A marine biologist, a dolphin trainer, a research scientist, and a local sheriff try to hunt down a large sea monster, a shark/octopus hybrid, that is devouring swimmers and fishermen off a south Florida coast.
Practical Effects
The sharktopus puppet deserves its own unemployment benefits.
Direction
Lamberto Bava phones it in from a beach chair somewhere.
Director
Lamberto Bava
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lamberto Bava took this gig immediately after Demons (1985) to pay off debts, shooting under the pseudonym 'John Old Jr.'
Mystery Science Theater 3000 roasted this in 1999, cementing its cult status as prime 'Italian Jaws ripoff' canon.
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