lemon_magic Once this thing came to a conclusion, I sat for a minute and thought about how I wanted to punch Corman and Griffith in their respective chops for inflicting this movie on me. Based on the lines the actors spout at various points in the movie, this is apparently supposed to be a comedy of sorts, the same way "Little Shop Of Horrors" and "Bucket Of Blood" were horror-comedies. Well, for whatever reasons, those movies worked, and boy this one sure doesn't. Comedy is hard. Timing is everything in a comedy, and a spoof only works if the timing and art direction in it are better than whatever the subject of the spoof is. With its washed out, smeary photography and muddy, barely understandable vocals, and barely-there non- performances, it's obvious in the first minute that this movie is too raw and unpolished to get the timing right. A few more takes, a little bit better blocking, a few rewrites of a couple of the dopier scenes in the screenplay...even a more careful edit to weed out some of the dead air and draggy spots..."Creature" might have been at least mildly amusing. Or if they'd given up on the comedy and done a straight monster flick, it would have been a "5" instead of the "3". "Creature" isn't even especially good for a movie shot in less than 10 days. You can give this one a miss if you see it offered on cable or a late night horror host show.

Rainey Dawn The movie is a deliberately bad b-rated comedy crime-horror. It was made for giggles and not meant to be a great crime-drama (it simply spoofs crime-dramas).I had a couple of laughs with the film so the movie is not all that bad but it's not all that good either. For me it was missing something; I think it was missing a bit more comedy-horror because the comedy crime-drama seemed to dominate the film. Maybe it was just me expecting more of a comedy-horror since that is how this film's genre is labeled.Don't expect to see the creature/monster often either because you will not. That might be part of my disappointment with the film - not enough monster.There is an overall drabness to the film too - as if there was some other element missing to make the film stand out a bit more. It's not an overly dull film but it is a bit on the drab side.I felt the movie had the potential to be funnier than it really was. It's not a down right awful film but it is not a b-rated film that stands out in the crowd of "bad but good" b-rated horror flicks.I would say this is a good morning or afternoon film for those who would like to watch it for the first time. And, for me personally, the movie really is good for a one time watch just to say "I've seen the film".4.5/10

kai ringler a notoriously bad man decides he is going to give a lift to some exiles from Cuba and tries and double crosses them,,, he and his crew , change course and they decide that they want to get rid of them permantly. they tell of the legend of a creature that comes out of the sea to scare the people,, then much to their surprise the creature turns out to be real after all, this film is a Roger Corman production and shouldn't be taken to seriously. It's more funny than anything else. so don't expect it to win an Oscar's or anything like that,, lot's of comedy, and double crosses,, not a bad "b" movie,, I rate it as average.

Michael O'Keefe When silly becomes just plain stupid. Grab some buds; then gather a few friends for a hoot. From Roger Corman comes the CREATURE from the HAUNTED SEA. Lower than low-budget film about a petty hoodlum named Renzo(Antony Carbone), who thinks he has stumbled into a fortune when he makes a deal with remnants of a Cuban revolution. He allows Cuban officers and soldiers to board his recreation boat with a chest full of ill gotten money. The boat with an inept crew and Renzo's girlfriend Mary-Belle(Betsy Jones-Moreland)heads out to sea and points unknown. Renzo schemes to bump off the Cubans and blame the deaths on a sea creature...not knowing there is a real creature wanting to attack his boat. Absolutely ridiculous. Not bad enough to be good; if you know what I mean. Other players: Robert Bean, Beach Dickerson, Esther Sandoval and Robert Towne, who also narrates. The screenplay is credited to Charles B. Griffith.