Episode 911: Devil Fish
First aired: Sci-Fi Channel on 15 August 1998
Availability: iTunes, Mystery Science Theater 3000: Devil Fish, Amazon (Volume 19), Shout Factory (Volume 19), Best Brains (Volume 19)
The original Sharktopus. |
The movie in this episode is an Italian film -- though the French were also involved. The dubbed version was given a slew of names other than Devil Fish, such as Monster Shark, Shark: Red on the Ocean, and Devouring Waves.
Whatever you call it, you can't call it a good film.
This one was shown 10-12 times on MST3K between August 1998 and May 2003. The uncertainty over the numbers is because: do you count two showings on the same day as one airing, or two? And if it's shown Saturday and Sunday on the same weekend, is that one showing, or two?
The skinny dolphin girl. |
Remember that SyFy movie Sharktopus? That what the creature in this wonder piece of cinema happens to be. So, now you know where Roger Corman stole the idea.
Of course, I never saw Sharktopus, and never plan to. So, I can't say with certainty the plots are similar. I think I'll look it up, though. In the meantime, let's consider the plot of this film.
Not Sharktopus. |
In Sharktopus, the creature is a genetically-engineer half shark, half octopus created for the military and it escapes and kills tourists. So, totally different film.
The drunk and the other scientist girl. Yeah, they both die. | The Italian guy with the MST3K logo obscuring Little Italy. |
Still, a good one. Part of the reason that the show hung around as long as it did is because they put out consistently good episodes. Like this one.
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