It Came from Beneath the Sea

"Out of primordial depths to destroy the world!"

- Tagline

It Came from Beneath the Sea is an American giant monster horror film, produced by Clover Productions and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It is the third full-length film with special effects by Ray Harryhausen. It was released to the American theaters in July 1955.

Plot
To be added.

Monsters

 * Giant octopus

Weapons, vehicles and races
To be added.

Production
In the 1950's atomic bombs began to be actively tested and used. The first H-bomb was detonated in the Marshall Island. Schneer had the feeling that the atomic bomb had awakened a giant creature from deep sea. This feeling grew into the idea for the film.

Special effects for the film were made by Ray Harryhausen. Schneer invited him to making It Came from Beneath the Sea after watching other Ray Harryhausen work, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. He was extremely grateful to Ray Harryhausen for his work, and believed that if Ray didn't help him, the film would not have been so successful.

The title of the film was made by analogy with the title of the film It Came from Outer Space, which was popular at the time of making It Came from Beneath the Sea.

Marketing
Columbia Pictures revealed production information about It Came from Beneath the Sea during the release of It Came from Outer Space.

Alternate titles

 * Panic in San Francisco (Panique à San Francisco; Belgium)
 * The Monster Comes from the Sea (Le monstre vient de la mer; France)
 * Monster from Beneath the Sea (working title)

Theatrical releases

 * United States - July 1955
 * United Kingdom - 1955
 * Mexico - September 14, 1955
 * Finland - December 9, 1955
 * Belgium - December 23, 1955
 * Portugal - January 9, 1956
 * Iran - May 31, 1956
 * France - June 1, 1956 (Paris)
 * Netherlands - June 1, 1956
 * Turkey - February 6, 1957

Colorization
A colorized version of It Came from Beneath the Sea was released by Sony Pictures on January 15, 2008 on Blu-ray.

Video releases
RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video VHS (1985)


 * Tapes: 1
 * Audio: English

Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS (1994)


 * Tapes: 1
 * Audio: English
 * Notes: Released on September 15, 1994

Columbia TriStar Home Video DVD (2002)

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment DVD (2003)
 * Region: 1
 * Audio: English
 * Notes: Re-released on December 19, 2007.


 * Audio: English
 * Notes: Released on May 6, 2003.

Sony Blu-ray (2008)


 * Ray Harryhausen Collection


 * Region: 0
 * Discs: 1
 * Audio: English (Dolby TrueHD 5.1)
 * Subtitles: English, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic, Hindi, Korean
 * Features:
 * It Came from Beneath the Sea
 * Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
 * 20 Million Miles to Earth
 * The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
 * Notes: Re-released on March 22, 2020.

Mill Creek Entertainment Blu-ray / DVD (2014)

Indicator Blu-ray / DVD (2017)
 * Region: 0
 * Discs: 2
 * Audio: English
 * Subtitles: English
 * Notes: Comes packaged with 20 Million Miles to Earth


 * The Wonderful Worlds Of Ray Harryhausen, Volume One: 1955-1960
 * Discs: 6
 * Audio: English
 * Subtitles: English
 * Features:
 * Disc 1: It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
 * Disc 2: 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
 * Disc 3: The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)


 * Notes: Released on September 29, 2017