Shark: Rosso nell'oceano(1984) or Devil Fish is a scary, thrilling and sometimes hilarious movie about the struggle to kill a giant sea monster . At the beginning it's terrorizing a sea location , then our starring Peter (Michael Sopkiw) , local Sheriff Gordon (Gianni Garco) , marine biologist, dolphin trainer Dr Stella Dickens (Valentine Monnier) and Prof. Research scientist Donald West (William Berger) set out to investigate . All of them attempt to hunt down a large sea monster, a shark/octopus hybrid, that is devouring cruelly people off a south Florida coast. The impressive monster attacks and victims run afoul, while doing a real carnage and those serving for lunch. Along the way some scientists find evidence of the terrible truth while attempting to save a number of swimmers in the coastal resort . Sink your teeth into pure terror !. Wave goodbye...Undisturbed for a thousand years, the devil has now awoken !. A quiet, restful summer in a lazy town abruptly to end!. You're what's for dinner !.
This is a so-so Shark style movie in which a monster proceeds to cause terror and chaos , including average creation of tension , thrills, and brief gore. It is an attempt to cash from Steven Spielberg classic : "Jaws" that follow other inferior sequels : "Jaws 2" by Jeannot Szwarc , "Jaws 3" by Joe Alves, "Jaws the vengeance" by Joseph Sargent, but this "Shark Rosso nell'oceano" results to be a shameful and absurd rip-off with little connection to the previous Jaws saga , here the large squid results to be an underwater mutated monstrosity that is devouring unsuspecting fishermen , scientists , and swimmers alike . The monster attacks deliver the goods with functional special effects , though the final climax is really ridiculous and disconcerting. While staying in Georgia, US , directing ¨Blastfighter¨ starrred by Michael Sopkiw , filmmaker Lamberto Bava immediately afterwards directed this Jaws (1975)-like thriller Rosso nell'oceano (1984), which was shot in Florida and co-written byby prolific Dardano Sacchetti and writer/director Luigi Cozzi or Lewis Coates. On both films Lamberto was purely a director for hire and had nothing to do with the script or production end . ¨Devil Killer¨ features ordinary interpretations with no much interest . Stars two tarnished Italian actors of short career : Michael Sopkiw who only starred four films (2019: After the Fall of New York , Blastfighter , Stranded in Dinosaur Valley) and the beautiful Valentine Monnier. Being accompanied by familiar faces from B Italian films , such as : Gianni Garko, William Berger , Iris Peynado , Cinzia de Ponti , Dagmar Lassander , among others.
The motion picture was regularly directed by Lamberto Bava . He entered the cinema as his father's personal assistant, starting with Planet of the vampires (1965). Little by little he gained experience from his father, who made him the assistant director for most of the rest of his films. He even co-wrote the screenplay for ¨Mario Bava's Schock¨. His first film was the acceptable horror 'Macabro" that was not the wanted box-office hit and, as a result, Lamberto went back to assistant directing. He worked with Dario Argento again in 1982 with ¨Tenebre¨ (1982). In 1983 Lamberto was offered to direct another film, titled ¨Blades in the dark¨ (1983), which was a violent mystery thriller shot in only three weeks on a tight budget and filmed almost entirely in a producer friend's house. Next he directed the action-flick ¨Blastfighter¨ (1984) and this ¨Devil Killer¨ . He used the pseudonym of "John Old Jr" for this film, which was a tribute to his father Mario, who often used the pseudonym "John M. Old". He enjoyed his best commercial success to date with ¨Demons¨ (1985) ("Demons"), produced by Dario Argento,and filmed in West Berlin, Germany. This films international success allowed him to co-write, produce and direct a sequel, ¨Demons 2¨ (1986). Lamberto returned to "giallo" thrillers with ¨Delirium: Photo of Gioia¨(1987) . In the late 1980s the Italian cinema turned moribund and Lamberto, like most of his colleagues, turned to making films for Italian television as he also directed a remake of his father's Mask of the devil (1960) and TV Mini Series such as ¨Pirates¨ , ¨Alisea¨ , ¨Fantaghiro¨ , ¨Desideria e l'anello del drago¨ , ¨The princess and the pauper¨ , among others .
This is a so-so Shark style movie in which a monster proceeds to cause terror and chaos , including average creation of tension , thrills, and brief gore. It is an attempt to cash from Steven Spielberg classic : "Jaws" that follow other inferior sequels : "Jaws 2" by Jeannot Szwarc , "Jaws 3" by Joe Alves, "Jaws the vengeance" by Joseph Sargent, but this "Shark Rosso nell'oceano" results to be a shameful and absurd rip-off with little connection to the previous Jaws saga , here the large squid results to be an underwater mutated monstrosity that is devouring unsuspecting fishermen , scientists , and swimmers alike . The monster attacks deliver the goods with functional special effects , though the final climax is really ridiculous and disconcerting. While staying in Georgia, US , directing ¨Blastfighter¨ starrred by Michael Sopkiw , filmmaker Lamberto Bava immediately afterwards directed this Jaws (1975)-like thriller Rosso nell'oceano (1984), which was shot in Florida and co-written byby prolific Dardano Sacchetti and writer/director Luigi Cozzi or Lewis Coates. On both films Lamberto was purely a director for hire and had nothing to do with the script or production end . ¨Devil Killer¨ features ordinary interpretations with no much interest . Stars two tarnished Italian actors of short career : Michael Sopkiw who only starred four films (2019: After the Fall of New York , Blastfighter , Stranded in Dinosaur Valley) and the beautiful Valentine Monnier. Being accompanied by familiar faces from B Italian films , such as : Gianni Garko, William Berger , Iris Peynado , Cinzia de Ponti , Dagmar Lassander , among others.
The motion picture was regularly directed by Lamberto Bava . He entered the cinema as his father's personal assistant, starting with Planet of the vampires (1965). Little by little he gained experience from his father, who made him the assistant director for most of the rest of his films. He even co-wrote the screenplay for ¨Mario Bava's Schock¨. His first film was the acceptable horror 'Macabro" that was not the wanted box-office hit and, as a result, Lamberto went back to assistant directing. He worked with Dario Argento again in 1982 with ¨Tenebre¨ (1982). In 1983 Lamberto was offered to direct another film, titled ¨Blades in the dark¨ (1983), which was a violent mystery thriller shot in only three weeks on a tight budget and filmed almost entirely in a producer friend's house. Next he directed the action-flick ¨Blastfighter¨ (1984) and this ¨Devil Killer¨ . He used the pseudonym of "John Old Jr" for this film, which was a tribute to his father Mario, who often used the pseudonym "John M. Old". He enjoyed his best commercial success to date with ¨Demons¨ (1985) ("Demons"), produced by Dario Argento,and filmed in West Berlin, Germany. This films international success allowed him to co-write, produce and direct a sequel, ¨Demons 2¨ (1986). Lamberto returned to "giallo" thrillers with ¨Delirium: Photo of Gioia¨(1987) . In the late 1980s the Italian cinema turned moribund and Lamberto, like most of his colleagues, turned to making films for Italian television as he also directed a remake of his father's Mask of the devil (1960) and TV Mini Series such as ¨Pirates¨ , ¨Alisea¨ , ¨Fantaghiro¨ , ¨Desideria e l'anello del drago¨ , ¨The princess and the pauper¨ , among others .