Space Octopus

Rating: 7/10 (11 June 2017)

Average to goodish space horror which follows a group of astronauts played by a slightly higher Calabar of actors than your usual horror flick. They abduct an octopus from Mars and adopt him as their new pet on the multi-cultural space station. A scientist forms a creepy friendship with the octopus before accidentally putting it in a coma after when he forgets to lock up the lab equipment properly. Upset that he has crippled his new friend he then decides to shock it back to life using a miniature cattle prod. Not so surprisingly the Octopus doesn't really appreciate this and finds new purpose in life by following the usual horror film formula of killing off the characters one by one in standard Hollywood order. Later Donnie Darko lures the octopus into an escape pod with some glow sticks in a self-sacrificing mission to drive it into deep space. Followed by a twist that you could see coming from 10 planets away. Probably not Oscar winning stuff but I enjoyed it anyway.