Up From The Depths Reviews | It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)

[@wolfpacknick8285]

1:02 OH HE SAID IT! HE SAID IT!

[@mrsuns10]

Say the line Bart

[@SaurianStudios1207]

I remember this movie! The giant octopus destroying the Golden Gate Bridge is just an iconic ray harryhausen movie scene and an influential scene at that, as this inspired future Kaiju and disaster movies to use this iconography of the Golden Gate Bridges destruction!

[@depressedgojisaurusrexandc5372]

Godzilla 2014: 😳

[@SaurianStudios1207]

@Depressed Gojisaurus Rex Pacific rim, monsters vs aliens, mega shark vs giant octopus, rise of the planet of the apes, The Core, X men 3, and couple others: 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@aliensarecool562]

@@SaurianStudios1207 lol

[@MackenzieSagers]

iv'e never seen it but it sounds awsome

[@richardalger8423]

This is probably the film where I fell in love with Faith Domergue. She appeared in quite a few science fiction creature movies around that time.

[@loanaoftheshellpeople5627]

She was also in This Island Earth and Voyage To The Prehistoric Planet.

[@sandramarkus1054]

Bonita Kraken

[@scottpickering2382]

Kaiju: We Destroy the Golden Gate Bridge Giant Octopus: Hold my ink

[@ChimeraPack4532]

Hahaha that's hilarious "hold my ink" what makes with Mega Shark "hold my teeth"

[@stanley5745]

I have fond memories of watching this with my parents, in a 3-pack DVD with 20 Million Miles to Earth and Earth vs The Flying Saucers. Looking forward to you maybe covering those too.

[@TheDoorman55]

That's a great 3 pack!

[@LukeSkywalkerInMe]

Still unparalleled effects. I really am a huge fan of Ray Harryhausen movies, way more than any other monster movies. He was the one and only master of monster effects, an amazing artist.

[@April-n5f]

Therapist: stop motion kraken isn’t real he can’t hurt you! Stop motion kraken:

[@Pepperwright16]

This is one of my childhood favorites! When it attacks the bridge is an amazing scene

[@59rlmccormack]

Sea monsters are great villains and octopi are cool!

[@doom7ish]

Ah one of my favorite movies.

[@mczilla8628]

Great great movie Ray Harryhausen is still the man!!!!!!

[@Xagzan]

Whole bunch of calamari. Or takoyaki. Yum either way.

[@kieronball8962]

Legend has it that they ran out of money to animate all eight tentacles, so Ray Harryhausen famously explained that the two unseen tentacles were just under the water, holding up the giant octopus.

[@benderbendingrodriguez420]

Always a good day when we get a new Up From The Depths review

[@JazziG59]

I’m surprised you didn’t review the movie Them!

[@depressedgojisaurusrexandc5372]

Reminds me of the original concept prior to Gojira

[@doom7ish]

Yep

[@KaijuKev814]

DC Legends of tomorrow: forget the octopus, lizard is king

[@parkerpshebnisky1051]

One of my fav giant monster movies!

[@chancecole437]

My biggest memory of this film is seeing it playing on a TV in the 1998 Godzilla. I always wondered what the deal was with that shot, and I wonder if there are any interesting parallels between the films (other than being about monsters breaking stuff of course).

[@Jormyyy]

Holy crap, same here!

[@SaurianStudios1207]

Lol same

[@depressedgojisaurusrexandc5372]

Yeah...

[@scado5679]

Possibly a reference to the fact that Godzilla was originally supposed to be a giant octopus? Just my theory.

[@rubenpasta6178]

​@@scado5679 no just because Emmerich wasn't a fan of Godzilla and in general Japanese monster movies but he grew up with American ones, in particular with Ray Harryhausen's ones. And also because Emmerich always thought that TOHO copied the idea of King Kong and a movie of Harryhausen (the Beast from 20000 fathoms) to create Gojira so he wanted to tribute Ray Harryhausen and King Kong many times in the film

[@mojojo0205]

I am finally caught up with all of your reviews and they were amazing. I knew I was going to love this channel, I can't wait for the next review

[@MichiMinusOne]

I really enjoy this gem. It’s a great raine sunday afternoon movie! Everyone need to see it

[@TheDoorman55]

Enjoyed it as a kid. As an adult while visiting SF, I remembered the movie and thought about it as we crossed the GG bridge. Sadly, nothing rose from the depths...

[@davidtankersley1570]

Love this film keep up the great work

[@Steveindajeep]

No Gorgo (1961) on the channel...hope its coming

[@cynicthehedgehog385]

Was this the first time a story was released with a title starting with “it came from”?

[@omniviewer2115]

Nope. IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE was released two years prior in 1953.

[@ytmndman]

When I was 5 years old I came up with the idea for a monster movie called 'It Came From Your Butt'. At the time I thought it was hilarious.

[@enricopaolocoronado2511]

@@ytmndman There's a game in GTA San Andreas called "It Came From Uranus" which is basically a more adult oriented take on the title.

[@TheBlackLobo]

@@ytmndman objectively hilarious

[@naturalattorney]

Maybe.

[@garyreid6165]

I saw this movie on television when I was a kid. The beginning was a little slow and I did want to see the monster during the first attack on the submarine, but after the introduction of the main characters, it picks up a little speed with the brief attack scenes before the attack on the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco. Each tentacle was a menacing monster crushing everything and anyone in their path. Another scene I thought was cool was the electronic mine field. The technicians manning the monitoring devices did an excellent job. Actress Faith Domergue said in an interview that science fiction is a lot of fun to do but it limits an actor’s range. Though not perfect, It Came From Beneath The Sea is a good monster movie.

[@SubstancedD]

Ray Harryhausen designs are so influential you see them all the time in video games ect..

[@kaiju2296]

The best special effects of the time imo

[@BaldPerspective]

I love all the old kaiju movies you review, Brandon, & your channel is excellent; hope you're doing well!!

[@michaellozada1077]

Dont stop making these videos, you deserve more subscribers and you will get them, its it's only a matter of time. i love your videos and your work, keep it up!👍🏽

[@wimvanderstraeten6521]

I own a book about Ray Harryhausen's special effects work called Ray Harryhausen's Film Fantasy Scrapbook that I highly recommend. In the book Harryhausen also talks about this movie. In order to save money the monster had six instead of eight tentacles. Stock footage of the Golden Gate Bridge was used because the city of San Francisco didn't want to give permission to photograph the bridge (presumably because the city didn't want to undermine public confidence in the safety of the bridge, even though in the movie it's destroyed by a fantasy creature).

[@scado5679]

As a natural fan of cephalopods (squids, octopi, etc.) I really liked the monster in this movie. It carries the same sort of alien ingenuity that real-life octopi have while still clearly being a normal animal mutated by radiation. While the movie itself is not as good as 20,000 Fathoms (at least in my opinion!) the titular monster definitely is, and it will forever hold the place in my heart as the best monster realized by stop-motion effects. Also, gotta love how you only upload when I'm at work ;)

[@johnlossie467]

The Giant Claw, please. It's bigger than a battleship, after all ;)

[@kaiju115]

Not as memorable as The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms but still a fun monster flick, plus you gotta love it when the Giant Octopus attacks the Golden Gate Bridge.

[@ek9509]

Fun fact: To make the work faster, Ray Harryhausen removed some of the tentacles, so it's actually a hexapus.

[@vapordreams983]

This movie was showing on a TV in the video store scene in Godzilla 1998. A kaiju movie in a kaiju movie lol.

[@brycevo]

You can almost feel the origins of Godzilla echoed here

[@kerxiong1908]

1:02 Roll credits *DING*

[@awesomesquares7023]

my parents dvr’d this off the syfy channel when i was about 6 and it pretty much sparked my love for giant monster movies. dvr also picked up an ad for a horror movie (i think dead silence? lol) that traumatized me for years

[@angryboi595]

Fun fact: it came from beneath the sea actually started the trope of the golden Gate Bridge getting destroyed almost every action film

[@christopherjordan6235]

Fun fact: stock footage of the film is seen in Godzilla 1998

[@GenericProtagonist118]

1:02 Roll Credits.

[@andrewsmauley4055]

Loving your American Monster Movie series! You should totally check out THEM! if you haven’t already. It’s one of the top of the class of American Monster Films, and easily my favorite to come from this side of the Pacific.

[@transformersrevenge9]

I remember the first time I used youtube, and found a music video that contained clips from this movie, Beast from 20000 ft, the black scorpion, the giant claw, the giant behemoth and 20 million miles to earth. It was a fun video and it instantly got me wanting to see all of those movies. I would recommend The Giant Behemoth, as it is kinda like the Beast from 20000 fathoms, but a bit scarier (the monster there can shoot radiation that burns people).

[@oliverneves-gi3lh]

I’ve never heard of the giant claw but I heard that the movie was bad because of how the monster looked.

[@gitss7367]

This movie was pretty solid for what it was. Mill Creek Entertainment put out a "Sci-Fi Creature Classics" 4 movie pack. This, 20 Million Miles to Earth, the orginal Mothra, and The Giant claw. Pretty good tranfers.

[@kronosaur417]

Reminds me of the scene from Godzilla (1998) where this movie is playing on a tv during the fist chase sequence.

[@AshXXMayftw]

This is one movie I feel would benefit from a modern day remake.

[@obdeisibcirrus993]

Tru but I’d rather see a remake of the original Yongary, not switching it up so much like they did in reptilian.

[@johnlossie467]

I want Cthulhu.

[@garagefirestudios9802]

I think the original is good enough, a remake would be pretty pointless

[@obdeisibcirrus993]

@@garagefirestudios9802 true. But I was just excited when I was younger to watch a new yongary and was disappointed when it was so trash Lolol

[@garagefirestudios9802]

@@obdeisibcirrus993 A remake of Yongary wouldn't be too bad, I was talking about how It came from beneath the sea shouldn't get a remake.

[@bluelobster9]

I love this movie! the special effects are awesome! and Ray Harryhausen made the Giant Octopus with six tentacles maybe Ray Miss some spots.

[@ironhandz1]

I've been watching all this time. Why have I not subscribed yet? Here I go! Well done review, sir. I've always enjoyed Beneath, but share your views on it.

[@SaurianStudios1207]

Do a review of lost tapes, the found footage horror series based on cryptozoological creatures, One of the episodes does have a giant octopus and a kraken in it!

[@bulletgrazer2184]

Man, I remember that series terrifying young me!

[@dreademperor2094]

@@bulletgrazer2184 I remember watching at night for some reason when I was I think 9 or 11

[@jasonsantos3037]

Ray harrihausen is a master of his craft

[@ek9509]

3 stars = Okay.

[@robgrimm9004]

A great film for sure but I still like the creepy octopus at the beginning of War of the Gargantuas better!

[@transapient1524]

It's so cool to see you taking on other creature-features aside from the more well-known kaiju. Will this eventually lead to reviews/analysis of other 50s mon-stars like a certain ichthyic humanoid from the Amazon, or maybe kaiju of other countries like a certain English reptilian or a North Korean propaganda beast?

[@anthonyhudak9363]

I can definitely see this getting some sort of remake. Maybe getting some attention in the Monsterverse but I'm probably stretching it

[@kyleswi764]

1:02,, i see what you did there...

[@killindylan17]

I like the KZbin channel title drop

[@scado5679]

That was pretty clever.....

[@benderbendingrodriguez420]

"Ahh Ahh!! He said it! He said the thing"

[@LSOK38]

Actually, according to Ray Harryhausen in an interview, he confessed that due to budget & time constraints the octopus was actually a sextopus because it would save time & money to animate only six arms. They just made sure that when it came out of the water to keep it partially submerged and just discreet camera angles.

[@garyvannucci9852]

Another great review

[@aliensarecool562]

I love this movie I love giant squids I literally grew up with them I loved near a tide pool I would find them and hold them that was back in 2009 I don't live there anymore I love them

[@carltonpoindexter2034]

Don't forget to do DINOSAURUS!

[@randquadrozzi1280]

Think Kenneth tobey was in every Sci-fi movie of that era which is a good thing

[@gojiberry7201]

This is one of my favorite B monster movies, as it had a different type of role for the woman -- like she was intelligent and courageous, not like the usual woman who screams, runs, and falls to the ground in a faint

[@Megalon-qc8pf]

I sorta saw this movie when I was at one of my grandpa’s house, he likes monster movies (like my dad, who’s his son), and animation like stop motion. He just skipped to the monster action, same with the 2nd creature from the black lagoon movie.

[@walterfechter8080]

There are certain scenes where the octopus varies in size. The tarantula in "Earth Vs. The Spider" has the same flaw. Still, these movies are a lot of fun. The octopus attacks The Golden Gate Bridge -- how will I get to Sausalito in a hurry? :-)

[@Dynamode8]

Excellent review. Should do more western creature feature films.

[@1mdlmusic]

Great review, but I believe Faith’s surname is pronounced “Doe-MAIRG”, not “DOE-mer-goo”.

[@nickmitsialis]

IF TMC is any indication her name is pronounced 'Do Murg' like Merge with a soft 'g'

[@brianlawton8172]

Another great review. This was harryhausen’s first foray with Schneer a partnership that would last until his retirement with “clash of the titans. And as for the love interest issue l totally blame Faith D. she’s drop dead gorgeous but has history of playing cold fish “l love you but” types check her out in other sci~fi films like “this island earth”and “cult of the cobra” or film noirs like “where danger lives”

[@IronheadEli723]

Well I mean King Kong is a carbon copy of the lost world

[@AB-zp2vv]

no its not

[@IronheadEli723]

Yes it is, a journey to an undiscovered prehistoric land and a beast from that land runs around in a modern city

[@gitss7367]

A couple points, first sci fi, monster movies, and horror movies from the 1940s - 1960s are pack full of strong women scientists or reporters. Also being so close to world war 2 the submarine scenes were probably almost expected by the target audience who were used to scenes like those.

[@Sargebri]

Faith Domergue last name is pronounced de mure.

[@icup7973]

Back wen i

[@Godzilla00X]

Would love to have heard Tsyburaya thoughts on this movie. He always wanted to a giant octopus movie. Perhaps he got some inspiration from this film 😉

[@kemmdog4444]

Of course it’s more of a sectopus,really.

[@johndelzoppo1366]

1:01 heh heh

[@twistedmetal100]

🐙🐙

[@sandramarkus1054]

Zxc

[@oobrocks]

Faith was scary attractive...she deserved to be a major star

[@Dontuween]

Yes, the romance was quite forced. It did not seem as natural as what we saw with Professor Nesbitt and Lee in "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms". But hell, what an impressive monster Octopus! (and with only six tentacles!). First time ever that the Golden Gate Bridge was destroyed. Everyone and their brother has done it since!

[@oliverneves-gi3lh]

Man I love this movie and so does my dad but I’d like to show this movie to a girl I know in school.

[@AutisticEnglishman]

Rays kaijus It came from beneath the sea Rhedosaurus And other kaijus Kong The giant claw Tarantula1955 The deadly mantis The giant behemoth Gojira If it's unaccurate Ill delete it

[@Sierlea]

I'm really surprised you gave it three stars. I loathed Pete. His introduction paints him as a walking metoo case- "You're drafted. Now that I'm your superior officer, let me pull you into the other room to hit on you. Btw, is that guy your boyfriend?". That, the slow pacing even compared to Beast, and the fact that aside from the bridge scene It only really threatens about one tentacle length from shore plus it's less spectacular defeat compared to Rhedosaurus, put this one at my absolutely bottom of 50s giant monster movies. If Giant Claw and Beast are 7s, and Kronos and 20 Million Miles are 8s, this is a 2-3. Remove Pete and maybe a 5.

[@Vespuchian]

Ah, the obligatory "romantic" subplot, so ubiquitous and rote you'd think a film couldn't be approved for production in the United States without it.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

More like Giant Sixtopus.

[@Minecraft_2008.]

I swear that was used in godzilla 1998

[@aliensarecool562]

Yeah but it came from beneath did it first in the 50s I'm pretty sure

[@oobrocks]

Sixopus 😆

[@icup7973]

👁 👄

[@paulvalentine1483]

Your voice is worse than Rosie O'Donnell's.

[@leonardvicari2857]

I saw this movie on a Sunday morning at 9am on wvue before we went to church I was 7 years old at the time but my favorite was and will always be King Kong from 1933

[@loanaoftheshellpeople5627]

Not many people noticed but the Giant Octopus in this film has Six Tentacles instead of Eight.

[@oliverneves-gi3lh]

Yeah that’s because Ray felt like it would be too expensive and time consuming.