Sharktopus
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| Sharktopus | |
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 TV poster | |
| Directed by | Declan O'Brien |
| Starring |
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| Music by | Tom Hiel |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Roger Corman Julie Corman Robert Roessel Stephen Niver |
| Editor | Vikram Kale |
| Running time | 89 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Syfy |
| Release | September 25, 2010 |
| Related | |
| Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf | |
Sharktopus is a 2010 SyFy original horror/science fiction film produced by Roger Corman, directed by Declan O'Brien, and starring Eric Roberts.[1] It is the first film in the Sharktopus franchise.[2]
Plot[edit]
Geneticist Nathan Sands and his daughter Nicole are hired by the U.S. Navy to create a new weapon; they create an intelligent shark that has the tentacles of an octopus, dubbed S-11, controlling the creature using electromagnetic pulses with a device attached to its head. During one of the test missions, S-11 discards the device before traveling to Mexican waters to find food. Sands and his daughter are then assigned to catch S-11 and travel down to Mexico, where they meet up with fishermen Andy Flynn and Santos, who work for Sands to help capture S-11. Andy, Nicole and Santos track S-11 on Andy's boat as Sands and his men follow in a yacht behind them. Several sightings occur as S-11 kills tourists and locals in the area. Fisherman Pez sends a photo of the creature to a news station, and news reporter Stacy Everheart and her cameraman Bones arrive to find the creature, enlisting Pez's help in the process. Stacy researches Sands and deduces that S-11 is a biological experiment. She, Bones and Pez record it killing a few people on a beach before heading into the ocean on Pez's boat to capture more evidence.
Andy and a group of his diver friends go into a cave to find S-11, although the creature attacks them, killing everybody except Andy. He, Nicole and Santos then encounter Stacy, Bones and Pez, although Pez is killed by S-11 before it runs off. Andy, Nicole and Santos pursue it, resulting in Santos being killed. An enraged Andy radios Sands and tells him he's going to kill S-11 despite his orders. Andy and Nicole track S-11 to the mainland, where it kills a few people before Sands and his men arrive and hold Andy hostage. Nicole reprimands her father for wishing to further the experiments, although S-11 arrives and kills Sands's men before Sands himself is killed saving Nicole. Andy and Nicole encounter Stacy and Bones again, who drive them to a resort which S-11 is attacking. Nicole creates a plan to shoot S-11 with a device that will allow her to blow up a computer chip in its brain using her computer. The group arrives at the resort and Bones soon quits as Stacy attempts to put his life in danger to record S-11. However, S-11 then kills them both. Andy manages to shoot S-11 with the device, and Nicole hacks into the chip before overloading it, causing it to explode and kill S-11. Andy and Nicole reunite, and walk off to safety.
Cast[edit]
- Eric Roberts as Dr. Nathan Sands
- Sara Malakul Lane as Nicole Sands
- Kerem Bürsin as Andy Flynn
- Héctor Jiménez as "Bones"
- Liv Boughn as Stacy Everheart
- Shandi Finnessey as Stephanie "Stephie"
- Megan Barkley as Lisa
- Peter Nelson as Commander Cox (credited as Calvin Persson)
- Elgar Horowitz as Ellie Loveshaft
- Greg Norte as Gordon
- Roger Corman as Man On Beach (uncredited)
- Ralph Garman as Captain Jack
Reception[edit]
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On Rotten Tomatoes, Sharktopus has a 50% approval rating, based on 6 reviews, with an average score of 7.0/10.[3]
Kevin Carr of 7M Pictures described it as "cinematic junk food" and gave it 3.5 out of 5.[4] Annalee Newitz of io9 wrote "Sharktopus represents both your guilt, and the assuaging of it, all in one tasty morsel" and called it the Inception of giant monster movies.[5]
Home video[edit]
Sharktopus was released to DVD and Blu-ray on March 15, 2011.
A limited edition soundtrack album containing Tom Hiel's musical score to Sharktopus was released by BSX Records in 2012 and is available on CD and digital MP3.
Sequels[edit]
A similarly themed movie, Piranhaconda, was released in 2012.
Two official sequels were made: Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda, which was released on August 2, 2014, and Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf,[6] which premiered on July 19, 2015, during Sharknado Week on the SyFy Channel.[7]
Remake[edit]
In 2023 the film was remade in China. [8]
See also[edit]
- List of killer shark films
- Monster Shark
- Lusca - a sea creature from Caribbean folklore sometimes portrayed as half-shark, half-octopus
References[edit]
- ^ "Television". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Bene, Jason (August 2015). "Roger Corman King of the Creature Feature". Delirium. No. 8. p. 8-13.
- ^ Sharktopus, Rotten Tomatoes, retrieved November 11, 2018
- ^ Kevin Carr (October 14, 2013). "Sharktopus". 7M Pictures.
- ^ Annalee Newitz (May 23, 2018). ""Sharktopus" is the "Inception" of giant monster movies". io9.com.
- ^ "'Sharktopus' On Syfy: A Pteracuda And A Mermantula Are On Their Way". Huffingtonpost.com. 7 August 2013. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
- ^ TV By The Numbers (2015-07-15). "Syfy Announces 'Sharknado Week' Schedule | TV By The Numbers by zap2it.com | Page 431493". Tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
- ^ "'Sharktopus' Remake Trailer – Chinese Creature Feature Brings the Roger Corman Monster Back to Life". 23 October 2023.
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