![]() ![]() Either way, I would never get around to Beast and my beloved childhood giant squid. I decided to go with reading Beast before Jaws because I was afraid that a) Jaws was wildly over-hyped, and I wouldn’t want to read any more Benchley after or, b) Jaws was as good as advertised, and no other Benchley novel would ever live up to it. It tries to be a little too much like Jaws at times, but it tells a good story, has decent shots of its mega-monster, and follows a likable/unlikely hero, and I don’t ask for much more than that out of my monster movies. ![]() The movie holds up surprisingly well given its age and budget. Both of us longtime fans of creature features, it stuck in my head (as giant squids do), but it wasn’t until I was older and searching for a DVD copy that I realized it was based on a Peter Benchley novel. Context: When I was a kid, there was a made-for-TV movie about a giant squid that I loved to watch with my dad. ![]()
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