Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews: OCTOPUS
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What do you expect from a movie called "Octopus"? A combination of "Crimson Tide", "Deep Rising" and "Speed 2: Cruise Control"!
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From the company that brought you "Mega Snake" and "Shark in Venice" (seriously!), its "Octopus"!
What? I never imagined that wow
Shark in Venice sounds amazing
You need to do Godzilla,Mothra,and king ghidorah giant monsters all out attack. It is a great movie.
Brandon, if want to cover a better giant killer cephlapod movie, I recommend Peter Benchley's The Beast the special extended edition.
Can you look at Peter Benchley The Beast 1997🦑
The depiction of a cia agent unwilling to shoot someone in cold blood makes everything with the octopus feel %100 realistic.
Don't forget that he is also a Special Agent of the CIA, love how they confuse the agencies
IKR, how the hell did he even pass basic training if he's THIS much of a pacifist? Never mind that the guy he doesn't want to shoot is a terrorist who killed a building full of people at the beginning of the film. Even Batman isn't this soft on crime.
The armed terrorist wing of the American capitalist class trains a guy who CAN'T just murder people?
When you say it like that it kinda makes him sound like "not a sociopath" instead of "complete pussy"
Alternate synopsis: Giant octopus is born to do the job the 'hero' is too much of a pansy to do. Once the job is done, 'hero' murders octopus out of jealousy.🤣
“He’s a regular Maxwell Smart”
I don’t know, I think Smart would have caught that bomber with a lot less death and more hijinks.
"Start your grinnin' and drop your linen."
Haha, they got the guy who played Frost in Aliens to say Hudson's line.
With all this stock footage, Octopus is what would happen if you let Neil Breen make a movie on a USA Network budget.
Let's not say hurtful things... about the USA Network
@@FunkesBlowhard LOL
If Neil Breen was involved I'd actually want to watch the movie. He makes everything more entertaining just by being himself. xD
No. His would be far more entertaining than this cynical schlock. As inept as his films are, at least he puts true passion into them.
Well bigger budget and better competent actors.
Fun Fact:
The human antagonist Casper was
played by Russian actor Ravil Isyanov
who previously played a MiG Pilot
in *"GoldenEye",* Pierce Brosnan's
1st James Bond film in 1995.
He also starred in the 2005 film
*"Mr. & Mrs. Smith"* as Curtis, the 4th Dive Bar Patron.
He also passed away from cancer, a couple of years ago.
He also played a character in Marvel's Agents of SHIELD (I forgot the name, though).
@@andrewbyrne2173 Well that's my day ruined...
@@CowboyRobot2000 sorry dude.
@@andrewbyrne2173 🥺
Thanks to you, my VHS and DVD/Blue Ray collection has become the envy of all my friends. Without you, I'd have never found some of my favorite movies of all time, so I just wanted to say thank you.
I like the lovecraftian creature from the movie Deep Rising much better.
Deep rising is fucking awesome! Such a fun movie! I got to see it in theaters when it came out
As bad as that movie is, yeah, I would take Deep Rising over this one any day. Just wish Deep Rising didn't end on sequel bait that never came to pass.
"Now what?"
@@nooneofimportance2110we have a very different definition of bad
Deep Rising rocks in all its late 90s glory
@@benderbendingrodriguez420 You mean with the occasional rendering glitches and texture drops, to the terrible shot of the monster's face, and the over-the-top acting and silly actions scenes, and by the numbers writing Deep Rising rocks?
Don't get me wrong, Deep Rising is entertaining, but it is by no stretch of the imagination good. But Octopus is soooooo much worse.
I also have a grading system.
AWESOME
Great
Good
Entertaining
Mediocre
Bad
Boring
I should be watching porn instead
Oh my god, I would rather be vomiting out of both ends.
Deep Rising is merely entertaining, which I should have clarified, is in the upper part of average. While Octopus is actually bad, which is low end average. But keep in mind BOTH movies are bad, just not the same level of bad. However, they are also NOT the worst things I have ever seen. I have seen movies that are so bad that even porn is better in terms of acting, writing, and cinematography, even music and special effects.
@nooneofimportance2110 I would agree if you are using your scale to rate "Deep Rising" against the entirety of cinema.
As a B grade monster movie, and using your scale, it earns an : AWESOME.
So..... context matters. It's not trying to be anything more than it is, and it absolutely nails it.
Hey, the real cruise ship featured in the flyby footage is the ship once known as the Pacific Princess AKA the actual ship used on The Love Boat. The distinctive rear deck pool and the large vertical windows nearby are a dead giveaway, as well as the blade featured on the exhaust stack. Pacific Princess made her final voyage with Princess Cruises in October/November 2002, sailing from New York City to Rome, Italy. She was scrapped in 2013. They also used some real footage of a couple of Carnival ships.
Well, I hate to break it to you but the Pacific princess is back because they're still doing cruises on it (or, doing them on PP Part II)!
Having a sub as the place for a monster movie? Good idea. No escape, claustrophobic, and what served movies like Alien and even Leviathan so well. Having it as a way to transport a terrorist, who attempts to escape.. on a submarine... with most of the plot based around the terrorist and not the octopus? Not so much
Gotta love how the terrorist realizes an octopus is attacking the sub...and just doesn't care, as long as he still gets to do terrorist things.
This reminds me of Deep Rising 1998. That was a Great movie back in my childhood. It terrified the daylights out of me.
Trust me, I've seen both movies. This movie is noooooooooo "Deep rising". "Deep rising" is awesome.
The half digested dude haunts my nightmares even to this day.
@@WskOsc I hated that part. It also made no sense. He'd have suffocated to death inside the monster by then.
Deep Rising is one of the best big budget b-movies, like Deep Blue Sea, or Anaconda.
@@scockery"No, they drink you...they drink you alive!" Then again, maybe Billy could hold his breath for a really long time? Maybe he was hoping he would get pooped out if he held his breath long enough.😅
We're back in Starcrash II territory here! How were those tentacles able to get inside the hull without implosion and flooding instantly killing everyone?
The sheer bad acting kept the pressure stable.
The power of PLOT!!!
(AKA, really bad writing by people who have no clue what they're doing.)
Oh my god I tried watching a YT rip of Starcrash II the other night and I just... couldn't.
I got about two-thirds the way through and just ran out of fucks to give.
Surprising it was anthrax that made the octopus big I would have guessed it was sepultura.
Sepultura? What's that?
@dubuyajay9964 a heavy metal band from Brazil. Anthrax is an American heavy metal band hence my comment
@The_Lone_Aesir Sorry, I thought you was talking about the actual disease. :(
You can't be a lone Aesir, that is plural. The singular is áss. Congrats, you're a lone áss.
Honestly the sequel is oretty solid and much better as a movie. The effects are better, the musics better. This one always seemed unfinished
I see no lies in this comment. Like they said, River of Fear is a solid sequel, and suggest it for a good creature feature watch.
People actually watched it? How? Why? What's the process that lead you to watching a sequel to such low effort cinema? Are you bed bound? Incarcerated or in some group home? Make it make sense.
Phelous would disagree
@@Flint-Dibble-the-Donsaw it first. Simple as that. Quit being weird dude.
I watched the sequel and always thought it was the sequel to the 1977 movie Tentacles.
Turner is portrayed by Jay Harrington, one of the primary cast members of the CBS series SWAT and the titular character in the disappointly short lived workplace sitcom Better Off Ted. The villain Casper is also one of the most prolific "generic Russian villain" actors around, Ravil Isyanov. He's probably best known for his recurring role as gay Russian crimelord Anatoli Kirkin on NCIS: Los Angeles.
Ravil also passed away a couple of years ago, from cancer.
I kept thinking that the lead actor looked familiar, so I looked up his IMDB page and was happy to realize it was indeed Ted from Better Off Ted. Such a great show that the network didn't seem to believe in.
Now I really want to see Brandon Tenold review Deep Rising.
As someone who has watched this film, it's painfully dull (except for the villain).I'm glad you made a hilarious review out of it.
Brandon, thank you for sparing me the onerous chore of actually watching this.
He does God's work, even if he's an atheist which I think is required by law in Canada.
At least you got a really nice title card out of it! Love the octopus art! 😁
Octobreen!!! A tale of eight tentacles.
Seems like they had half a script for a sub-par spy thriller and half a script for a sub-par monster movie and said "this is going to be on a channel no one watches, so screw it."
Okay, NOW it's time for another Godzilla movie before Godzilla Minus One hits international theaters.
It was a bold idea to make literally everyone in the movie better at the CIA Agent's job than the agent himself. Clearly inspired by Frodo in LotR and his endless struggle in the face of allies and enemies greater than himself.... ooorrr maybe they're just terrible writers. :P
I believe this is really what happened to the Oceangate billionaires.
Honestly “Killer Condom” sounds way better than it seems.
How can you lose with a slogan of “the rubber who rubs you out”.
I’m intrigued by this.
The only movie where the antagonistic is safe to be around 😂 the sequel will be bigger and ribbed and glow in the dark lol
@@theshape3988 I hear it was made to pleasure women.
I remember seeing this movie at my old local Movie Gallery back in the day. I didn't watch it, but it interested me because I loved giant monsters and octopuses back then. In hindsight, thank god I didn't see this back then! XD
I remember when Phelous reviewed this movie too.
For TV films about giant octopi/squid, I would strongly recommend the live-action version of Peter Benchley's The Beast. Book was great and the film was pretty good. If you're looking for older stuff, I think It Came from Beneath the Sea is still amazing.
Yes I would love to see Brandon review it came from beneath the sea. Very fond of that movie
The movie that Phelous couldn't finish.
Phelous. Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time.
USA Network and Syfy are the same company so that would be why this movie felt like a SyFy Channel movie
Well this is an experience. This is the first non-godzilla/gamera movie Brendon's reviewed that'd I've actually watched. I was such a stupid kid, was actually afraid to go in the pool after watching it.
You are missing out. Not even Ray Harryhausen reviews?
@@dubuyajay9964 oh no I've watched alot of his other reviews. I'm saying this is the only one about a movie that I've seen before and didnt featured those kaiju.
These reviews are always a sight to see they never fail to impress and always make laugh
Thanks, your humor and sarcasm just brightned this friday
"Even dying, Henry is a better agent than Roy is."
It must be horrible if the Asylum won't sponsor it🐙🐙🐙
This is like the Asylum version of Deep Rising and just makes me wish I was watching that, instead. Also sweet YTV shirt, Brandon - Canadian kids raised by the tube represent!
Didn't scientist lady get introduced with an accent? Did I mishear that? Damn this looks bad. I remember Dr. Cyclops from Fangoria magazine doing a video review of the sequel to this. He said it was so bad he couldn't do a regular review, so he gave a 2 sentence plot summary, then made a list of the stupidest parts of the movie. It was like one of your videos in print form.
*SHE DID!!!* And like you, I had totally forgotten about it! She went from eastern European to American as soon as that worthless CIA dude came on board.
Ironically Brandon is still right devilfish was another name for octopus back in the day.
Octopus is a shot for shot Remake of Crocodile, with an Octopus!
😅😂Henry The Agent Was Dying And Still Finished The Job. Damn Henry Was A True Soldier!😅..Great Recap👍🏾💯👍🏾
It's pretty effed up that when humans make movies based on our fears of nuclear war and radiation, we make them about giant monsters from the ocean. Radiation mutating animals into giant monsters would be way better than the reality, which is deadly painful radiation sickness. The reality is too scary and depressing, so we have to watch Octopus instead
Maybe with the exception of the first Godzilla, I imagine that radiation is just an easy way to justify whatever you want to do.
It's how Stan Lee created his Marvel characters.
@@fmac6441 Well, to be fair, as far as we knew in the late '50s when the subgenre was born, it was theoretically possible. Remember the troops cleaning the decks of irradiated ships right after they had been subjected to an atom bomb blast? That's how little we knew. Someday we'll look back on what we thought genetic research could lead to and laugh.
I must admit, "Sea Creatures Slowly Dying of Radiation Sickness" would be a more exciting movie than this.
@@garrick3727even a film about sea creatures having an increase in the likelihood of cancer is more exciting that this
Hey Brandon! I've been a long time fan of your channel. I am Bulgarian and there for sure have been a lot of schlock movies shot in Bulgaria due to tax reasons(many of them featuring Dolph Lundgren or Steven Seagal) and the most famous case, The Expendable series had some controversy during the production of the second movie, due to having scenes filmed in one of the most well-known tourist attractions(The Devetashka Cave), without a shooting permit. Have been watching your channel since 2017 and you've introduced to a lot of movies. Keep going!
I hope he does metal shifters one day.
Aslo known as the iron invader ,
I remember watching this movie expecting a giant octopus, and was thoroughly disappointed, because despite the octopus being giant it's role in the movie is pretty small.
The USA Network Channel was an even cheaper version of the Sci-Fi Channel at that time tbh.
The Killer Condome - based on a Comic by Ralf König - is great. Seriously. Give it a watch.
I was about to make the same comment. Weird he doesn´t know it, maybe it´s too nitche of a European B-film, but to me it´s the best Troma movie not made by Troma (although Troma published it on the US so lots of people think it´s part of the Troma family despite being so clearly German), and probably one of the most important European movies withing the movement of that particular shot to video cheap horror comedies of the 80-90s that is not Italian, Spanish or Portuguese.
@gewitterhund3164
Was it used one by someone from Chernobyl? Seems like plausible,to me at least...😂
"Shooting someone after a hug is a sign of endearment in Russia!" I thought it was defenestration or poison tea?
I agree with Mr. Tenold-there’s something really charming about cheesy practical effects.
Keep up the great work Brandon
At the end of a nutzo work week you've made my Friday night! Thank you sir!
The protagonist was an idiot for letting Casper live as long as he did. This bastard masterminded acts of terrorism that killed lots of innocent people and he straight up murdered someone right in front of you. At that point you're more than justified in offing him. Plus, you're going to have enough trouble dealing with the giant octopus without a psycho running around causing mayhem as well.
I remember Phelous making a pretty underwhelming review of this movie years ago. Good to see you did a better job of covering this movie, while also being funnier to boot
I was always bummed out that Phelous never even actually finished reviewing it. It felt like he _really_ didn't want to review it and half-assed it. I get not wanting to review a movie that you feel doesn't give you much material, but don't make an episode to review it only to barely review and quit halfway through on it. He did again for the sequel too! Just don't review it then.
Definitely was one of my least favorite episodes of Phelous, tbh. Brandon Tenold's review here is far superior.
Finally, I’ve been waiting for this one! Oh wait… this isn’t Octaman?… damn it.
"If the Asylum..."
Wait... the Asylum passes on movies?!?
Mind officially blown.
Had a surprisingly large box office in Japan.
Loving the mid 00's B monster movies. Gotta do one on some of the old Roger Corman SYFY collabs. Dino-Croc series maybe?
I was disappointed when I found out the octopus doesn’t actually sink the titanic in the movie
To be honest I actually don't hate the sequel and this one is fine as mindless fun.
Another good mindless fun movie with an underrated sequel is Crocodile. I'll die on the Death Swamp is a Banger hill
"Light up my life m*th*rf*ck*r!"
Love the YTV green skull t-shirt you're sporting Brandon.
"I wish I wish I was watching 'Godzilla 1985'" is not a sentence I ever expected to hear.
Brandon Dodges Making another Godzilla video more than I dodge Taxes.
A Movie from 2000 on Brandons Show? Don't get me wrong 23 Years is old is not new but. Most of his Movies he reviewed was long produced before I was born.
Hi Brandon! Love your videos! Ever considered reviewing Deep Rising? (1998) Its one of my favourite 90's horror movies next to Virus (1999) which you already made a sweet video about :D
The Oceanographer finds time to swap in to her Ellen Ripley cosplay before boarding the minisub.
Love these reviews, very insightful on individual card capabilities.
No one will be seated during the “OCTOPUS”
Aw man! I thought he was doing a review on Tentacles (1977). Then again knowing the VFX in this movie, the VFX in THAT one look like James Cameron’s “The Abyss (1989)”.
Killer Condom is a German import that was distributed in the US by Troma, and is a great thriller based on an underground comic.
it's had some time, but i think this one has my favorite thumbnail art, it just looks cool
i like the way this artist draws brandon's eyes and the octopus looks cool
Love the channel!!! You crack me up dude.
18:36 The smooth way you slipped in that reference to Friday the 13th part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan made me literally lol. Nice one. 😂
At least they didn't give all their ammo to Frost this time moments before he was killed by a monster.
With this coming out in the early 2000’s, and the anthrax subplot, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was edited for reruns.
And I was hoping it was the film Tentacles with Shelley Winters. This film is bad and perfect for this channel. Brandon has a sharp wit and makes drek like this amusing in 21 minutes!
"How powerful are those binoculars?". 😂
Well done. Much love brother.😊❤🎉
Hey Brandon I just wanted to say that you've made me wanna try this kinda content on RUclips so I wanna thank you for that
I've seen 'bad' movies of all kinds since I was a kid growing up on MST3K and my family was renting trash from the local video store. The worst movies we watched weren't because of bad acting, bad writing, or just so full of bad effects that it was cringe; it was when the movies have long stretches of boring nothing.
The only time I log on to RUclips is when I get a notification that Brandon has posted another review.
That DVD cover (16:47) is an illustration of the Titanic sinking, but with the smokestacks and propellers edited out. 😆
"Insted of Deep Rising this is Still Rendering." may be one of my favorate Brandon quotes for a while.
I remember this one from Phelous' reviews, hilariously bad stuff. The old lady terrorist still cracks me up
LOL SAME! I remember that review very well. I was always bummed out though that he never finished the review of it. :/
The thumbnail immediately made me think of the scene in "Ed Wood" where they forgot the octopus motor.
You have to wonder if they didn't start of with two unfinished scripts and someone had the idea of chucking them together.
Thank you . I been hurt few weeks . Can not get out of a wheelchair. Your videos have helped keep my spirts up . And make this hard time pass a bit easer . So thank you again sir .
16:16 "and so they manage to escape and die from decompression sickness!" We've all seen what happened to Miguel Ferrer in *Deep Star Six.*
Turner looks like Keanu Reeves & Jeffrey Combs generic love child lol
Thank you Brandon love your videos
Oh, i love octopus when growning up, and I made my own octopus kajiu, part-giant octopus, part-stone shark, and part-giant eel (scp 3000) = EVOPUS
12:32 "Godzilla ain't got nothin' on me"
I happen to love the 1st and 2nd Octopus Movies the one thing you have remember is the monster octopus is if I remember correctly a third cycle mutation of what used to be an octopus
10:14 ah! So it is for this reason that those guy said a line from Bill Paxton (Hudson) in Aliens "stop your grinning and drop your lining".
This has to be the most college fratboy submarine I've ever seen in my life.
USA is actually a sister channel to SyFy. Both are owned by NBC, so it's common for the same shows and films to be seen on both channels.
This film has the worst fake typing I’ve ever seen in a movie
That sax was … oh yeah 😂
Octopus 2? What, Octopus Harder? No, wait... 8 x 2 so... Dekahexapus? Hexadecapus? Sounds fun, you should do that one too!
The first time I saw this movie was when I was 10 or 11 years old and I found it on Netflix's instant queue. I was mainly into dinosaur horror movies, but I thought that Octopus looked interesting enough (plus it was in my recommended)
How could it be a SciFi movie without Lance Hendrickson?
Love ya Brandon!
I'm sure "Submarine Transporting a Terrorist While His Friends Take Over a Cruise Liner" was the Italian name of this film.
When I saw the movie was Octopus I thought it was that one Giant Octopus movie release to cash in on Jaws.