The Beast (1996) (TV)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Jeff Bleckner

Writers (WGA):

Peter Benchley (novel)
J.B. White (teleplay)

Release Date:

28 April 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

Mysterious things happen at the coast of Graves Point: An empty boat lies at the shore, divers vanish. The sea biologist Dr. Talley thinks he knows the solution of the mystery: In the depth there is a gigantic squid.

Plot Keywords:

Sea | Squid | Giant Squid | Helicopter | Architeuthis

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination

Cast

William Petersen	...	Whip Dalton
Karen Sillas	...	Lt. Kathryn Marcus
Charles Martin Smith	...	Schuyler Graves
Ronald Guttman	...	Dr. Herbert Talley
Missy Crider	...	Dana Dalton
Sterling Macer Jr.	...	Mike Newcombe
Denis Arndt	...	Osborne Manning
A.J. Johnson	...	Nell Newcombe (as Adrienne-Joi Johnson)
Larry Drake	...	Lucas Coven
Murray Bartlett	...	Christopher Lane
Laura Vazquez	...	Hadley
Robert Mammone	...	Ensign Raines
David Webb	...	Jameson
Marshall Napier	...	Commander Wallingford
Les Hill	...	Spike

Also Known As:

Peter Benchley's The Beast

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some violence and terror.

Runtime:

176 min (2 parts) | USA:116 min (VHS version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

Dan Wigutow Productions

Trivia:

Port Angeles, the town that Howard & Elizabeth Griffin (Chad Tyler & Angie Milliken) called from the "Occupational Hazard" is on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, across the Juan de Fuca Strait from Victoria, the capital of British Columbia. A major fault line runs along the middle of the strait, with the result that the two cities are on different tectonic plates.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Squid don't roar.

Quotes:

Whip Dalton: You go out and you try and kill it. But just so you understand exactly what it is you're dealing with: besides its eight huge tentacles, this thing has two whips. Each one is probably as long as this room and three or four feet thick. Those whips are covered with suction cups as big as this notepad...

Movie Connections:

References The Terminator (1984)

A Very Enjoyable Movie

I don't agree with the other review at all I though even though they did mess with the story from the book if you forget about the book and concentrate on the movie itself its a pretty good movie.Sure it wasn't done on a high budget but its not cheesy and all in all the special effects are good.I think if you liked Jaws or any of its sequels you'd like this movie I certainly do.I thought it was a really good movie and I think that the squids look really good.I liked the fact that they kept them to a huge size but a size of squid the could exist.Its makes it seemed scarier to me.If you like monster movies or action movies like peter benchley's the deep I definitely think this is a movie for you.