“The Young People, Underneath All That Hair and Revolt” - Octaman (1971)

The classic monster movie Octaman (1971) needs no introduction but I will endeavor to introduce it anyway. Harry Essex--famous for writing classics such as Man Made Monster (1941), It Came from Outer Space (1953), and Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), and less famous for directing a 3D version of Mickey Spillane's I, the Jury (1953)--created a new monster when he wrote and directed Octaman in the early 1970s, giving legendary makeup artist Rick Baker his first film job. The film stands up as a genre classic made at a time when monster movies were considered old-fashioned.

Of course, your universe's critics do not understand the brilliance of Octaman. For example, reviewer poe426 writes, "on a scale of one to ten, with ten being excellent, OCTAMAN would barely qualify as a one (awful)." Reviewer irvingc writes, "This is schlocky entertainment at its worst and seems to break just about every law of nature I've come to understand." And reviewer Freethinker_Atheist writes, "Easily one of the worst movies ever made."

Read on for a more realistic appreciation of Octaman...