Monster Shark

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Monster Shark
File:Monster Shark.jpg
French film poster
Directed by Lamberto Bava[1]
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Music by Fabio Frizzi[2]
Cinematography Giancarlo Ferrando[1]
Edited by Roberto Sterbini[2]
Production
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  • Filmes Cinematografica
  • Nuova Danis Cinematografica
  • Filmes International
  • National Cinematografica
  • Films Du Griffon[1]
Distributed by DLF Distribution Lanciamento Film[2]
Release dates
 1984[2]
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  • Italy
  • France[1]

Monster Shark (Italian: Shark - Rosso nell'oceano [1]) is a 1984 Italian-French science fiction-horror film directed by Lamberto Bava. It was also released in various countries as Devil Fish, Monster from the Red Ocean, Devouring Waves and Shark: Red in the Ocean. The script was co-written by Dardano Sacchetti, based on a story idea contributed by Luigi Cozzi and producer Sergio Martino.

Plot

The film takes place along a stretch of coastline somewhere in Florida, where a local tourist spot has become plagued by a mysterious marine creature. Unbeknownst to them, the monster is the product of a secret military experiment; it is a genetic hybrid mutated from a common octopus and the prehistoric Dunkleosteus. Unfortunately, the creature has broken loose, and is now feeding on swimmers and tourists swimming or sailing along the coast. As the monster is only an infant, it will continue to grow if it is left to hunt much longer.

A team of scientists led by a scientist named Peter and his colleague, Dr. Stella Dickens, are trying to find the creature and stop it; meanwhile, a group of military scientists are trying to stop the scientists, as the experiment was classified military business. Both groups are slowly picked off by the creature while they try to track it down. They eventually find that it is hiding in the Everglades and manage to corner it in shallow waters and kill it with repeated blasts from flamethrowers.

Cast

Reception

TV Guide called it "wholly amateurish" and criticized the film's unconvincing monster.[3] Star Michael Sopkiw attributes the film's flaws and negative reviews to the production's limited budget, saying that Lamberto Bava was a great director.[4]

Mystery Science Theater 3000

On August 15, 1998, Monster Shark, under its alternative title of Devil Fish, was featured on an episode of the movie-mocking television series Mystery Science Theater 3000, on which it was spoofed for its poor acting and erratic editing.[5] One scene of this film contains a brief glimpse of a male character's genitals, which the Sci-Fi Channel censored by superimposing the MST3K logo, and like all the R-rated movies shown on the show, there were two key death scenes removed.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Paul 2005, p. 108.
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  4. ↑ Monstermovietv
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References

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External links

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