Monster of the Day #179

Updated on January 17, 2011 By Ken Begg 10 Comments

Rock knows the way to my heart, as evidenced by this still he sent me. This appears to be from a five-hour 1919 (!) serial called Trail of the Octopus. I assume the scene is symbolic, like the shots in one of the versions of The Gorilla featuring (several months before King Kong came out in 1931) symbolic shots of a massive gorilla moving through a miniature city.

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  • fish eye no miko

    I can think of a whole bunch of replies to this, none of which are safe for work…

  • Ericb

    It looks like a squidopus.

  • Ericb

    Or a Bishopopus.

  • Rock Baker

    I’d never heard of this until I ran across this still. My first thought was that Sh! The Octopus! might’ve been a remake of this earlier silent.

    Is there ANYTHING as heart-warming as a big rubber octopus? I think not.

  • sandra

    The Octopus in the serial is probably a Crime Lord (“His tentacles are everywhere ! ) and the scene is symbolic.

  • Petoht

    See? You wasted your tentacoo wape comment on the shark!

    And this is the last place I expected to be reminded of Ghastly. Thanks Fish Eye.

  • Dearly beloved, we are gathered here this day to witness the union of these two in holy matrimony.

  • Rock Baker

    One of these days, I’m going to have to make myself a big rubber octopus. No clue where I’d keep it, but I’ve wanted one since I was ten (at least).

  • Petoht

    Rock, clearly the answer is to make it gigantic and then put it on your roof.

  • fish eye no miko

    Petoht said: “See? You wasted your tentacoo wape comment on the shark!”

    Yeah, dangit! If I had known this was coming up [snerk], I’d’ve saved it.

    “And this is the last place I expected to be reminded of Ghastly. Thanks Fish Eye.”

    Anytime. (-:
    /Buck Cake?