A team of researchers launch an expedition in a small Mexican fishing community after discovering a mutated octopus that can crawl on land. The mutation is created from heightened radiation levels in the waters. The expedition soon turns deadly when a mutated octopus/human hybrid attacks the researchers and their crew.
Special Effects guru Rick Baker actually created the monster suit for this 50's B movie throwback. You wouldn't be able to tell just by watching this schlock fest. The suit looks incredibly bad. It would perhaps work in an actual 50's black and white film. But in the 1970's full color it loses a lot of the charm that those 50's B movies had.
Octaman is the perfect film for an episode of MST3K. The show never did an episode for it. You can still have fun with this movie if you watch with a group of friends. Don't bother trying to pay attention the plot. When Octaman isn't slapping people around with his tentacles, you'll be bored to sleep by the scientists interactions.
Side Note: This is kind of a Creature From The Black Lagoon rip off. Except the Creature suit looks a billion times better in that movie with was made over a decade earlier.
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