Octaman (1971 film)
Summary
"Alien or mutation... man or reptile... Horror heap from the nuclear trash!" A team of researchers discovers a strange mutation of man and octopus who proceeds to terrorize them.
Details
- Release Date: 1971
- Country/Language: Mexico/US, English
- Genres/Technical: Horror, Sci-fi
- Runtime: 1 hr 19 min
- Starring: Pier Angeli, Kerwin Mathews, Jeff Morrow
- Director: Harry Essex
- Writer: Harry Essex
- Producer/Production Co: Filmers Guild, Heritage Enterprises Inc.
- View Trailer: (link)
Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: PG (mild Violence)
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- S____ (One Tentacle: Debateably Lovecraftian; has almost no direct connection to Lovecraft's work)
Not very "Lovecraftian", but there are tentacles in it.
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
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Synopsis
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A team of scientists, led by Dr. Rick Torres, travels to Mexico to research radioactive material in the water. While there, they discover several octopi that appear to have a human mutation and take them back to the lab for more study. Their benign abduction awakens the parent octopus, however, endangering the lives of all the scientists. Octaman, as he is called, employs several predatory methods, including strangulation and hypnosis.
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Associated Mythos Elements
- race: Tentacle Monster
