music by	Stelvio Cipriani
Production companies	A-Esse Cinematografica Cherkawy Limited[1]
Distributed by	Euro International Films (Italy) American International Pictures (U.S.) 20th Century Fox (U.K./Australia)
Release dates	25 February 1977 (1977-02-25) (Italy) 15 June 1977 (1977-06-15) (New York)
Running time	102 minutes[1]
Countries	Italy[2] United States[1][a]
Language	English
Budget	$750,000
Box office	$3 million[3]

Tentacles (Italian: Tentacoli) is a 1977 horror-thriller film directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis and starring John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins, Cesare Danova, Delia Boccardo and Henry Fonda.

When numerous people go missing in a seaside resort town, a reporter discovers that a rampaging giant octopus is terrorizing the coast. While a marine biologist attempts to stop the octopus before more tourists fall victim to the creature, it appears that a corporation may be connected to the cephalopod's murderous behavior.

Although the film was intended to cash in on the success of Jaws,^[4] Tentacles also bears numerous resemblances to the 1955 science fiction giant monster horror film It Came from Beneath the Sea.^[5]

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