Octaman - 1971

We saw this movie when we were searching for our movie night selection. It looked pretty bad, so we decided to wait and put it on when the kids could enjoy it as well.

Radiation has caused issues in a fishing village. The scientists have captured a screeching baby octopus and put it in a minnow bucket. Octaman gets upset and retrieves his baby.

I'm not even going to try and describe the plot, because there wasn't one. The monster waved his arms around and slapped a few people. He didn't even kill the annoying people. There were numerous frustrating parts, though. For instance, why did some of them go out in the boat just to stop and turn around for no reason? And why didn't Octaman attack them while they were in the cave? They spent so much time "trapped" only to pop out where they started. Finally, why was Davido wandering off all the time?! He was all gung ho about killing Octaman, but then he stood there at the end waving his knife around while everyone else was shooting it.

This movie was sooooo boring. We got to the point where there were ten minutes left, and we were wondering if something would finally happen. Watching Octaman pop out of the trailer was unexpected (and predictable at the same time), and that was my favorite part.

I'm going to take a moment to clarify something. One of the things that really irritated me during the movie was when they kept calling the babies "squid." I remembered squid have six arms, but guess what? They don't. They actually have eight arms and two tentacles. So where did I get six arms? I don't know, but an internet search brought me to a place where a lot of other people thought the same thing. Who knows where the six-armed squid came from, but the record's been set straight.

Avoid this one. You've been warned.

Fog Island - 1945

We picked this one based on Lionel Atwill. He's the man, and it was an easy choice.

A man invites the people who betrayed and put him in prison to his house. They believe he has a fortune hidden inside, so they all show up and pretend they're all friends. One of the guys is the son of the invited person, and he ends up falling in love (or he might've already been in love) with the ex-con's niece.

The host gathers everyone around and gives them various "clues." One looks like an awl, while another person gets a book of multiplication tables. It's weird. Also, the movie summary claims the man booby-trapped the house, but there's really only the one. Also also, the "secret passage" is the worst kept secret in the world.

This movie felt familiar, especially the part where four people were all in the booby-trapped room and had no situational awareness. I can't be sure, but I'll tell you that the son has miraculous drying powers. He can also pretend like he didn't see a bunch of dead bodies and convince the young lady to leave without saying goodbye to her uncle without any issues.

A lot of this movie didn't make sense, and the subtitles were the best part. The butler's name was Allerton, but the subtitles called him "elephant" and "hello there" at different times. Another subtitle referenced YouTube, but 1945 was a far time from the creation of YouTube.

Anyway, people teleported around, and the secret passage was huge enough for everyone to take a turn checking it out. The movie itself was slow, and it just wasn't enjoyable enough to warrant a Good Movie review. It's another middle-of-the-road old horror movie.