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Budget 2,000,000 USD
The movie had a tagline that directly spoofed the one for Jaws 2 (1978), "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water", by saying instead, "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water--you can't get to it".
One of a cycle of 1980s and mid-late 1970s movies made to cash in on the success of Jaws (1975). The films include Jaws 2 (1978), Jaws 3-D (1983), and Jaws: The Revenge (1987), as well as Orca (1977), Piranha (1978), Tentacles (1977), Killer Fish (1979), Barracuda (1978), Tintorera: Killer Shark (1977), Blood Beach (1980), Piranha II: The Spawning (1981), The Last Shark (1981), Up from the Depths (1979), Humanoids from the Deep (1980), The Island of the Fishmen (1979), Devil Fish (1984) and Mako: The Jaws of Death (1976).
The look of the monster has frequently been compared to that of the subtropical carnivorous plant Venus fly-trap.
According to Time Out, the film's "debt" to Jaws (1975) is implicit from the setting (seaside town loses tourists and trade) to the music (subterranean bass rumbles signal monster's approach)".
The setting was the Santa Monica (CA) State Beach, where the film was shot, but the habitat of the monster in the film also extends to sand at Venice Beach.
"Pearson: Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, you can't get to it."
"Pearson: Last but not least, lovely blonde sixteen-year-old girl - from Beverly Hills, no less, and slumming, I presume - suffered massive damage to both her once-pretty legs, may be crippled for life, and her mind blown half-way to the moon, simply because she was foolish enough to lie down on this particular beach. Sergeant Royko: [mumbles] Never would have happened in Chicago. Pearson: [sternly] Yeah? One more remark like that out of your mouth and Chicago's where you're gonna be!"
