Aquarium of the Dead is a 2021 American zombie[1] comedy-horror science fiction film directed by Glenn Miller and written by Marc Gottlieb and Michael Varrati.

The octopus goes into cardiac arrest as the result of the procedure and seemingly dies, then reanimates, attacks Karen, kills the two workers, and escapes into the ducts.

Miranda meets with Senator Bailey Blackburn, who is responsible for securing additional funds for the facility, but they are interrupted by Karen warning them of the octopus.

They alert security chief Eddie "Clu" Cluwirth of the breach, but before they can take any action, contaminated slime left by the octopus infects the rest of the animals in the aquarium, who shatter their tanks to escape.

As they leave, the truth about the incident is discovered: Daniel was conspiring with Blackburn to cut costs at the aquarium and did not dispose of the epinephrine from the Eden Wildlife Zoo as he said he did, leading it to be used on the octopus and cause the outbreak.

In an interview with Bloody Flicks, screenwriter Marc Gottlieb said he was not on set but that all special effects on the project were CGI.

[12] Jim McLennan of Film Blitz scored it a C− stating "this is a bit of a disappointment – even with the inevitable Sharknado reference.