The Beast1996
“They said it was safe to go back in the water. They were wrong.”
Created by Jeff Bleckner, Colin Fletcher
🏆 Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 2 nominations total
The premise
Mysterious deaths and unexplained disappearances begin to occur in the small seaport village of Graves Point. When a large, strange claw is discovered on an empty raft washing up on the shore, marine biologist Dr. Herbert Talley identifies it as belonging to a rare giant squid.
Horror Vault's take
Something ancient and enormous lurks beneath the waters off the quiet seaside community of Graves Point, and the locals are starting to disappear. When a marine biologist identifies a monstrous claw as evidence of a colossal giant squid, a desperate race begins to understand — and survive — a predator that defies imagination. Based on a novel, this TV miniseries brings deep-sea terror to a small-town setting where no one on the water is truly safe. The ocean has never felt more threatening.
Content: Creature Violence, Peril At Sea, Deaths
Episode Guide
S1.E1 · Episode 1Premiere8.0Apr 28, 1996 · 82 min
S1.E2 · Episode 28.0Apr 29, 1996 · 85 min
Cast
William L. Petersen
Whip Dalton
Karen Sillas
Lt. Kathryn Marcus
Charles Martin Smith
Schuyler Graves
Ronald Guttman
Dr. Herbert Talley
Missy Crider
Dana Dalton
Sterling Macer Jr.
Mike Newcombe
A.J. Johnson
Nell Newcombe
Larry Drake
Lucas Coven
Murray Bartlett
Christopher Lane
Laura Vazquez
Hadley
Robert Mammone
Ensign Raines
Chad Tyler
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