The Beast

TV Mini Series
1996
PG-13
1h 28m

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5.9/10

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Mysterious things happen at the coast of Graves Point: An empty boat lies at the shore, divers vanish. The sea biologist Dr. Talley thinks he knows the solution of the mystery: In the depth ... Read allMysterious things happen at the coast of Graves Point: An empty boat lies at the shore, divers vanish. The sea biologist Dr. Talley thinks he knows the solution of the mystery: In the depth there is a gigantic squid.Mysterious things happen at the coast of Graves Point: An empty boat lies at the shore, divers vanish. The sea biologist Dr. Talley thinks he knows the solution of the mystery: In the depth there is a gigantic squid.

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 2 nominations total

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Trivia
Port Angeles, the town that Howard and Elizabeth Griffin called from the Occupational Hazard, is on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, across the Juan de Fuca Strait from Victoria, British Columbia. A major fault line runs along the middle of the strait, and the two cities are on different tectonic plates.

Goofs
Whip, the local fisherman, is regularly consulted and kept up to date by the Coast Guard, the scientific community, and the town politicians.

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Whip Dalton: You go out and you try and kill it. But just so you understand exactly what it is you're dealing with: besides its eight huge tentacles, this thing has two whips. Each one is probably as long as this room and three or four feet thick. Those whips are covered with suction cups as big as this notepad. In the center of each cup is a claw as big as my fist and razor sharp. The squid grabs and impales his pray with those whips and drags it towards its beak, shredding the flesh as it goes, and these things can shred a one hundred pound tuna in five seconds. Its beak is like an eagle's, only it's about fifty times bigger and can bite through steel. Now, you make a mistake trying to kill this thing, and it gets you first - like it did the Griffins and those two divers - you pray to God those whips kill you before you get to that beak.

Alternate versions
The 2 disc DVD release contains the full 2 part 176 minute version.

Connections
References 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

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6/10

Hungry squid on the loose

"The Beast" tells about the battle of a coast town against a giant squid. I liked the craftsmanship in the movie, a good script with likeable characters the audience cares for (hardly seen that in new monster flicks recently). Nobody acts really dumb, they all have their flaws and motivation. The story is very much "Jaws" by the numbers, though. First a few people disappear, then a whole boat, politicians and a billionaire run unnecessary risks to use the whole affair for their personal advantage. Despite the feeling of seen-it-all-before, good work. I watched the "uncut" TV version which is nearly 3 hours long.