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Creature from the Haunted Sea

  • 19611961
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 3m
IMDb RATING
3.4/10
3K
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Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
A crook decides to bump off members of his inept crew and blame their deaths on a legendary sea creature. What he doesn't know is that the creature is real.
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  • Horror
A crook decides to bump off members of his inept crew and blame their deaths on a legendary sea creature. What he doesn't know is that the creature is real.A crook decides to bump off members of his inept crew and blame their deaths on a legendary sea creature. What he doesn't know is that the creature is real.A crook decides to bump off members of his inept crew and blame their deaths on a legendary sea creature. What he doesn't know is that the creature is real.
IMDb RATING
3.4/10
3K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Roger Corman
  • Writer
    • Charles B. Griffith(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Antony Carbone
    • Betsy Jones-Moreland
    • Robert Towne
Top credits
  • Director
    • Roger Corman
  • Writer
    • Charles B. Griffith(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Antony Carbone
    • Betsy Jones-Moreland
    • Robert Towne
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    • 98User reviews
    • 49Critic reviews
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    Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
    Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
    Robert Bean in Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
    Antony Carbone and Betsy Jones-Moreland in Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
    Robert Bean in Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
    Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
    Antony Carbone and Betsy Jones-Moreland in Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
    Robert Bean, Antony Carbone, and Betsy Jones-Moreland in Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
    Antony Carbone and Betsy Jones-Moreland in Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
    Antony Carbone and Betsy Jones-Moreland in Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
    Antony Carbone and Betsy Jones-Moreland in Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
    Betsy Jones-Moreland in Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)

    Top cast

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    Antony Carbone
    Antony Carbone
    • Renzo Capetto
    Betsy Jones-Moreland
    Betsy Jones-Moreland
    • Mary-Belle Monahan
    Robert Towne
    Robert Towne
    • Sparks Moran
    • (as Edward Wain)
    • …
    Beach Dickerson
    Beach Dickerson
    • Pete Peterson Jr.
    • (as Beech Dickerson)
    Robert Bean
    • Happy Jack Monahan
    Esther Sandoval
    • Carmelita Rodríguez
    Sonia Noemí González
    • Mango Perez
    • (as Sonia Noemi Gonzalez)
    Edmundo Rivera Álvarez
    • Gen. Tostada
    • (as Edmundo Rivera Alvarez)
    Terry Nevin
    • Cuban
    Elisio Lopez
    • Cuban
    Tanner Hunt
    • Cuban
    Blanquita Romero
    • Rosina Pérez
    Armando Rowra
    • Cuban
    John Fles
    • First Man Chasing XK150
    • (uncredited)
    Jaclyn Hellman
    • Agent XK-120 (Scenes added later for television showings)
    • (uncredited)
    Kay Jennings
    • Spy at the Bar
    • (uncredited)
    Stanton Kaye
    • Cuban
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Karl Lukas
    Karl Lukas
    • Bartender
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Roger Corman
    • Writer
      • Charles B. Griffith(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      The scene of the Cuban officers saluting as the little boat they are floating in sinks was not planned; it actually began sinking as they were completing the shot. Roger Corman told the actors to stand and salute as the boat sank and filmed every moment, later stating that it "wasn't very deep" there. He also gave high praise for the Mexican actors who played the officers for taking direction so well.
    • Goofs
      When the monster attacks the ship at the end of the movie, you can see human skin where the costume sleeves didn't reach the gloves.
    • Quotes

      Sparks Moran: [narrating] It was dusk. I could tell because the sun was going down.

    • Alternate versions
      Also available in a colorized version.
    • Connections
      Edited into Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
    • Soundtracks
      The Creature from the Haunted Sea
      Lyrics by Carole Eastman

      Music by Fred Katz

      Sung by Betsy Jones-Moreland with the Fred Katz Jazz Combo

    User reviews98

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    Top review
    3/10
    Monster movie and comedy with lack luster and budget
    This low-budgeted picture is a monster-movie concerning about a Government Agent ( Robert Towne ) chasing a gangster named Renzo Capeto ( Anthony Carbone ), a mobster likeness to Bogart who along with his fiancée ( Betsy Jones Moreland ) and underlings are aboard ship with a group of exiled Cubans . Renzo schemes a plot to invent a mythical sea monster to eliminate the Cubans and steal the national treasure .

    The film is a horror comedy blending parody , humor and suspense . The comedy is absurd and cheesy but gets some fine moments here and there. The movie has storyline gaps and is an embarrassing mess badly developed .However , it gets some amusing gag as the animal imitator hoodlum and the phone cabin on the island . Incredible cheap special effects with ridiculous rubber monster is a man suited attacking the ship crew though also there are good underwater scenes. The main actors ( Towne,Carbone,Moreland ), technicians ( cameraman ,Jack Marquette ) and writer ( Charles B.Griffith ) will repeat with Corman in subsequent films as ¨ A bucket of Blood ¨ and ¨ Last woman on earth ¨. Robert Towne is a prestigious director ( Tequila sunrise and Without limits ) and writer ( Mission impossible, the firm, Two jakes, Days and thunder ) , . The pic belongs to monster movie sub-genre which Corman directed during the 50-60s as ¨ Attack the crab monsters ¨, ¨ It conquered the world ( an Alien from Venus ), ¨ Beast with a million eyes ¨( other Alien ), ¨ Wasp man ¨, ¨ Viking women and great serpent ¨ or even a carnivorous plant as ¨ Little shop horrors ¨ though Corman also produced as ¨ Night of the blood beast ¨ and ¨ Attack of the giant leeches ¨( Bernard Kowalski ) . Rating : Below average , it's a real turkey .
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    • Release date
      • June 1961 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • El monstruo del mar encantado
    • Filming locations
      • Puerto Rico
    • Production company
      • Roger Corman Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 3 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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