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A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.


“Half-shark... Half-octopus... All killer.”
The U.S. Navy's special group "Blue Water" builds a half-shark, half-octopus for combat. But the sharktopus escapes and terrorizes the beaches of Puerto Vallarta.

Eric Roberts
Dr. Nathan Sands

Kerem Bürsin
Andy Flynn

Sara Malakul Lane
Nicole Sands

Liv Boughn
Stacy Everheart

Héctor Jiménez
Bones

Ralph Garman
Captain Jack

Shandi Finnessey
Stephie

Roger Corman
Beach Bum

Maija Markula
Bree
Julian Gonzalez Esparza
Santos
Sharktopus is a tv movie, horror, science fiction film released in 2010 exploring themes of beach, monster, deep sea, octopus, shark attack, animal horror. Directed by Declan O'Brien, it stars Eric Roberts, Kerem Bürsin, Sara Malakul Lane. The U.S. Navy's special group "Blue Water" builds a half-shark, half-octopus for combat. But the sharktopus escapes and terrorizes the beaches of Puerto Vallarta.
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