“The Monster had escaped and was ravaging the countryside, killing, maiming, terrorizing. One night he burst into our house. My father took a gun and fired at him but the savage brute sent him crashing to a corner.”

Lionel Atwill - Inspector Krogh

“- Nancy: There was this monster, and he was after me, and he wanted to kill me!
- Paula: Where?
- Nancy: He was everywhere.”

Courtney Vickery - Nancy
Kerry Noonan - Paula

“Sean, I think there are some hooligans in the park again.”

Mary Tempest - Sean's Wife

“- George Lawrence: How can they use depth bombs against something they can't even see?
- Steve Martin: Same way they look for a submarine - sonar. Oh, they'll find him all right. The big question is, will they kill him?”

Mikel Conrad - George Lawrence
Raymond Burr - Steve Martin

“- Canton: The Ottoia are very crafty. They hide in burrows. They catch their victims with spiny living tentacles. Then they crush them between massive jaws.
- Trillian St. James: Then they eat you, right?
- Canton: No, they drink you. They drink you alive. Sucking all the fluids out of the body before excreting the skeletal remains.”
Anthony Heald - Simon Canton
Famke Janssen - Trillian St. James