adultery   bathroom   cigarette smoking   buried alive   stabbing   family relationships   prologue   thunderstorm   movie producer   character name in title   1940s   beach   father son relationship   neighbor   1950s   hollywood california   man with glasses   blood   screenwriter   fire   writing   drink   bare chested male   male nudity   father daughter relationship   rage   female nudity   bathtub   love at first sight   god   deformity   blindness   severed hand   riddle   friend   jail   filmmaking   microphone   film actor   movie theatre   curse   movie actor   anger   award   interview   film producer   divine intervention   cancer   mustache   decapitation   underwater   cult   office   politics   watching a movie   shouting   snake   gossip   archery   suitor   film history   hurricane   cage   reverse footage   broken engagement   cannibalism   gift   crowd   screenplay   poet   whip   vanity   out of body experience   housewife   hairy chest   owl   prisoner   film industry   sea monster   strip search   gladiator   sword and sandal   gods   mythology   witch   testimony   constellation   remade   helmet   divine retribution   reference to an academy award   john f kennedy   communism   argument   ferry boat   invisibility   figurine   vulture   persecution   myth   giant animal   stop motion animation   human sacrifice   quarrel   part stop motion   academy awards ceremony   ancient greece   greek god   greek mythology   burned at the stake   deity   typing   pseudonym   blacklist   mccarthyism   political persecution   pagan   turned to stone   giant squid   kraken   heathen   heathenism   paganism   exiled prince   amphitheater   based on greek myth   deities   horse breaking   mechanical owl   medusa   two headed dog   zeus   pegasus   john wayne   boycott   newspaper columnist   acceptance speech   academy award   academy awards   american filmmaking   gossip column   gossip columnist   house unamerican activities committee   kirk douglas   man in bath   man in bathtub   mccarthy era   mccarthy hearings   movie audience   movie industry   otto preminger   reference to spartacus   reference to the academy awards   senator joseph mccarthy   threatening letter   threatening note   television interview   author   friendship   cult favorite   scorpion   writer   princess   squid   one word title   island   monster   quest   revenge   statue   severed head   husband wife relationship   male rear nudity   title spoken by character   reporter   drinking   newspaper   swamp   letter   rescue   swimming pool   temple   sword   horse   horse riding   typewriter   shield   illegitimate child   watching tv   prison guard   wedding   prison