For a movie which is, ostensibly, about a shark/ octopus hybrid which can reproduce asexually menacing Florida’s central coast, there are a shocking number of Galli-adjacent murders in MONSTER SHARK (or DEVILFISH, if you had the pleasure of encountering it on video store shelves in the golden age).
But, really, what can we expect when Lamberto Bava directs his JAWS? Monster Shark is an off the wall favorite, featuring corporate conspiracy, Italian men in shorts pretending to be American, our favorite cinematic shark, bad science galore, a score by maestro Fabio Frizzi (Zombi, The Beyond), and, of course, lots of limb loss. Is it the best shark movie ever made? Absolutely not. But that’s kind of the point.
