Some movies are so bad they’re hilarious
Unfortunately for it, the film Sharktopus doesn't even come close to falling into this category. The premise of the film is that the military has commissioned a genetically engineered creature to be used as a naval attack weapon. The creature - front half shark, back half octopus, spikes somehow conjured from an unknown genetic source - displays the prerequisite sci-fi bloodlust, taking victim after victim as the good guys race to stop it. The beast's scale changes frequently throughout, at one moment the size of a rowboat, the next large enough to threaten a cruise ship. The acting only adds to the, ah, unique quality of the film. Line delivery is frequently mediocre, death scenes consisting of looped footage relying heavily on screaming, flailing, and what appears to be Hi-C. So Sharktopus would not rate among the best of films, not by far. Most memorable? Definitely, in the same way Chamberlain has accrued insulting connotations.