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Tasmanian Devils – Canada, 2013

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Tasmanian Devils is a 2013 Canadian horror film directed by former child actor Zach Lipovsky (Leprechaun: OriginsDead Rising: Watchtower) from a screenplay by Brook Durham (Mammoth; Red: Werewolf Hunter; Bering Sea Beast).

Main cast:

Danica McKellar (Hack!Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo), Kenneth Mitchell (The Bequest), Mike Dopud (Alone in the Dark; BloodRayne; Final Destination 5), Roger R. Cross (The Chronicles of Riddick; The Strain; Re-Kill); Terry Chen (Bates Motel; Evil Feed; Godzilla); Apolo Ohno, Rekha Sharma.

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Plot:

When a group of BASE jumpers enter into a forbidden portion of the Tasmanian wilderness, they didn’t foresee that one of their group would die in the process. They also didn’t expect for their friend’s blood to awaken ancient and gigantic Tasmanian devils that would swiftly seek to make them their supper.

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The group finds some assistance in three park rangers that arrive to arrest the group for trespassing, only to find that they too are in danger of becoming the deadly beasts’ prey. One by one, people start to die…

Reviews:

“There are so many satisfying moments in this movie that it is easy to forget the low budget despite how cheesy everything looks. Everything about the movie that at the outset made me believe it would be just another Syfy crapfest eventually evolved into something great. Not just good or watchable mind you, but genuinely great.” Stupid Blue Planet

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“Too silly to take seriously and taking itself far too seriously to have fun with, Tasmanian Devils needn’t bother anybody’s list of monster flicks this year.” John Noonan, HorrorNews.net

“There is little here that you haven’t seen countless times before. Annoying characters you can’t wait to see die: check. A clumsy and unconvincing love interest subplot: check. Incompetent direction and unconvincing special effects: check. It is fair to say Tasmanian Devils does little well but at least the pacing is brisk to help make sure it isn’t completely boring.” Adam Cook, Letterboxd

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Cast and characters:

Danica McKellar as Alex
Kenneth Mitchell as Jayne
Mike Dopud as Anderson
Roger R. Cross as Simon (as Roger Cross)
Terry Chen as Walsh
Rekha Sharma as Lisbon
Apolo Ohno as Stone
Joseph Allan Sutherland as Danz (as Joseph Sutherland)
Scott McNeil as Whitfield
Julia Sarah Stone as Kid

Choice dialogue:

Simon [Roger Cross]: “I can’t believe this is real. What are we watching?”

Trailer:

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Zombie Croc – USA, 2015

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Zombie Croc is a 2015 American supernatural horror film directed by Robert Elkins (Backwoods 2: The Revenge of CalebNightmare at Bunnyman BridgeZombie Isle). It was produced by Worldwide Multimedia and American Eyesore Films.

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Cast:

  • Brittney Scalf
  • Apryl Crowell
  • Crystal Howell
  • Tony Jones
  • Lafnmn Jones
  • Ken Peebles
  • Dewey Brandon Collins
  • Vivian Thompson
  • Linda Witt
  • David Witt
  • Jerry Eugene Long
  • Alyssa Wheaton

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The Giant Spider Invasion – USA, 1975

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‘Creeping!… Clawing!… Crushing!’

The Giant Spider Invasion is a 1975 American science fiction horror feature film directed by Bill Rebane (Blood Harvest; The Demons of Ludlow; The Capture of Bigfoot) from a screenplay by Robert Easton and Richard L. Huff.

The film is about giant spiders that terrorise the town of Merrill, Wisconsin and the surrounding area. The iconic theatrical poster art was a throwback to the giant monster movies of the 1950s. The $300,000 film received a considerable theatrical run via Group 1 and became one of the fifty top grossing films of that year.

Major roles were played by some actors who may have been considered “has-beens” at the time. The leads were Steve Brodie and Barbara Hale, with other roles going to Alan Hale, Jr. and Leslie Parrish (whose character unwittingly drinks a Bloody Mary cocktail containing a pulped arachnid!).

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The film’s one “Giant Spider” was constructed by covering a Volkswagen automobile with artificial black fur, with the fake legs operated from the inside by seven members of the crew. The back of the car was the front of the monster, and its red tail lights served as the monster’s glowing eyes. In August 2013, it was reported that the rusting frame of the giant spider had been stolen and sold off for scrap.

A comic book was created to help promote the film and was reprinted for Retromedia’s DVD of the film.

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Reviews:

“This movie also has some of the most wonderful fleeing-crowds footage since Reptilicus, and a few shots of the main monster eating people which are on nearly the same exalted plane of gross technical overreach as their counterparts from the latter film. For my money, the actor-eating spider is even funnier than the spidermobile that attacks the carnival, if for no other reason than that we get a much better look at it. The eight-legged pervert hiding in Ev’s underwear drawer is a hoot, too.” Scott Ashlin, 1000 Misspent Hours and Counting

“Despite the jokey reference to Jaws (1975) this film is clearly a displaced item from the fifties cycle of radiation (and such like) mutation movies. It even comes complete with Brodie and Hale as the boy-meets-girl couple who save the day. But, whereas the fifties films were at least a direct reflection of their times, this ineptly mounted offering has no such backdrop.” The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction

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“Something of a hotch-potch as Rebane jumbles comic strip with genuinely unsettling horror. Real spiders are used to reasonably good effect, whereas the one giant specimen, despite a spirited first appearance, is patently mechanical and sadly undemonstrative.” Time Out

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“Lots of laughs … there hasn’t been a movie with special effects so bad since The Giant Claw!” Michael Weldon, The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film

” …stars the silliest “giant creature” ever created in movie history. It takes this film almost an hour for the “giant spider” to show up up, and when it does, it’s so blatantly a VW beetle with fake legs attached that you won’t believe your eyes.”John Wilson, The Official Razzie Movie Guide

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“For my money, the actor-eating spider is even funnier than the spider mobile that attacks the carnival, if for no other reason than that we get a much better look at it. The eight-legged pervert hiding in Ev’s underwear drawer is a hoot, too. The most incredible thing of all, however, may be the simple fact that The Giant Spider Invasion was not by a long shot the worst movie Bill Rebane made.” 1000 Misspent Hours… and Counting

“In spite of the title, there is only one giant spider, but we don’t feel cheated because it’s a dilly. It is impossible to see such a budget conscious special effect without feeling a wave of admiration.” Stephen King, Danse Macabre

“Modest and unpretentious, The Giant Spider Invasion is really much better than its reputation […] But the famously bad spider puppets are the main draw […] Be sure to enjoy good-natured 70s sexism: a teenaged floozy appears virtually topless, and at one point the camera shamelessly zooms in on her cleavage.” David Elroy Goldweber, Claws & Saucers

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Horrors of Spider Island aka It’s Hot in Paradise – West Germany, 1960

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‘Blood-curdling! Hair-raising! Spine-chilling!’

Ein Toter hing im Netz (‘A Corpse Hung in the Web’) is a 1960 West German science fiction horror cheesecake feature film directed by Fritz Böttger and produced by Wolf C. Hartwig (The HeadDead Sexy, Bloody Moon).

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The film was dubbed and released in the United States by Pacemaker Pictures as an adults-only feature titled It’s Hot in Paradise (sometimes advertised as just Hot in Paradise) in March 1962.

It was later re-issued by Pacemaker in November 1965 in a 75 minute edited ‘horror’ version titled Horrors of Spider Island. It was also apparently released in the United States as The Spider’s Web and Girls of Spider Island

Pacemaker Pictures specialised in releasing European imported movies, bolstered by their lurid ad campaigns, such as The Slaughter of the Vampires, Terror Creatures from the Grave and Bloody Pit of Horror.

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Reviews:

“While watchable even in its shortest version, Horrors of Spider Island becomes a delirious experience with the added nude swimming footage. The atrocious dubbing contains some of the more quotable one-liners around, while D’Arcy’s weird but decidedly non-threatening monster makes up for the decided lack of actual arachnids on screen.” Nathaniel Thompson, Mondo Digital

‘Horrors of Spider Island is actually amusingly bad for a brief while, especially when Webster is holding auditions for the gals before they plunge into the Pacific in a cheaply-conceived plane crash that consists of stock footage and over-acted reaction shots from the cast. Even when they make it aboard the island, the film shows a little bit of promise’. Oh, the Horror!

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“The close-ups of his face are scary, but the editing is awful and the whole movie is confusing.” Michael J. Weldon, The Psychotronic Video Guide

“…garter-belt fetishists are going to be in heaven nearly from start to finish. Of course, great lovers of crappy monster makeup are going to be in heaven, too, even though the were-spider doesn’t get as much screen-time as I would have liked. Indeed, with the were-spider and its little hand-puppet monkey-bug friends on the one hand, and all the lifted skirts and shimmying hips on the other, Horrors of Spider Island would have easily scored enough points to qualify it as a minor classic of trash.” 1000 Misspent Hours and Counting

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Horrors of Spider Island gets more wrong than right, which means it’s an average grindhouse flick. The biggest problem with this film is there’s not enough nudity for a decent exploitation movie and not enough horror for a good creature feature. So, it’s more sizzle than steak. But, I ask you: Isn’t that what the grindhouse was all about?” TheronNeel.com

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“The producers were clearly aiming for nothing more than unabashed unashamed exploitation. They did a great job! The spider makeup covers only the guy’s hands and face, but it looks both real and scary […] The spider resembles those of Cat-Women of the Moon or Missile to the Moon, but it’s smaller and has an evil face.” David Elroy Goldweber, Claws & Saucers

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‘It’s Hot in Paradise makes more sense as a title. The horror is just a distraction, this entire film is about getting trapped on a desert island with a bunch of young dancing girls like buxom Barbara Valentin to flesh out a wild orgy. In other words the entire point of the film is what was cut out of it for this version’. Apocalypse Later

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“It has buxom Teutonic babes in (slightly) skimpy swimwear lounging around being all sexy and occasionally getting into hair-pulling girl-fights, it has hunky men looking for love in all the wrong bikini bottoms, and it has a tropical setting full of azure lagoons and cozy beachside cabins. And for some inexplicable reason it also has horrible mutant killer spider-people-thingies who want to murder them all and eat their flesh!”  Million Monkey Theater

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The Prey – USA, 2016

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The Prey is a 2016 American horror monster movie produced and directed by The Hensman Brothers, i.e. Cire Hensman [as Eric Hensman] and Matthew Hensman. It was scripted by the latter based on a story by Gustavo Sainz de la Peña. The original title was The Lost Patrol.

The film stars Danny Trejo (Dead in TombstoneThe Burning Dead; 3 Headed Shark Attack), Nick Chinlund (Hallowed Ground; The Chronicles of RiddickBelow), Kevin Grevioux (Underworld: Rise of the Lycans; screenwriter of I, Frankenstein), Aria London, Fahim Fazli, Cleo Anthony, Reka Rene, Ryan McIntyre, Justin Arnold, John David Gregory.

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Plot:

U.S. soldiers in the Middle East become trapped in a cave that is inhabited by a deadly creature…

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Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

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Gamera – Japan, 2015

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Gamera (ガメラ) is a 2015 Japanese kaiju monster film directed by Katsuhito Ishii and produced by Kadokawa Pictures. It will apparently be a reboot to the Gamera series as part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the franchise. As reported on Wikizilla, on October 8, 2015, at the New York Comic-Con, posters and clip for Gamera were revealed, possibly test footage for the film.

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The Prey – USA, 2016

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The Prey is a 2016 American horror monster movie produced and directed by The Hensman Brothers, i.e. Cire Hensman [as Eric Hensman] and Matthew Hensman. It was scripted by the latter based on a story by Gustavo Sainz de la Peña. The original title was The Lost Patrol. The film stars Danny Trejo (Dead in Tombstone; The Burning Dead; 3 Headed Shark Attack), Nick Chinlund (Hallowed Ground.

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Little Devils: The Birth – Canada, 1993

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‘There is one birth announcement the world could do without.’ Little Devils: The Birth is a 1993 Canadian comedy horror feature film directed by George Pavlou (Rawhead Rex; Underworld) from a screenplay by producer Elliott Stein. The film stars Russ Tamblyn, Marc Price, Nancy Valen, Wayne McNamara, Stella Stevens (The Manitou), Donald Saunders, Jerry Levitan, David Campbell...

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Acquanetta – actress

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Acquanetta (July 17, 1921 – August 16, 2004), nicknamed “The Venezuelan Volcano” by her friend William Randolph Hearst, was a B-movie actress known for her exotic beauty. The facts of Acquanetta’s origins are not known with certainty. Although accounts differ (some giving her birth-name as Mildred Davenport, from Norristown, PA), Acquanetta claimed she was born Burnu Acquanetta...

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Red Billabong – Australia, 2016

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Red Billabong is a 2016 Australian action horror creature feature film written and directed by Luke Sparke. The film stars Dan Ewing, Tim Pocock, Jessica Green, Sophie Don, Ben Chisholm, Felix Williamson, John Reynolds, Yutaka Izumihara, Bruce R. Carter, Emily Joy, Philippe Deseck, Gregory J. Fryer, Col Elliott and Selina Kadell. A release in Australian theatres is set for August 25, 2016. Plot:

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Chupacabra: Dark Seas – USA, 2005

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‘This legend is real.’ Chupacabra: Dark Seas – aka Chupacabra Terror – is a 2005 American horror feature film directed by John Shepphird (Jersey Shore Shark Attack) from a screenplay co-written with Steve Jankowski (who also plays Admiral Williams). The movie was a Regent Entertainment production for the Syfy television channel. Main cast: John Rhys-Davies (Beasts.

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Loch Ness Terror aka Beyond Loch Ness – Canada, 2008

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Loch Ness Terror, titled Beyond Loch Ness on the Syfy Channel, is a 2008 Canadian horror television film directed by Paul Ziller (Pledge Night) from a screenplay co-written with Jason Bourque. It was produced by Lindsay MacAdam and Kirk Shaw for Insight Film Studios. Main cast: Brian Krause (Camel Spiders; Poseidon Rex; Plan 9), Niall Matter, Amber Borycki, Carrie Genzel, Don S. Davis.

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House of Frankenstein – USA, 1944

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‘Never before… so much wickedness under one roof!’ House of Frankenstein is a 1944 American horror film starring directed by Erle C. Kenton, from a screenplay by Edward T. Lowe Jr., based on Curt Siodmak’s storyline. It was produced by Paul Malvern for Universal Studios as a sequel to Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man the previous year. The cast includes a mad scientist...

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Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell – USA, 2017

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Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell is a 2017 American comedy action horror feature film directed by Don Michael Paul (Tremors 5: Bloodlines; Lake Placid: The Final Chapter). Burt Gummer (Michael Gross) and his son Travis Welker (Jamie Kennedy) find themselves up to their ears in Graboids and Ass-Blasters when they head to Canada to investigate a series of deadly giant-worm attacks. Arriving at a remote...

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The Giant Spider Invasion – USA, 1975

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‘Creeping!… Clawing!… Crushing!’ The Giant Spider Invasion is a 1975 American science fiction horror feature film directed by Bill Rebane (Blood Harvest; The Demons of Ludlow; The Capture of Bigfoot) from a screenplay by Robert Easton and Richard L. Huff. The film is about giant spiders that terrorise the town of Merrill, Wisconsin and the surrounding area.

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Lake Michigan Monster – USA, 2018 – overview and reviews

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‘Banned in four lakes!’ Lake Michigan Monster is a 2018 American indie comedy fantasy feature film in which an eccentric ship captain and his crew plot revenge against a mysterious creature of the deep. Directed by Ryland Brickson Cole Tews from a screenplay co-written with Mike Cheslik (both of whom star), the low budget movie also stars Erick West, Beulah Peters, Daniel Long...

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Gamera – Japan, 2015

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Gamera (ガメラ) is a 2015 Japanese kaiju monster film directed by Katsuhito Ishii and produced by Kadokawa Pictures. It will apparently be a reboot to the Gamera series as part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the franchise. As reported on Wikizilla, on October 8, 2015, at the New York Comic-Con, posters and clip for Gamera were revealed, possibly test footage for the film.

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Alligator – USA, 1980 – reviews and ’10 Things You Didn’t Know About’ video

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‘A frightening movie with a sense of fun!’ Alligator is a 1980 American horror feature film directed by Lewis Teague (Cujo; Cat’s Eye) from a screenplay by John Sayles (Piranha). The movie stars Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Henry Silva and Michael V. Gazzo. The film plays on a prevalent urban legend of the era which held that rogue alligators lived in the New York sewers preying...

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Frogs – USA, 1972 – reviews

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8216;A tidal wave of slithering, slimy horror devouring, destroying all in its path!’ Frogs is a 1972 American ecological horror feature film directed by George McCowan from a screenplay written by Robert Hutchison and Robert Blees. The soundtrack score was provided by Les Baxter. The film falls into the “eco-horror” category since it tells the story of an upper-class US...

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Octaman – USA, 1971 – reviews

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Octaman is a 1971 American science-fiction horror feature film written and directed by Harry Essex (co-writer of The Creature from the Black Lagoon). The movie stars Pier Angeli (who committed suicide towards the end of the production), Kerwin Mathews and Jeff Morrow.

The Octaman was created by Doug Beswick and Rick Baker (It’s Alive; An American Werewolf in London; Videodrome; et al).

A scientific expedition to a remote fishing village discovers high levels of radiation as well as a strange mutant-like small octopus that walks on land and has bizarre human-like eyes. The leader of the expedition teams up with a circus owner who wants to exploit the weird creature but trouble ensues when the two men discover their crew has been slaughtered and the mutant is missing.

Tales from the villagers come to light describing the local legend of a half-man, half-sea serpent, but what the expedition finds is an astounding seven-foot-tall walking octopus that has a lust for human blood! Now, the hunters have become the hunted and the race is on…

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“Although Octaman’s ecology awareness fits into an early 1970s mindset, the film is an absolute throwback to 1950s monster movies (the script was supposedly laying around since that time), and as ridiculous as it is, it’s an enjoyable, undemanding piece of schlock that thankfully runs less than 80 minutes.” DVD Drive-In

” …a dull and repetitive take on the subject with uninteresting characters and no pace. And as for the silly-looking octaman costume – well, let’s just say that Rick Baker had to start somewhere, and this one should be chalked up as a learning experience for him.” Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings

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“Featuring a truly silly (but kinda loveable) monster created by future Oscar-winning makeup artist Rick Baker (An American Werewolf in London), bafflingly inept direction by Creature from the Black Lagoon screenwriter Harry Essex (who manages to shamelessly rip off his own ‘50s classic at every turn) and an almost constant stream of unintentional laughs, Octaman definitely gets eight tentacles up on the bad movie-meter!” The Loft Cinema

“… we see a lot of Octaman. He shows up in the opening credits, wobbling around and flailing his (four) arms, and is never far from the camera for the ensuing 79 minutes. The suit is early work from Rick Baker, and while ludicrous overall, nevertheless is kind of creepy, especially it’s large green-and-orange eyes.” Radiation-Scarred Reviews

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“There is something to be said about this film though, maybe in part thanks to the crazy premise and the silly costume and the way it resembles all those old monster movies from decades previous. Part of you will think it a colossal waste of time but another part of you will love it to bits.” The Telltale Mind

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Cast and characters:

  • Pier Angeli … Susan Lowry
  • Kerwin Mathews … Doctor Rick Torres
  • Jeff Morrow … Doctor John Willard
  • David Essex … Davido
  • Jerome Guardino … Johnny Caruso
  • Robert Warner … Steve Dodd
  • Norman Fields … Mort Stein
  • Jax Jason Carroll … Doctor Jameson
  • Wally Rose … Carlos
  • Buck Kartalian … Raul
  • Richard Cohen … Enrique
  • Samuel Peloso … Pedro
  • Read Morgan … The Octaman (as The Octaman)

Filming locations:

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Technical details:

  • 79 minutes
  • Aspect ratio: 1.33: 1
  • Audio: Mono

Budget:

$250,000 (estimated)

Trivia:

A clip from Octaman is featured on a television screen in Joe Dante’s Gremlins: The New Batch (1990).

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