AboutBarbara L. Baker Expertise I am a professor of communication at a midwest university, with expertise in film. I can answer most questions on the original "Star Wars" trilogy, and some on the newer trilogy. I also have expertise in general science-fiction film (both history and theory), especially in the United States. I can probably answer questions related to genres, mythic implications of science-fiction films, as well as questions on hybrids (especially comic science fiction) and cult science fiction films (such as "Repo Man" and "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai," etc.). For movie titles, noting significant plot details and characters are better than minor plot events, and it is even better if you can recall the time period when the film was made, an actor or director's name, and if it is a film or TV movie. I am less able to answer the following, although I will do my best to track down an answer for you--recent SF films, episodes of TV shows, and horror/SF hybrids. I cannot answer questions about anime/manga or about film collectables. Nor will I answer obvious homework (although I will point you to resources to help answer the question, if asked). I also can't help you find movie stars, movie memorabilia, or tell you how to break into the business.
Experience
Past/Present clients My students at UCM, I suppose.
Question was looking for an old b sci-fi movie that i watched late night in early 70's had a squid like creature that came out onto the beach and attacked someone and also i think it came out of cave one time and you could see like pallets or two by fours
Answer John, I'm not 100% certain, but I think this might be one of two older movies from the 1950s. The first is "The Monster that Challenged the World," about squid-like creatures that emerge from the Salton Sea in California (a desert inland sea). That comes closest to this sketchy description. It also is possible that the film you are looking for is the 1955 film, "It Came From Beneath the Sea," where a giant octopus attacks San Francisco (although the plot description seemed less like this one).
I hope one of these is the answer you are seeking. However, if neither of these are the film you are looking for, then I would need more information to be able to track it down.
