I'm gonna need a bigger boat... oh wait there it is #monsterdon

Men. You're lucky men.

Soon you'll be fighting for your Oceanographic Institute.

Many of you will be dying for your Oceanographic Institute.

Many of you will be forced through a fine mesh screen for your Oceanographic Institute.

#monsterdon

#Monsterdon wow did all the kids bite it?

@cargot_robbie Not just you, I think we all had 'em

It was weird

#Monsterdon

NOW CALLING OCTOPUS ON PA, OCTOPUS PLEASE COME IN #monsterdon

#Monsterdon no we can't accept "little boy relative" on the Eaten by Octopus death notice

ma'am what is your relationship to this child?

I told you the whales were in on it.

#Monsterdon #Tentacles

“Well? What now?”

“Check the loudspeakers. Make sure they’re working. We’ll wait.”

More great, Oscar-worthy dialogue.

#Monsterdon

Shelly’s having a hard time finding Tommy because all these white kids look alike #Monsterdon #tentacles

Release the orcas #Monsterdon

It's like the scenes on land and scenes on the ocean were shot by different people. It's not that the ocean scenes are especially good, it's that the rest is just plain bad. #Monsterdon

so wait how many hats does this lady even have? does she keep on going home to change the hat she's wearing or does she just carry a bunch of them in her purse or something? and are they just like, coordinated with every outfit? #monsterdon

Yes, they were attacked by an maneating octopus, but at least they didn't have a ship battery in the water too #monsterdon

Octopus, squid, what's the difference, really??

#Monsterdon

Well that was another brain-bending context switch there #Monsterdon

Is it time for a speech about "black eyes, like a dolls eyes"? Some scary tale about an old tentacled beast?
#Monsterdon #Tentacles

ah, "call me Ishmael" moments #monsterdon

Topgun moment #monsterdon

a stirring reminder that humans belong on land not ocean
except that one baby who did not even belong on land apparently
#monsterdon #Tentacles

Are those turkey calls?
#Monsterdon

#Monsterdon Here you go, raft. How about a nice swai fillet? Huh?

The comedian is still using his Bicentenniel costume #Monsterdon

#monsterdon I can't wait to see the hat that's part of Shelley Winters' funeral outfit

@paco It was a simpler time #Monsterdon

you can't drop a "this guy speaks octopus" this late in the movie when we have no idea who he is #monsterdon

#monsterdon the subtitles that just say [no audio] are killing me lmao

Claws are nothing, Mr. Turner. Nothing.

#Monsterdon

Hang on. A kid is missing, and the sheriff just shakes his head. Doesn't say "let's send a search party or another boat back there in case we missed something..." Just "sorry ma'am I'm sure your son is dead.

#monsterdon

@jonny If the movie had done that, it probably wouldn’t have ended up on the #monsterdon list…

@blue Were… were the still frames an homage to La Jetée?!? #Monsterdon

Ah I keep getting out of sync tonight. Minutes ahead or behind, never on time.
#Monsterdon #Tentacles

I hope the octopus that played the octopus has outlived everyone else involved in the making of this "film"

#Monsterdon

That kid was doing a good job of looking like he'd seen some shit, but he was probably just drawing on his experience making this movie.

#monsterdon #tentacles

Native American tribal drumming. Now we’re getting serious #Monsterdon #tentacles

"sure there wasn't anybody else?"

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#monsterdon

They really put this film together as fast as they could possibly make a near-clone of Jaws, didn't they

#Monsterdon

oh no I’ve got the giggles lol #Monsterdon

Fast octopus on the surface!
Don’t hurt Shelley Winters
#Monsterdon #Tentacles

@Louisa yah apparently there weren't even any snacks left on most of them!

#monsterdon

#Monsterdon they didn't know about plot yet in 1977, that was another 80s invention (John Hughes)

Jamie died. Tentacles got him. And no one seems to be doing anything to inform the public...while they are all right there.
#Monsterdon

🎶"Tommy can ya hear me?"🎶 #monsterdon

@annathepiper Like all the Whos down in Whoville

#Monsterdon

Pour one out for Jamie. His mom should have worn a bigger hat. #monsterdon #Tentacles

Other Two Bite the Dust

Correction: Hey, only one did. Sweet!

... so, I present to you: Queen!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVIbCvfkO3E

#monsterdon
#TheTentacle_1977

"Sure there wasn't anybody else?"

Iunno man, I just pick up and deliver. #Monsterdon

did he just claim that octopuses are psychic??? #monsterdon

Jamie sleeps with the fishes. #Monsterdon

Dude, octopi are carnivorous, they ALL TASTE BLOOD. #monsterdon #tentacles

@cheribaker

They're like startled goats in that way.

#Monsterdon #Tentacles

Military drum procession for . . . the Oceanographic Institute of California? Whoever chose the music for this film, I salute you.
#Monsterdon

Aw man this means I have to put up with these kids for the rest of the movie 😢

#Monsterdon

Oh the little shit lived. Well one of them did. Why is Shelly Winter's dressed like a little sailor boy anyway?
#Monsterdon #Tentacles

#Monsterdon #Monsterdom is this anything

The octopus capsized ALL the boats?? I'm starting to think he's not just trying to survive, I'm starting to think maybe he's a bad guy

#Monsterdon

@NovaCora That was your first mistake

#Monsterdon

@OldRustBucket Oh, the producers thought her name was Shell-y?! #Monsterdon

It's well known that sailboats play dead when they're intimidated. Don't worry. They'll pop back up when they feel safe.

#Monsterdon

Me being a chaos gremlin on #Monsterdon even though I’m not watching tonight

The crowd was so enraptured by the horrible jokes, they failed to see the devastation happening right behind them. #Monsterdon

you think this guy has a comedy central special? #monsterdon

Should have bought them a waterproof walk-in talkie Mom #Monsterdon #tentacles

Mwahaha! #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon Spouse, of overturned sailboats: “It’s like a fucking naval battle. Posidon’s Slight Inconvenience.”

The bigger question is, can she actually tell Tommy apart from all the other tan blonde whiteboys? #Monsterdon

Okay kids, I'm gonna need you to make an expression like you're scared of an octopus for like, ten seconds, and then clumsily fall off of the boat #monsterdon

I think we're meant to believe that the stand up comic was SO mesmerising that the entire audience stayed captivated watching him and didn't see any of the boats getting sunk.

#monsterdon

That octopus did what the whole of the German fleet could not. #Monsterdon

All these kids in tiny boats. It’s like Mike and Ikes for a giant cephalopod #Monsterdon #tentacles

@arrjay didn't stop the sharks in Deep Blue Sea from taking out a chopper. I think The Meg took one too.

#Monsterdon

There must be quite an engine on that octopus, at least 2hp #monsterdon

#Monsterdon
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@ricci Fair point 👍 #TeamOctopus

#Monsterdon

#monsterdon I'm trying to piece together the plot throughout this boring movie.

@sean "ground control to skipper Tom" #Monsterdon

I’m guessing this did not benefit Laser sailboat sales.
#monsterdon

Just shrugged off all those deaths- "they just pay me to drive"

#monsterdon

Spoilers: In the end, the octopus is saving all the fish and people from harm, by placing them face first on the sea-floor in suspended animation. He only wants to help.

#monsterdon #tentacles

For crying out loud lady, they're out of range of your cheap radios. That's why nobody else is using them.

#monsterdon

Choices were made. Starting gun freeze frame!
#Monsterdon #Tentacles

#Monsterdon In a better movie, all this screaming back and forth on radios - which we know angers Mr. Octopus - would be some nice tragic irony.

But here we are.

The tension is pulpo-ble. #Monsterdon
I have reached peak pun.

tubi put a commercial break between the two syllables of the word "Tommy"

#monsterdon

#monsterdon oh I'm finally at the La Jette homage, catching up to everyone else's jokes

i was like this is the most tasteful mass octopus eating i have ever seen bravo but no we are back in plot mush land where nothing is happening #monsterdon

@cheribaker Or motorboating? #StraightUpRedCard #Monsterdon

The laser(?) getting pulled down was cool at least.

#monsterdon #tentacles

#monsterdon Also uncle Sam has the worst fucking joke ever.

Oof, octopus is a litterbug. #Monsterdon

@bk1e I thought I was glitching there for a second #monsterdon #tentacles

kid's covering his face coz he no longer wishes to be seen in this movie. #monsterdon

"Imagine the thing that just happened that we didn't show you" is not good film making. #monsterdon #Tentacles

Harpsichord!

#MonsterCam !

The Big Boat Race!

ATTAC!

This is supposed to be the good part right? It is at least suspence adjacent. Not bad #Monsterdon !

DAYUM. Tentacles made fast work of ALL the sailboats.
#Monsterdon

This could have been a few seconds or 10 minutes, I do not know anymore. My mind is mush
#monsterdon

OMG, octopus, just attack already! #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon oh no, don't eat another billy

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"You sure there wasn't anybody else?"
"DON'T YOU SAY A FUCKIN' WORD, WE CAN'T AFFORD SCALE TO GIVE YOU A FUCKIN' LINE"

#monsterdon #tentacles

@Taweret how's there still 30 minutes to go!?

#monsterdon

@floatybirb I think they made it on a Casio keyboard. #Monsterdon