{"id":1718,"date":"2015-05-16T10:21:07","date_gmt":"2015-05-16T15:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/?p=1718"},"modified":"2015-05-16T10:21:07","modified_gmt":"2015-05-16T15:21:07","slug":"attack-of-the-octopus-people-2010-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/?p=1718","title":{"rendered":"Attack of the Octopus People (2010) &#8211; Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Attack of the Octopus People&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Follow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2422628\/?ref_=rvi_tt\" target=\"_blank\">this link<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Davis has returned home after fighting in the war to find that things have changed in his small town. \u00a0Something sinister is happening and it is connected to the Octo-Pie factory where he is now employed.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>What this film lacks in budget and experience, it makes up for with heart. \u00a0This is the first film\u00a0from, at the time it was made, 16-year-old, writer, director, producer, editor, and star, Joshua Kennedy. \u00a0It is, in a word, brilliant. \u00a0It captures the spirit of the classic b-grade and drive-in creature features. Complete with dramatic music, stop-motion creature animation, filmed in black &amp; white, and using everything but the kitchen sink to create special effects, this film is a worthy tribute to the classic greats such as Coreman and Harryhausen.<\/p>\n<p>The story is an\u00a0effective\u00a0combination monster movie and world domination flick, with a few entertainingly mad soliloquies by the Octopus leader. \u00a0It\u00a0makes about as much sense as any of the classic creature features, perhaps a little more than some. \u00a0 The young cast, presumably friends and family of Kennedy, does a wonderful job of playing up the stereotypes often portrayed in the 50&#8217;s b-grades to which this film is an homage. \u00a0The body language of the the main characters, Daniel Davis, played by Joshua Kennedy, and Janet Lawton, played by Andrea Negrete, is wonderful. \u00a0It is obvious that they did their research and \u00a0successfully give the audience the romance we expect from the classic 50&#8217;s b-grades.<\/p>\n<p>I strongly recommend this film to those who appreciate low budget, indie film and can look beyond inexperience and lack of budget. \u00a0I will be actively seeking out other projects from this young film maker to see how he improves as he learns from each new film he creates.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"mojodawn\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Attack%20of%20the%20Octopus%20People%20%282010%29%20-%20Film\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Attack of the Octopus People&#8221; Follow this link for more information. 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