Possibly the first bad science film with is own theme song (on iTunes no less!), BSFN 13 was devoted to SHARKTOPUS.
Yep. You read that right.
The movie opens with a girl in a bikini swimming off Santa Monica (excitement for people recently returned from visiting prestigious Southern California institutions at the inclusion of a place they had been in a movie - we had similar problems with Volcano). As her friend watches (also scantily clad - obviously), a fin appears in the water - oh no! But *relief* a mysterious half shark, half octopus creature saves the girl by killing the puny shark! Hooray for Sharktopus, which is sensibly made from the front bitey half of a shark and the bottom tentacley half of an octopus! Cut to a lab populated by two scientists (signposted by the fact they are wearing lab coats, despite their position behind a computer and lack of test tubes in the vicinity), Eric Roberts and a military man (uniform)...the military man is happy because Sharktopus is proven to be a successful weapon! Unfortunately, like all military experiments in B-movies, the experiment is pushed too far...and Sharktopus ends up having his control collar knocked off in an unfortunate collision with a boat.
Now that Sharktopus is free he rampages down the California coast - eating scantily clad women as he goes! Including a girl who is credited as "Bikini Girl with Bum", which is presumably the girl who got eaten whilst a pervy, slightly homeless looking guy was watching. Sharktopus then settles in a particularly beautiful town in Mexico, where he demonstrates his totally ridiculous ability to walk on his tentacles. Because that is a standard octopus skill. I suppose it is not that far from using coconuts for defence. In Sharktopus's rampage many people die, mostly girls with very little clothing. I think it is clear from this summary that Sharktopus as a movie is a perfect example of a Bad Science Film - it has even inspired other craftier fans of bad science films to create sharktopus plushies!
- Favourite Tagline: 50% Shark, 50% Octopus, 100% DEADLY!
- Premise: Reckless scientists (are there any other kind?) make a SHARKTOPUS, which is controlled by a collar. Unfortunately the collar is not boat proof (design oversight, clear indication that too few engineers were employed by project SHARKTOPUS - Oompa Loompas of science are not to be overlooked) and therefore SHARKTOPUS runs amok in beautiful Mexico. The running bit is surprisingly literal for a cross between 2 aquatic creatures.
- Best death: Bungee girl! Serves her right for overcoming her fear of heights so completely.
- Worst piece of science: Cross a shark (lives in the sea, swims) with an octopus (lives in the sea, swims via tentacular propulsion) and create a swimming, WALKING, ocean AND river bound creature. With the ability to stab people with its spiky tentacles whilst walking around. Naturally.
- Overall review: Well, terrible obviously. But it is called SHARKTOPUS, and is therefore the greatest film of 2011 so far. I don't care that the King's Speech is an Oscar winner - where is the walking, stabbing, biting sea creature?!?!
- Total number of BSFN-ites: 7? Confined space compatible.
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