spoiler the movie the she creature seem to have be highly influence by the reincarnation craze of the 1950 revolve around the past life of colorado housewife mrs. simmons who in her previous incarnation be the 19th century irish woman bridey murphy . the movie instead of concentrate on the reincarnation angle go all over the place with the somewhat unstable carnival hypnotist and mind reader and as well a prognosticator and dr. carlo lombari and chester morris and who completely obsess with his beautiful assistant andrea talbott and marla english . dr. lombardi be so possessive of andrea that his try to get her to be his soul mate just turn her off to the wild and crazy guy . it when the handsome and a bit skeptic and of dr. lombardi psychic power and dr. tederckson and lance fuller and come on the scene that thing really start to unwind with the by now mad doctor lombardi go so far a conjure up this she and or sea and creature to do dr. erickson in . the creature have be around for some time in the movie even before dr. erickson show up . it be dr. ericksons presence that really bring the bad out of it a the thing and be control by lombardi and go on a rampage murder some half dozen young people who be enjoy themselves on the beach . even though lombardi be on the scene of every one of the she creature killing he totally innocent and to the disgust of police let . ed james ( ron randell ) and of them . lombardi be at the scene of the crime but the evidence exonerate him . it a if lombardi be pull the police and and let . james and leg in order to both show them up and prove his power a a psychic be genuine . a for the hypnotized and at time completely compose andera she in a life and death struggle tug of war between her master dr. lombardi and saviour dr. erickson that go on for almost the entire film . besides be a woman from 17th century england and elizabeth wetherby and it also bring out that andera be this 1950 look spaceman and or spacewoman and in the very distance and about 300 to 400 million year ago and past that come out of the primordial soup and be to become the precursor or mother of the human race while the she creature . the film have money hungry entrepreneur timothy chapple and tom conway and make a deal with dr. lombardi to manage his carnival act and make million for both himself and the mad doctor . what chapple doesn not know be that whatever dr. lombardi be do be not and act but the real mccoy and in the end he to get the shock of his life find that fact out . the she creature her and or it and self take care of business by finally put an end to dr. lombardi obsession with both it and andrea and whom it suppose to have be way back then in prerecorded history . finish off the crazed dr. lombardi who want it to instead finish off dr. erickson the bumbling and hardly able to walk she creature stumble back to the ocean with the cop and who be unable to see it and be direct by dr. erickson and who can and to shoot at it a it finally disappear under the wave . be give to understand that it and the she creature and will come back in the very near future to both shock as well a put it audience to sleep and the thing be about the least scary monster in movie history and in a new film sequel . as far a i know that happily never happen which be a blessing to everyone and the cast crew and those watch the film and involve with it .