About This Film
Solana Beach, a seaside tourist resort, has come under attack by a giant octopus, which captures and devours human swimmers and boaters, picking the skeletons clean of flesh and bone marrow. Marine expert Will Gleason (Hopkins) and crusading newspaper reporter Ned Turner (Huston) suspect the construction of an underwater tunnel by the Trojan company, owned by Mr. Whitehead (Fonda). Trojan has been using radio signals that have been "above regulated levels", somehow maddening the octopus and causing it to attack human beings. In the end, the octopus is killed by Gleason's pair of killer whales.
Several people disappear from and at the sea. Their bodies are found gnawed to the skeleton, even the marrow is missing. The scientists have no idea which animal could do such things. Dr. Turner begins to suspect that the company which builds a tunnel beneath the bay might have poisoned the environment and caused an octopus to mutate to giant dimensions.
Several people disappear from and at the sea. Their bodies are found gnawed to the skeleton, even the marrow is missing. The scientists have no idea which animal could do such things. Dr. Turner begins to suspect that the company which builds a tunnel beneath the bay might have poisoned the environment and caused an octopus to mutate to giant dimensions.
Film Details
Director
Ovidio G. Assonitis
Writers
Steven W. Carabatsos, Tito Carpi, Jerome Max
Keywords
Psychotronic Film
Violence
Bare Chested Male
Cigarette Smoking
Husband Wife Relationship
Telephone Call
Dead Body
Bikini
Escape
Family Relationships
Beach
Chase
Corpse
Brother Sister Relationship
Surrealism
Creature Feature
Corruption
Skeleton
Sheriff
Rescue
Journalist
Motorboat
California
Dark Comedy
Yacht
Animal Attack
Child In Jeopardy
Bribe
Businessman
Loss Of Wife
United States Of America
Newspaper Reporter
Spear Gun
Scuba Diving
Scuba Diver
Montage
Tentacle
Mutation
Pollution
Coroner
Natural Horror
Rip Off
Monster Horror
Dead Body In Water
Single Mother
Dead Fish
Walkie Talkie
Loss Of Sister
Biologist
Marine Biologist
Wooden Leg
Giant Octopus
Tracking Shot
Decompression Sickness
Yacht Race
Water Sports
Fictional Town
Seaside Town
Radio Chatter
Jaws Rip Off
Sail Boat
Underwater
X Ray Image
Marine Park
Sailing Competition
Swimming In The Sea
Seabed
Ocean Floor
Sinking Boat
Coast Guard Helicopter
Loss Of Child
Loss Of Son
Speargun
Buried Under Rubble
Nature Horror
Killer Whale
Orca
Junior Regatta
Harbor Patrol
Sea Captain
Also Known As
Angriff aus der Tiefe, Tentacoli, Tentakel des Todes, 홀리데이 킬러, 텐타콜리