FilmPG-13Monster & Creature Sci-Fi Horror Survival

Octopus2000

Name: Octopus
Genre: Monster & Creature, Sci-Fi Horror, Survival
Released: 2000-09-21
Rating: 3.8

“A cruise to hell”

Directed by John Eyres

3.8

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 3.0TMDB 4.5

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Year

2000

Runtime

100 min

The premise

During the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, a Russian submarine strays into American waters. On board is a nuclear cargo destined for Castro. The Americans attack and destroy the sub. 38 years later US submarine Roosevelt is in the same waters. An unknown object attacks and disables the sub with devastating force and drags the vessel to the bottom of the ocean. What lies on the ocean bed beggars belief: dozens of wrecks, among them the sub destroyed 38 years ago. Whatever was on board has fed a creature of unbelievable size and strength! The only way out is the emergency submersible and a passing cruise ship. Above or below the water, there is no escape from the monster mutant octopus with a nuclear diet...

Horror Vault's take

When a US Navy submarine is dragged to the ocean floor by an enormous unseen force, its crew discovers they are far from the first victims to meet their end in these waters. Decades of Cold War history have quietly fed something monstrous lurking in the deep. Trapped below with dwindling options and a mutant predator circling outside, the survivors must find any way to the surface — only to discover danger follows them there too. This late-'90s creature feature delivers submarine-set tension with a healthy dose of B-movie spectacle.

Content: Monster Violence, Peril And Action Sequences, Mild Gore