a 40 foot long giant mutant squid with five tentacle and razor fang and the ability to reproduce it own cell terrorize a small florida town . various marine biologist and doctor and cop plot to kill it . meanwhile and a human monster name miller offs people who discover the devilfish be a manmade creation use for the greedy benefit of some evil doctor . miller attack a female researcher and strangle her and drown her in the bathtub and toss in a hairdryer and then rip the panty off her dead body . lot of false alarm be set when our hero peter and stella and janet and bob set out on a high tech ( high tech for 1984 and anyway ) seaquarium boat to catch the creature and who be frequently see in close up or hilariously obvious speed up film to seem more menacing . and only fire can destroy it and which lead to a flamethrower arm posse vs. aquatic beast finale . this jaws cash in be pretty tame ( other than a legless corpse and a decapitation ) but watchable and benefit from an excellent antony barrymore score and a decent ( again and for 1984 ) monster design . luigi cozzi and sergio martino write the original story . score represent 4 out of 10 .