Rita Real
Rita Real made her mark in the realm of cult cinema with her role in Tentacles (1977), a film that embodies the unique blend of horror and exploitation. Set against the backdrop of a seaside town, she delivers a memorable performance that adds to the film's eerie atmosphere. Though her filmography may be limited, her contribution to Tentacles places her firmly within the conversation of 1970s grindhouse cinema, where bizarre narratives and striking visuals reign supreme.
Tentacles
Solana Beach, a seaside tourist resort, has come under attack by a giant octopus, which captures and devours human swimmers and boaters, picking the skeletons clean of flesh and bone marrow. Marine expert Will Gleason (Hopkins) and crusading newspaper reporter Ned Turner (Huston) suspect the construction of an underwater tunnel by the Trojan company, owned by Mr. Whitehead (Fonda). Trojan has been using radio signals that have been "above regulated levels", somehow maddening the octopus and causing it to attack human beings. In the end, the octopus is killed by Gleason's pair of killer whales. Several people disappear from and at the sea. Their bodies are found gnawed to the skeleton, even the marrow is missing. The scientists have no idea which animal could do such things. Dr. Turner begins to suspect that the company which builds a tunnel beneath the bay might have poisoned the environment and caused an octopus to mutate to giant dimensions.
