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In B-movie Stable Asylum’s regrettable oeuvre(Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus was theirs),the not-so-special effects are thrust to the fore, so when the titular beasties attack a battleship – or a skyscraper!– we can ridicule every frame.

Matt Glasby is a freelance film and TV journalist. You can find his work on Total Film - in print and online - as well as at publications like the Radio Times, Channel 4, DVD REview, Flicks, GQ, Hotdog, Little White Lies, and SFX, among others. He is also the author of several novels, including The Book of Horror: The Anatomy of Fear in Film and Britpop Cinema: From Trainspotting To This Is England.