Ameriatch One of the best films i have seen

SpunkySelfTwitter It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

utgard14 Delightfully irreverent variation on the old dark house comedy thriller. This one takes place in and below a lighthouse. The plot is so weird and things are explained then unexplained then explained again that I don't fault someone for thinking it makes no sense. But that's kind of the point. It's such a completely off-the-wall bizarre movie that I can't help but love it. It's totally ridiculous from start to finish. If you're too straight-laced for that, then you'll probably be filled with anger at this unassuming movie that's not even an hour that dared to waste your time. I've read a review or two like that and had to shake my head. What kind of sour puss do you have to be to not at least moderately enjoy, if not outright love, this movie? It's got nice sets, a fun cast, and some good special effects (especially for the time). Allen Jenkins is terrific. Yes, Hugh Herbert is an acquired taste. I get that. I admit I've been annoyed by him in other roles with all of his woo-hooing and fidgeting. But that's usually because he felt out of place in those movies. Here, his shtick is right at home. Just relax, don't take it more seriously than it was intended, and have some fun with it.

tedg I'm a bit attracted to movies that are bizarre, not bizarre because they are planned that way, but because they are so abstract, so refined, so dependent on movieworld shorthand that they lose connection with us and we have to sit outside in awe instead of inside the story.This is so abstract its almost experimental. Others have commented that the story makes no sense at all, which is sort of true.There's an inventor. When mentioned, his (adult) daughter says of him that he's the man who invented a cosmic ray that (somehow) gives great power. As with many movies, the idea is on paper which is being sought by evildoers (new word, that). The idea itself doesn't seem to exist, nor does it seem possible that the scientist that invented it (who does appear) could know it apart from that singular piece of paper. I like this because it is an element of abstraction in the story that reflects a similar notion in how the story is abstracted as notation. There is a comedic pair, more unreal than, say Jerry Lewis or Abbot and Costello ever were. There are a passel of folks in a remote warehouse, all (but one) of whom turn out to be detectives of some kind. There is an apparently trained giant octopus under the partial control of the evil stealer of paper. She is transformed in a very effective special effect from an appearance that denotes a kindly aunt to a witch. Same face, slightly different makeup. A lesson in notation, almost as if the transforming ray was aimed at her.Ted's Evaluation -- 2 of 3: Has some interesting elements.

d-ort I was a child of perhaps 5 or 6 in 1940-1941. I went to the movies for the first time with my parents and my older brother. I think it was at the Sanford Theater in Irvington, NJ. The movie we saw was "Sh. The Octopus". I have been searching for this movie for many years, to no avail(I thought the name was "Shush Goes the Octopus"), until I found it listed at TCM for playing in June 2006. I plan to view this movie again and this time I plan to remember it all. I think the only scene that I remember is a scene where a couch in a living room is opened ( the cushions are removed)and access is obtained to a lower level in the building. The next time I see it, I will verify my pubescent memories!

Norm-30 This film is sort of a "nautical" version of the Ritz Bros. "the Gorilla". A criminal known as the "Octopus" is trying to get a secret device from an inventor stranded on an island (with a lighthouse), along with many suspicious characters. (One of whom is the "Octopus"!).As in the "Gorilla", the plot of this film doesn't make much sense, but sit back & enjoy the thrills & jitters of the secret panels, clutching octopus tentacles (!) and spooky atmosphere! This film is for pure enjoyment; and not to be "analyzed"!One interesting note: at the end of the film, one of the suspects turns into the "Octopus"& the effect is AMAZING! I pride myself on how they did special effects back then, but I can't figure this out, as the film does NOT "stop action" & change the person into the Octopus; it happens "live"!Get out the popcorn & enjoy this great escapist film!