Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If you see this week’s Norwegian monster movie “Kraken,” available on digital platforms Friday, you might wonder: What is a Kraken? “The Kraken is a Norwegian mythological creature. Or a big octopus. Or whatever,” explained director Pål Øie in a Zoom interview. “When we started we found Kraken, a mythological creature, was created actually in Bergen, where I sit now, not far from here.