Tentacles – 1977 Italian Film That Is a Rip-Off of Jaws

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0cEXCv7Woc

Sherilyn Connelly over at The Dark Room Theater’s Bad Movie Night alerted us to this 1977 Italian Jaws rip-off, with the satisfyingly cephalopadic moniker of Tentacoli (Italian for Tentacles, which it was named in the US).

The movie features a host of big stars, plus Sheriff Lobo plus an orca PLUS some very large arms. Yes, despite the film being called Tentacles, I said arms because the creature attached to them is an octopus, not a Giant Squid. Scientists make a distinction between the limbs of Octopuses vs those of a Giant Squid or Colossal Squid. Tentacles are longer than arms, and only have suckers on the end. Suckers.

I’m sorry, was I quibbling? They are both muscular hydrostats, so I should probably just shut up.

Full disclosure/plug, I will be performing at Bad Movie Night this Sunday in San Francisco, mocking another Jaws rip-off: Shark Attack 3: Megalodon. That’s all I’ll say about that.

Anyway, here’s a montage from Tentacoli, set to the original soundtrack. It’s… not good. There are cheerleaders though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9GE-K4iovg

mikl-em
Mikl-em

Actor, nerd, poet, producer, writer mikl-em made his name short so you wouldn't have to. In addition to his blog you can find his writing in "Hi Fructose" magazine and witness him almost life-sized in various plays at The Dark Room Theater in SF's Mission district.

He tends to write about theater, humor, San Francisco culture and history, and stuff that's just plain weird. He thanks Scott for sharing the keys to the Laughing Squid virtual HQ and promises to uphold whatever it is that the mirthful cephalopod would prefer to be uplifted.

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