Space Amoeba story

movie: Space Amoeba (1970) · 1970-08-01

The film tells the story of extraterrestrial amoeba-like aliens that hijack a probe and, after crash landing on a small South Pacific atoll, create gigantic monsters from native lifeforms (an octopus, crab, and turtle) with plans of conquering the Earth.

8 total · 5 major · 3 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
attack from outer space by a powerful conquering enemy major The Space Amoeba hitched a ride to Earth on the Helios 7 probe and tried to conquer the planet.
cryptid major The giant octopus Gezora. There was also a giant crab monster and a giant jungle turtle. Note that these creatures were no cryptids, since they Space Amoebeans created them, but that fact was not revealed until late into the film.
giant monster major There was a giant octopus, a giant crab and a giant turtle.
human vs. monster major The visitors to the island versus Gezora and the giant crab.
microbe-like being major The Space Amoebeans.
fear minor Dr. Kyouichi Miya confessed that he felt afraid, not of Gezora, but of the real monster on the island.
sacrifice for one's people minor Obata hurled himself into a volcano in order to kill the last Space Amoebean, who was inhabiting his body.
spaceborne being minor The Space Amoebeans lived as nomads of outer space.