13 Best Tentacle Monster Movies That Horror Fans Will Cherish for Sure!

Throughout the history of filmmaking, directors and writers have used animals as part of their stories. Among the various creatures and beasts we’ve seen on screen, the most complex one remains the octopus - or anything similar with tentacles. The predatory outlook of a tentacled behemoth commands the storytelling, but that is not all; they also represent ideas that are more intrinsic to humans. Sinister metaphors are attributed to the shape of tentacles. For example, Marvel Cinematic Universe features an evil organization called HYDRA which harbors elements of Nazism, and the emblem of the organization is an octopus with a human skull. Similar imagery and symbolism have been used to describe criminal organizations and their power to infiltrate other institutions. Furthermore, before tentacled monsters became a part of films, they were used in art and literature. One can find the use of octopuses in art as early as 1814 in a painting called The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife by the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai. In Japan, the use of these monsters became more prevalent after the government imposed censorship on any depiction of male and female reproduction. The artists and filmmakers found a way around the law, using tentacles to emulate such imagery. This newfound fashion for hedonistic theatrics and storytelling spread its tentacles to many parts of the world.

0:00 Intro
2:36 Possession (1981)
4:52 Deep Rising (1998)
7:34 Harbinger Down (2015)
9:57 Void (2016)
13:07 Grabbers (2012)
15:13 Slither (2006)
17:33 Tokyo Ghoul (2017)
19:06 From Beyond (1986)
21:30 The Mist (2007)
23:47 The Faculty (1998)
26:01 Urotsukidoji, Legend of the Overfiend (1989)
27:54 Underwater (2020)

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