Lake Placid vs Octopus
Lake Placid has the higher audience score (5.9/10 against 4.4/10 for Octopus). Lake Placid is the shorter watch at 1h 22m compared with 1h 40m. Lake Placid is the older of the two (1999 against 2000). Both are action, horror, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Lake Placid
Octopus| Lake Placid | Octopus | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.9/10 | ★ 4.4/10 |
| Year | 1999 | 2000 |
| Length | 1h 22m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Action, Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller | Action, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Steve Miner | John Eyres |
| Main cast | Bill Pullman, Mariska Hargitay, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, David James Lewis | Jay Harrington, David Beecroft, Carolyn Lowery, Ricco Ross, Ravil Isyanov |
Synopsis
Lake Placid
When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!
Octopus
During the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, a Russian submarine strays into American waters. On board is a nuclear cargo destined for Castro. The Americans attack and destroy the sub. 38 years later US submarine Roosevelt is in the same waters. An unknown object attacks and disables the sub with devastating force and drags the vessel to the bottom of the ocean. What lies on the ocean bed beggars belief: dozens of wrecks, among them the sub…
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