Octopus (2000 film)

Octopus is a 2000 horror film produced by Nu Image that premiered on the USA Network in the summer of 2000. The movie stars Jay Harrington, David Beecroft, Ricco Ross, and has a brief, but significant appearance by poet Jeff Nuttall. It was followed by a sequel, Octopus 2: River of Fear, in 2001.

Plot

In October 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, a Soviet submarine delivers barrels of nuclear material to Cuba, and has to outrun an American submarine. When the Executive officer suggests that the submarine should slow down and identify itself, the captain shoots him. The submarine is hit by torpedoes and damaged, drowning the crew and releasing radioactive material into its nearby waters. It causes an octopus to grow into a monstrous size, attacking submarines and naval vehicles off Cuba's coasts.

In the year 2000, in Sofia, Bulgaria, two CIA officials, Roy Turner and Henry Campbell, discuss about files, before they go out for a walk. Meanwhile, someone disguised as an old woman gives a bag to an official's daughter, but the bomb inside the bag detonates, killing everyone inside the American embassy and injuring many people nearby. The two officials pursue the old woman, but the old woman's henchmen crash a car at Henry, injuring and killing him. Afterwards, Roy pursues the old woman and captures her, and she is revealed to be the leader of a terrorist group.

The terrorist is captured and taken into a submarine, but his henchmen hijack the vehicle and threaten the crew to release him. However, the submarine is attacked by the giant octopus from before.

Cast
  • Jay Harrington as Special Agent Roy Turner
  • Ravil Isyanov as Casper
  • David Beecroft as Captain Jack Shaw
  • Carolyn Lowery as Dr. Lisa Finch
  • Rico Ross as Lieutenant Brickman
  • Jeff Nuttall as Henry Campbell
  • George Stanchev as Salvanto
  • Martin McDougall as Taylor
  • Vasil Banov as Captain Varltek
  • Nikolai Urumov as Helmsman
  • Krasi Vankov as Dmitry
  • Michail Elenov as Sonar Tech

Similarities to other films

Octopus has often been compared to Alligator and the film Proteus. Proteus, directed by Bob Keen, has a similar lighting style to Octopus. Proteus itself has usually been compared to The Thing.

See also
  • List of killer octopus films
  • Octopus at the Internet Movie Database

References
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