(TV Movie 1978). Of course I love music and find some really powerful soundtracks come out of movies such as these. He also meets Jennie Haniver, a mysterious young woman who was once his only childhood friend. Magnus is intrigued by the necklace she wears, which resembles his own. i.e. This movie is my Holy Grail. I'd love a DVD or soundtrack release. Like a solved mystery for me. The Best TV Shows About Being in Your 30s. We knew it was about a girl and a boy and they carved their names on the turtle. I love the sea which I now live by now and would love to meet a mysterious dark haired woman that would come from it's depths. I was listening to Julian Bream's recording of Vivaldi's lute concerto in D and had one of those childhood flashbacks.

I remember the movie as if it was yesterday. Nobody heeds the folklore and the researchers trap the giant sea turtle, setting the stage for a deadly confrontation with both minions of the Devil. However, when the chief discovers that the "psychic" is in possession of information known only... See full summary ». Did a Google search for "giant sea turtle movie," expecting to find a bunch of links about Gamera, but what do you know, I find this whole community of people on IMDb who were just as affected by that movie, all these years later -- weird. We sometimes find that summer romance in life that is just lasts that moment and is gone. Eric blasts it with the Horror, and allows it to run out the line, waiting for it to resurface. The sounds made by the giant turtle are in fact humpback whale songs. After sundown, the boat's power mysteriously gives out, the compass spins crazily. I am surprised to see that so many other people share my feelings about this unusual movie. Rare "Killer Animal" Movies. A movie about sea turtles? (Carl Weathers being dragged to the oceans depths on the back of a giant turtle is a bonus as well.) I am a musician who also writes only lonely haunting songs from the sea. User Ratings Like most, I've remembered it off and on for years, and couldn't remember the title. Now that I've found this movie does anyone remember another made for TV movie around that time that involved twins sisters and one of them would turn into a giant black widow at midnight or something along those lines? It's been so long that I don't recall how the special effects were but it's tone and moodiness have stuck with me to this day. I like so many have very fond memories of this movie. Magnus tells her he is leaving Bermuda and wants nothing to do with the sea ever again. Drowns? Bermuda Triangle). Eric wants to use the Horror, a harpoon-firing bazooka.

I guess the first viewing may of disappointed me a bit. The movie first aired in the United States January 27, 1978 on ABC, and was later released to theaters in Japan. At the behest of a model client, she gets her first modeling gig. Suddenly, the boat lists violently to one side and the net they pulled up has been shredded by something very large and strong. I was probably about 7 the first time. I saw this movie when I was about ten years old back in the late 70s. He also meets Jennie Haniver, a mysterious young woman who was once his only childhood friend.

I picked up a bit on the mood of the doomed summer romance, etc. Paulis, aghast at the idea, withdraws his support for the expedition. View production, box office, & company info. Choose an adventure below and discover your next favorite movie or TV show. Unfortunately, when exposed to water, flesh returns to the bones ... See full summary ». The music, the situations, the cheesy effects . This movie had a very profound effect upon my brother and I. The trawl lines finally catch the turtle, which is so large it begins to tear through the net. It sinks past the giant turtle, which is shown to have the same initials Magnus inscribed on its shell all those many years ago. Magnus climbs aboard the lifeboat amidst the wreckage and desperately tries to help Eric on board, but he is entangled in the line from the Horror. In the meantime, Magnus is dreaming of his childhood, playing on the same beach, watching a turtle egg hatch with his friend Jennie.

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Kids were less than enchanted at the special effects, and my husband was looking at me like "really? This movie really does has affect on people who watch it for some reason. Interestingly enough, the 'haunting' music that some reference, for me, wasn't "Jenny", but rather the the whale song played throughout and at the end of the movie.

;) I agree with many of you the music helps give it some of the feeling and mood to it. There seems to be no origin to why this creature, strangely humanoid in some cases, has this name. Directed by Tsugunobu Kotani. Just please be warned, it is not a well made piece, just a great story and tribute to the mystery of the ocean. At the Bermuda Biological Station, he finds Eric and Dr. Paulis, friends and colleagues of his late father, and joins them on a quest for gigantic sea creatures. Again the boat lurches uncontrollably, forcing Eric to cut the cable to the trawling net.