Review of Monster from the Ocean Floor

I like cheesy movies and especially the films of Roger Corman--a man who was often able to produce or direct pretty enjoyable films despite minuscule budgets and often silly plots. However, "Monster From the Ocean Floor" was less enjoyable than most simply because the sound quality on the DVD was pretty poor. Not all of this was due to the company producing the DVDs (Acme Video)--some was Corman's apparent unfamiliarity with directing (this was his first film). Too often, the sound quality of various individuals varied considerably. For example, the Mexican man who saw the monster was tougher to understand conversations he had with the leading lady--his sound levels were poor.

The film begins with a woman seeing some strange creature at the beach in Mexico. Soon afterwords, she meets a scientist who doesn't believe her but investigates. When he does finally believe, naturally he believes the monster was created by nuclear radiation (after all, that caused ALL monsters in the 1950s). Eventually, they find the monster, it dies and the world is saved.

I know that there is more to it than that, but the bottom line is that I didn't care. While the monster was pretty cheesy (which I like), the overall film is a bit slow-paced and not that interesting. Plus, it was formulaic and offered little in the way of entertainment. It's just a cheap film and nothing more.