We see a lot of amazing creature designs and practical effects on HMN, so sometimes it’s nice to take a step back and see our SFX heroes’ humble beginnings…like the ridiculously dumb Rick Baker monstrosity, OCTAMAN (1971)! More or less a lower-budget, less skilled retelling of the Creature From the Black Lagoon (written by the same guy), this one is 100% due to its moment of glory in Gremlins 2: The New Batch, so thanks for that, Brian. Between the three of us, we only have 6 arms to fight Octaman’s 8, wish us luck!