Tentacles, one of the first of many knock-offs of Jaws, was released in US theaters June 15, 1977. It focuses on another deep-sea creature run amok. In the fashion of It Came from Beneath the Sea, a giant octopus rises from the depths to terrorize a California seaside town.
It was an Italian production which starred Shelley Winters, Henry Fonda, and Claude Akins. Although it was a box office success at the time, grossing $3,000,000, but critics were not kind. It received a 0% rating from Rotten Tomatoes.
