this is more of a comedy than a horror film. an inept secret agent- a gangster doing his best Bogart impersonation- and one pathetic looking monster-{reason enough alone to watch this}. some really funny moments. Corman, it appears, just love making bad{really bad} B horror films. and thats why we love him. Corman fans only 3 moxey 2005-09-12 12:27:50 2005-09-12 12:27:50 ...and have ever since I saw it on a saturday afternoon on an Atlanta local station. People often call movies like this "bad" simply because of low production values. But when you consider the budgets Corman had, and weigh them against the entertainment he sqeezed from it, his films were better than most of the $100 million movies that clutter the multiplexes today. The highlight of this movie is the hilarious title song, crooned by Betsy Jones-Moreland. It's just a generic love song with "...and the Creature from the Haunted Sea" jammed in at the end. Even at this early stage, Corman was poking fun at cliched movie conventions. And who'd have thought the inept secret agent would go on to write "Chinatown"? A wonderful movie; Corman's early work should be taught in all film classes as examples of how to use imagination above dollars. i love this film... 5 wilbrifar 2005-09-12 13:28:32 2005-09-12 13:28:32 Here's one of those strange catagories, "horror, crime, comedy". This one can be explained, it was a horror, a crime, and a comedy that this film was ever made. Horror, crime, comedy 1 jimelena 2005-12-19 06:37:32 2005-12-19 06:37:32 Maxwell Smart fans will love this one. Unfortunately, the sound could be better. Good fun 4 Big Screen Guy 2006-02-12 07:15:06 2006-02-12 07:15:06 Since I'm a "don't" I'll explain why. It's difficult to see what Corman is trying to do in this film. He seems unable to figure out if he is making a slapstick comedy, an adventure drama, a kids' cartoon, a 60's monster film, or what. For anyone trying to delve for any subliminal or subtly hidden deep meaning, you hit bottom before you even get your fingernails wet (maybe you bump into the SpongeBob monster's head). He also seemed to have filmed using people who showed up at random and were free (drunks from a bar perhaps or his friends). His pacing is incredibly choppy, the dialog usually is out of context, and the attempts at humor and drama fall so flat it's really rather pitiful. I've seen other films with a budget of $0.00 (it couldn't have been more) that are very watchable. The pity is that someone couldn't have been there when he began filming and paid him not to make it. You either love Corman or . . . You Don't! 1 surfvh 2006-03-25 01:25:20 2006-03-25 01:25:20 totally inane movie and, except for the precurser of Cookie Monster as the creature from the depths, a total waste of time Cookie Monster from the Sea 1 Prof John 2006-06-17 15:54:11 2006-06-17 15:54:11 Hilarious monster movie spoof from the team that brought us "A Bucket of Blood" and "The Little Shop of Horrors." Untitled 5 LaMarr Bruister 2006-12-09 23:11:33 2006-12-09 23:11:33 Sheesh, some people seem to think everything has to be Citizen Kane. This movie was made just for fun, and that's what it is. Watch it and decide for yourself. Just for fun beirwer 2007-02-28 05:00:24 2007-02-28 05:00:24 4 I suppose the Age of the Drive-In Movie needs some explaining here. Once Upon a Time, when the soil was brown and the air WASN'T, there were Drive-In Theaters EVERYWHERE. And sometimes a teenage boy (and his girl) and maybe another couple or two, would pool their dough and take in the show at these places. There were snack bars for the food, smoking was allowed (why not? You were in your own car) and, since the show really didn't get going until after dark, a certain amount of what we used to call "necking" (and sometimes more) went on in the car also. So it didn't matter a whole heck of a lot what was on the screen. In fact, the worse the film was...the better (for necking purposes). This is why films like CREATURE and all those beach party movies, and the rest were so wildly popular. They were usually good enough to be fun (the parts you actually SAW) but not so good you got glued to the screen the way people tend to expect to be THESE days. (And they have a right to expect that what with the high cost of going to one of these little matchbox theaters to see ONE movie. In my day you went to the drive-in...got a newsreel, a cartoon, some scenes of coming attractions, and TWO movies. And the whole thing...with gas and the snack bar... probably didn't cost you more than about six bucks...maybe ten if you brought the kids or were double-dating). It was a different world, my children...and while some of it sucked...the Cold War, the House Unamerican Activities Committee, and all of that...there were some bright spots too. Now, as to whether or not Betsy Jones-Moreland, Anthony Carbone, and "Edward Wain" (who is really noted film-maker and screen-writer Robert Towne---you may remember him picking up the Oscar for CHINATOWN back in 1975)could ACT. Well, these three did another Corman film together called LAST WOMAN ON EARTH...only that one they took a LITTLE more seriously and, if you check it out...you'll find that, surprisingly, they weren't bad. I give this one my highest rating because, while some of the humor is dated...hell, so am I...and a good laugh is worth a lot. CREATURE FROM THE HAUNTED DRIVE-IN Shadows_Girl 2007-07-23 20:02:21 2007-07-23 20:02:21 5 This is definately my all time favorite cheesy b-movie. Hands down... krougeau 2007-07-30 15:30:57 2007-07-30 15:30:57 5 Funny stuff. Sure there's dated humor that would be lost on many younger viewers, but the Bogart/African Queen parody elements work well, and this could've been a good midnight movie selection in the hazy days of the past. Not really a horror movie, and not great, but quirky and well worth seeing. Nice filmsplice 2007-08-01 05:13:25 2007-08-01 05:13:25 3 This movie was so idiotic, that it had us in stitches. Should have been a old Mystery Science Theater topic. Not to be missed. Hilarious Verified1 2007-11-15 10:09:57 2007-11-15 10:09:57 5 The opening scene shows a shoe shine boy shining a man's white SNEAKER... it is a cloth shoe! You know you are in for some really crazy stuff after that! Hey, Mister... Can I shine your SNEAKERS???? bestpbx 2008-10-05 11:05:48 2008-10-05 11:05:48 2 This was the title character's only film appearance. There wasn't much work for him after this movie. But his younger cousin lucked out, got a good agent, and achieved fame and fortune as the Grimace in the McDonald's commercials. HIS COUSIN BECAME A BIG STAR guyzilla 2009-03-05 01:21:49 2009-03-05 01:21:49 3 14 3.36