{"product_id":"creature-from-the-haunted-sea","title":"Creature from the Haunted Sea","description":"A minor classic, \u003ci\u003eCreature From The Haunted Sea\u003c\/i\u003e is unlike any other American film of the period. This monster film parody takes swipes at every manner of movie convention - subtitles, musical interludes, etc. \u003cp\u003e In Castro's Cuba, a ragtag group of loyalists hire an American gangster to smuggle out the nation's treasury. Their boat cruise becomes a nightmare when an undersea monster begins picking them off one by one. This comedy of errors has an intriguing cast of weird characters. Secret agent Sparks Moran, played by (future) Academy Award winning screenwriter Robert Towne (\u003ci\u003eChinatown\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShampoo\u003c\/i\u003e), is billed as Edward Wain. The screenplay is the product of the prolific Charles B. Griffith who also wrote Corman's \u003ci\u003eLittle Shop Of Horrors\u003c\/i\u003e and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCreature From The Haunted Sea\u003c\/i\u003e was made by Corman and company as a quickly improvised afterthought following his productions of \u003ci\u003eBattle Of Blood Island\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLast Woman On Earth in Puerto Rico\u003c\/i\u003e (which is why \u003ci\u003eLast Woman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCreature\u003c\/i\u003e feature the same cast).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The music score was pieced together by Fred Katz from familiar threads first heard in Corman's \u003ci\u003eWasp Woman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLittle Shop Of Horrors\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Pre-title sequences and a few additional segments were shot by cult director Monte Hellman (\u003ci\u003eBeast From Haunted Cave\u003c\/i\u003e) to pad out the running time for \u003ci\u003eCreature From The Haunted Sea\u003c\/i\u003e's T.V. debut.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alpha Video","offers":[{"title":"DVD","offer_id":45802840588438,"sku":"089218400994","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/9621\/5446\/files\/089218400994.jpg?v=1762205722","url":"https:\/\/moviezyng.com\/products\/creature-from-the-haunted-sea","provider":"Movie Zyng","version":"1.0","type":"link"}