OCTAMAN So-bad-it’s-good monster movie – free on Plex, Roku, Tubi and YouTube

Octaman is a 1971 American sci-fi horror film about researchers terrorised by a strange mutation of man and octopus.

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

Plot:
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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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

Filming locations:
Bronson Canyon in California
Mexico

Technical specs:
1 hour 19 minutes

Aspect ratio: 1.33: 1
Audio: Mono

Budget:
$250,000 (estimated)

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

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