FAQ

Sharktopus, a genetically-engineered half-shark, half-octopus dubbed S-11, created by Blue Water employees Dr Nathan Strands (Eric Roberts) and his daughter Nicole (Sara Malakul Lane) to serve the military, escapes off the coast of Santa Monica, California and makes its way down to Mexican waters where it attacks numerous fishers and beachgoers. Although Strands wants to capture the sharktopus alive, Nicole and ex-Blue Water employee Andy Flynn (Kerem Bürsin) realize that the creature must be destroyed, something easier said than done.

Sharktopus is a Syfy channel remake of the 1984 Italian film Der Monster-Hai (1984) (Devil Fish). The screenplay for Sharktopus was written by Mike MacLean.

An octopus can survive on land for twenty minutes or more and are often reported by aquarium workers or pet owners as having left its cage and taken a walk. Some species have even been seen leaving the water to hunt on land. Sharks cannot survive on land and most species require a steady flow of water over their gills to breath as they lack the muscles to pump water through their gills on their own. The addition of seemingly ornamental spikes on the gills of the sharktopus presumably grants it the magical ability to not suffocate.

Yes, he does. Roger Corman can be seen about 12 minutes into the film as the bum who watches as a woman who just found a gold coin in the sand is carried off by the sharktopus, after which the bum shrugs and picks up the coin.

Andy and Nicole go after the Sharktopus, following it to a tourist village upstream where the Sharktopus has been ravaging tourists and locals alike. With no bullets or grenades left, Nicole thinks she might be able to access the kill switch with her computer. However, first they must establish a link with with an interface dart to its brain. While Nicole searches for her father's access code, trying first "Sharktopus" then "Octoshark" with no result, Andy shoots it with the dart then tries to fight it off with a stick. Nicole's nickname "Pumpkin" finally lets her in, and just as the creature is about to gobble up Andy, she hits the kill button, blowing the Sharktopus to bits. In the final scene, as a blood-covered Andy joins Nicole, he looks down over the riverbed and says, "That thing better not jump out on us again," to which Nicole replies, "That only happens in the movies."