{"id":35097,"date":"2015-10-28T08:45:06","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T15:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35097"},"modified":"2020-11-30T00:33:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T07:33:46","slug":"creature-from-the-haunted-sea-1961","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35097","title":{"rendered":"Creature From the Haunted Sea (1961)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;As a trained espionage agent, I could tell that she was attracted to me.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Sea-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Sea-Poster-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-35098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Sea-Poster-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Sea-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Sea-Poster-672x1024.jpg 672w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Sea-Poster.jpg 1909w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn American spy (Robert Towne) poses as a gangster to accompany a mobman (Anthony Carbone), a moll (Betsy Jones-Moreland), and two ditzy but loyal assistants (Beech Dickerson and Robert Bean) on a trip smuggling gold out of Castro-led Cuba. Carbone plots to get rid of the Cuban sailors by killing them and pretending it was done by a nefarious sea monster &#8212; not realizing such a monster actually exists and is putting all their lives at peril.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At Sea<\/li>\n<li>Cuba<\/li>\n<li>Mutant Monsters<\/li>\n<li>Roger Corman Films<\/li>\n<li>Satires and Spoofs<\/li>\n<li>Spies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis quickie-curiosity by the infamously frugal and industrious producer\/director Roger Corman exists solely because Corman wanted to make use of available actors and sets after finishing two other films (<em>Last Woman on Earth<\/em> and <em>Battle of Blood Island<\/em>) in Puerto Rico. With Charles B. Griffith on hand to write the script, something at least marginally creative was bound to result, and the storyline does cohere &#8212; however, it goes off in countless tangential directions, always aiming for easy laughs, such as Dickerson&#8217;s propensity to make various animal noises; Carbone&#8217;s likeness to Humphrey Bogart:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Sea-Carbone.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Sea-Carbone.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1619\" height=\"921\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Sea-Carbone.png 1619w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Sea-Carbone-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Sea-Carbone-1024x583.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Sea-Carbone-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Sea-Carbone-768x437.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Sea-Carbone-1536x874.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Sea-Carbone-475x270.png 475w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1619px) 100vw, 1619px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Towne&#8217;s dense delusion that Jones-Moreland is desperately in love with him:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Jones-Moreland3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Jones-Moreland3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1615\" height=\"917\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Jones-Moreland3.png 1615w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Jones-Moreland3-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Jones-Moreland3-1024x581.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Jones-Moreland3-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Jones-Moreland3-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Jones-Moreland3-1536x872.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Jones-Moreland3-476x270.png 476w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1615px) 100vw, 1615px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Dickerson and Bean&#8217;s silly romances with local women:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Locals.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Locals.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1625\" height=\"917\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Locals.png 1625w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Locals-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Locals-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Locals-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Locals-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Locals-1536x867.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Locals-478x270.png 478w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1625px) 100vw, 1625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and more, rather than genuine thrills. Jones-Moreland&#8217;s focused performance as the crew&#8217;s sociopathic beauty is the film&#8217;s highlight:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Jones-Moreland4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Jones-Moreland4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1623\" height=\"921\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Jones-Moreland4.png 1623w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Jones-Moreland4-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Jones-Moreland4-1024x581.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Jones-Moreland4-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Jones-Moreland4-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Jones-Moreland4-1536x872.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Jones-Moreland4-476x270.png 476w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1623px) 100vw, 1623px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; while its lowlight is undoubtedly the &#8220;creature&#8221; itself: hard as this is to imagine, it really does seem to win a prize as one of the least convincing, most ridiculous Z-grade cinematic monsters ever created. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Creature.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Creature.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1587\" height=\"893\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Creature.png 1587w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Creature-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Creature-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Creature-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Creature-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Creature-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-From-the-Haunted-Creature-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1587px) 100vw, 1587px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The creative opening animation sequence (by Monte Hellman)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-Haunted-Sea-Animation.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-Haunted-Sea-Animation.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"432\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-Haunted-Sea-Animation.png 592w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-Haunted-Sea-Animation-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creature-Haunted-Sea-Animation-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though Corman fans will be curious to check it out. Listed as a Camp Classic in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0054768\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1869corm.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=571&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.badmovies.org\/movies\/chauntedsea\/\">Bad Movies Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/26968\/creature-from-the-haunted-sea#articles-reviews?articleId=179098\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moria.co.nz\/sciencefiction\/creature-from-the-haunted-sea-1961.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/film\/creature-from-the-haunted-sea\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;As a trained espionage agent, I could tell that she was attracted to me.&#8221; Synopsis: An American spy (Robert Towne) poses as a gangster to accompany a mobman (Anthony Carbone), a moll (Betsy Jones-Moreland), and two ditzy but loyal assistants (Beech Dickerson and Robert Bean) on a trip smuggling gold out of Castro-led Cuba. Carbone plots to get rid of the Cuban sailors by killing them and pretending it was done by a nefarious sea monster &#8212; not realizing such&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35097\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35097"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55804,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35097\/revisions\/55804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}