Monster Shark (1984)

Monster Shark (1984) aka Devil Fish

After a series of savage attacks, the sheriff of a coastal town turns to a marine biologist for answers. After recruiting a dolphin trainer and a scientist, the team discovers multiple threats, including a hybrid sea predator and dark-money groups looking to profit from this creature. Like so many Italian films, this movie was released under several titles, including the original title Shark - Rosso nell'oceano. Directed by Lamberto Bava, Monster Shark has the look and feel of a low-budget Giallo with most of the budget spent on the location. The cast includes a few very attractive women who were staples of 70s and 80s Italian cinema, including Valentina Monnier, Iris Peynado, Cinzia de Ponti, and Dagmar Lassander. The creature effects are weird and fake-looking, but thankfully, you only get to see them fully in the end scenes. Monster Shark does feature a few shark scenes, but the truth is, the hybrid monster is more octopus than shark, and more Dunkleosteus than octopus.