Creature From the Haunted Sea

1961

1h 3m

Horror

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After political unrest breaks out on a Caribbean island, scheming criminal Renzo Capetto (Anthony Carbone) sees an opportunity. He promises to transport a group of exiles out of the country while also taking part of the national treasury. Followed onto the boat by an American agent (Edward Wain), Capetto plans to kill off the exiles and explain that their deaths were from a sea monster. Then he can keep the money for himself. But this plan goes awry when the sea monster actually shows up.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

This film attempts the same mixture of monsters and mirth as Corman's The Little Shop of Horrors, although the results aren’t nearly as impressive.

Rated: 2/4

Feb 3, 2024

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

This is one rotten movie.

Rated: D

Jun 11, 2007

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Aug 3, 2005

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Jake Euker

Filmcritic.com

One of Roger Corman's notorious, no-budget quickies, knocked out in days in 1961

Rated: 1/5

Dec 11, 2004

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Jake Euker

F5 (Wichita, KS)

Rated: 1/5

Jul 2, 2004

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mark s

"It was dark. I could tell, because the sun was going down."... .Not much elaboration is needed here. This flick is wincingly painful to watch. Not in the same category as 'Troll 2', Ed Woods 'Glen or Glenda', or 'Manos: Hands of fate', but still rotten to the core. At 62 minutes, mercifully short.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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dave s

Creature from the Haunted Sea is another low-budget, B-movie bit of weirdness from director Roger Corman. This particular mess is an aimless affair featuring Cubans fleeing from Castro's Cuba, some wildly unfunny comedy, the most lame monster that Corman ever came up with, and a narrator that'll make you want to slap your eardrums. Some of Corman's other quickies could at least be admired for what he was able to throw together with a minimal budget and couple of days of shooting time, but Creature from the Haunted Sea is actually embarrassing to watch. There are no laughs, no intrigue, no drama, and no thrills. This may be his worst film, and that's saying something.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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martin a

Dire in all ways. The constant narration, the comedy that is not funny and the awful music, had this been done as a serious film it might have been good, but it is one to miss.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

An delightfully silly parody of spy films and monsters, with a fittingly corny monster.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

B-Movie King Roger Corman had already started making some quality films by this point in his career, having made "Fall of the House of Usher" and "Machine-Gun Kelly," but this film feels more along the lines of his earlier schlocky films, such as "Attack of the Crab Monsters" or "The Brain Eaters." The story follows super spy Robert Towne (yes, that Robert Town, who wrote "Chinatown," "Tequila Sunrise," "Shampoo" and other modern film classics) as Sparks Moran / Agent XK150, who offers to help a group of Cuban nationals escape the revolution with their ill-gotten riches, but who is instead plotting to kill them and blame their deaths on a mystical sea creature. But wait! Things get weird when said mythical sea creature actually show up and is actually a real thing! Written by Charles B. Griffith, who'd later go on to write or co-write "Death Race 2000" "The Wild Angels" and "Eat My Dust," the script thankfully doesn't take itself too seriously (some of the Spanish names are tells that they were not taking this too serious: Colonel Cabeza Grande [Big Head] and Isla de Barracho [Island of the Drunk]). However, the production values on this Corman production are so cheap that the film really does look like amateur hour. It also doesn't help when the actors in front of the camera don't have much talent ("House of Usher" had Vincent Price and "Machine-Gun Kelly" had a young Charles Bronson). Overall, this is more interesting to watch as a curiosity than it is as an actual entertaining film.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

It hurts me to rate this movie so badly because even though it sucks it is hilarious! A Corman classic! Favorite is the couple that speaks in animal noises!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/24/18

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Director

Antony Carbone

Renzo Capetto

Betsy Jones-Moreland

Mary-Belle Monahan

Robert Towne

Sparks Moran

Edmundo Rivera Alvarez

Gen. Tostada

Robert Bean

Happy Jack Monahan

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Synopsis

After political unrest breaks out on a Caribbean island, scheming criminal Renzo Capetto (Anthony Carbone) sees an opportunity. He promises to transport a group of exiles out of the country while also taking part of the national treasury. Followed onto the boat by an American agent (Edward Wain), Capetto plans to kill off the exiles and explain that their deaths were from a sea monster. Then he can keep the money for himself. But this plan goes awry when the sea monster actually shows up.

Director: Roger Corman
Producer: Roger Corman
Production Co: Roger Corman Productions
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 1, 2012
Runtime: 1h 3m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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