Stars ex-swashbuckler Mathews and Mediterranean movie-starlet Angeli as the principals of an scientific expedition into Mexico whose radiation tests prelude the discovery of a mutated octopus-human creature who they've upset when they disturbed its young.
Jeff Morrow has a small supporting role as a learned biologist, before the film rapidly unravels into farce with the absurd octopus-man (something akin to the Creature from the Black Lagoon whose POV we get to enjoy in true Octa-vision style) preying on members of the expedition seemingly at-will. Predictably, tensions between the personalities fray with the typical moral dilemma of 'preserve versus destroy' causing conflict. Pay close attention and you'll spot beefy Buck Kartalian in a brief role early in the picture, whilst veteran Read Morgan is naturally unrecognisable in the rubbery monster suit.
Micro-budget sci-fi has the gills of a 50's monster mash and consequently looks about ten years older than it is (1971), spouting truly inane dialogue and offers little to recommend except some unintentional laughs as Octaman basically goes berserk on the inept science crew. If you're a fan of the 50's style monster movie you might appreciate the effort, sadly though, it's also memorable as Pier Angeli's disappointing film epitaph and so along with the rest of the cast, might only be appealing to mainstream as nostalgia.
Jeff Morrow has a small supporting role as a learned biologist, before the film rapidly unravels into farce with the absurd octopus-man (something akin to the Creature from the Black Lagoon whose POV we get to enjoy in true Octa-vision style) preying on members of the expedition seemingly at-will. Predictably, tensions between the personalities fray with the typical moral dilemma of 'preserve versus destroy' causing conflict. Pay close attention and you'll spot beefy Buck Kartalian in a brief role early in the picture, whilst veteran Read Morgan is naturally unrecognisable in the rubbery monster suit.
Micro-budget sci-fi has the gills of a 50's monster mash and consequently looks about ten years older than it is (1971), spouting truly inane dialogue and offers little to recommend except some unintentional laughs as Octaman basically goes berserk on the inept science crew. If you're a fan of the 50's style monster movie you might appreciate the effort, sadly though, it's also memorable as Pier Angeli's disappointing film epitaph and so along with the rest of the cast, might only be appealing to mainstream as nostalgia.