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Plot Summary:
A man accidentally learns that he has a mystical connection with sharks, and is given a strange medallion by a shaman. Becoming more and more alienated from normal society, he develops an ability to communicate with sharks telepathically, setting out to destroy anybody who harms sharks. People enter into his strange world to exploit his weird passion, and he uses the animals to gain revenge on anybody who double crosses him.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, natural horror, psychotronic, independent film, wild
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Raiders of the Lost Shark (2015)
Plot Summary:
Four friends set out by boat for an idyllic vacation on a private, remote island. But unknown to them, a weaponized shark has escaped from a top secret military lab nearby, a shark that was genetically engineered with hate in its blood, and programmed to hunt any human within range. Now, these friends must band together to battle an all new brand of predator who will stop at nothing to remain at the top of the food chain.
IMDB Rating: 1.7
IMDB Votes: 968
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: mockbuster, natural horror, psychotronic, spoof, parody, horror spoof, weird
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Zombie Shark (2015)
Plot Summary:
A perfect getaway weekend turns into a nightmare for four friends who find themselves fighting for their lives against an experimental shark. In order to survive they must fight sharks, zombies, and shark zombies.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, horror comedy, natural horror, weird
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Ozark Sharks (2015)
Plot Summary:
A picturesque family vacation to the Ozarks goes sideways when a group of bull sharks show up just in time for the big fireworks festival that the town holds every year.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Sharkenstein (2016)
Plot Summary:
In the final days of World War II, a secret experiment to weaponize sharks is shut down and destroyed by the Third Reich. But now, 60 years later, a small ocean town is plagued by a bloodthirsty, mysterious creature, one built and reanimated using parts of the greatest killers to ever inhabit the sea – the Sharkenstein monster!.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 764
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, tense, rough, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, natural horror, weird
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3-Headed Shark Attack (2015)
Plot Summary:
The world’s greatest killing machine is three times as deadly when a mutated shark threatens a cruise ship. As the shark eats its way from one end of the ship to the next, the passengers fight the deadly predator using anything they can find.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, suspense, captivating, disturbing, intense, natural horror, retro, mockbuster, horror comedy, weird
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Up from the Depths (1979)
Plot Summary:
A menacing shark-like predator attacks a Hawaiian tourist area in this low-budget creature feature. An uncredited Roger Corman served as executive producer.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 968
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, absurd, natural horror, grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film, spoof, dark comedy, parody
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Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda (2014)
Plot Summary:
An American scientist up to no good (as usual) by creating the half-pterodactyl, half-barracuda: Pteracuda. When the creature inevitably escapes, it's up to Sharktopus to stop him.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, exciting, tense, natural horror, retro, mockbuster, psychotronic, weird
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5 Headed Shark Attack (2017)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful island is home to thousands of species of aquatic life. Now there is a new species: the 5-Headed Shark is all heads and teeth. Shaped like a demented starfish, this monster terrorizes the open ocean before invading the beaches of Puerto Rico, endangering the once peaceful island paradise.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, tense, surprise ending, rough, suspense, suspenseful, retro, mockbuster, absurd
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Shark Attack (1999)
Plot Summary:
When an accidental death verdict is given on discovery of the remains of a top scientist, within the stomach of a hammerhead shark his closest friend Marine Biologist Steven McRay is not happy with the explanation and travels to investigate further, where he discovers that his friend's death was not an isolated incident, and that the local population have been terrorised by a rash of shark attacks.Developments in scientific technology had allowed experts to predict the pattern and likelihood of Shark Attacks, but now it seems that they may also be able to actually control these factors, rendering at their disposal the ultimate Killing machine.Enjoy the water... you may never want to go in the sea again!.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel, South Africa
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: natural horror, cliffhanger, grindhouse, mockbuster, serious, suspenseful, fast, wild, cult film
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Shark in Venice (2008)
Plot Summary:
The seemingly tranquil waterways of Venice are terrorized by the perfect killing machine. In search of his father who has mysteriously disappeared diving in the city, David stumbles across the cryptic trail leading to the long-lost fortune of the Medici. As the unwitting pawn in a Mafia plot to recover the treasure, David's girlfriend is kidnapped at gunpoint, plunging him into a desperate race against time. If he has any hope of saving her he must enter the deadly waters. Can David out-gun the Mafia assassins and survive the voracious sharks laying in wait beneath the surface, or will he succumb to the same fate as his father?.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, captivating, tense, natural horror, dark, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful
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Ice Sharks (2016)
Plot Summary:
A new breed of aggressive, ravenous sharks cracks the frozen ocean floor of an Arctic research station, devouring all who fall through. As the station sinks into frigid waters, those alive must fashion makeshift weapons or suffer the same fate.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: mockbuster, natural horror, weird
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Shark Zone (2003)
Plot Summary:
A man must hunt down ferocious sharks that are threatening a small beach community.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, realistic, natural horror, funny, suspense
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Jaws 3-D (1983)
Plot Summary:
This third film in the series follows a group of marine biologists attempting to capture a young great white shark that has wandered into Florida's Sea World Park. However, later it is discovered that the shark's 35-foot mother is also a guest at Sea World. What follows is the shark wreaking havoc on the visitors in the park.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, natural horror, funny, bloody, anime, classic horror, tense, rough, serious
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12 Days of Terror (2004)
Plot Summary:
July of 1916 was a time of record heat, a polio epidemic, and a World War in Europe. But beachgoers in New Jersey are threatened by a even greater terror: a shark that has suddenly developed a taste for human flesh. Starting July 1st and lasting over a period of 12 days, the unidentified shark kills four people and seriously injures a fifth before the attacks stop, and threatens New Jersey's thriving tourist industry. Based on true events, and one of the inspirations behind Peter Benchley's Jaws.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, natural horror, psychotronic
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Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
Plot Summary:
After another deadly shark attack, Ellen Brody decides she has had enough of New England's Amity Island and moves to the Caribbean to join her son, Michael, and his family. But a great white shark has followed her there, hungry for more lives.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, christmas horror, scary, natural horror, funny, classic horror, tense, rough, serious, suspenseful
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Snow Shark: Ancient Snow Beast (2011)
Plot Summary:
12 years ago during a scientific expedition 3 animal biologists stumbled upon a great discovery that ended in tragedy. Whatever killed them has awoken and now the legend of the Ancient Snow Beast could prove to be more than just a legend.
IMDB Rating: 1.9
IMDB Votes: 650
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, natural horror, serious, psychotronic
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Piranha Sharks (2017)
Plot Summary:
Great white sharks bio-engineered to be the size of piranhas with the purpose of living in rich peoples exotic aquariums, terrorize New York City when they get into the water supply and do what great white sharks do best.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 578
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, weird
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Shark Attack 3: Megalodon (2002)
Plot Summary:
When two researchers discover a colossal shark's tooth off the Mexican coast their worst fears surface - the most menacing beast to ever rule the waters is still alive and mercilessly feeding on anything that crosses its path. Now they must hunt the fierce killer and destroy it... before there is no one left to stop it.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Israel, South Africa, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, psychotronic, funny, sexy, mockbuster
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Shark Swarm (2008)
Plot Summary:
A fisherman and his family fight to take down a greedy real estate developer who has released toxins into the ocean, turning the area's sharks into bloodthirsty hunters.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 158 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, natural horror, scary, psychotronic
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Dinoshark (2010)
Plot Summary:
The film opens with a baby dinoshark swimming away from a broken chunk of Arctic glacier that calved due to global warming. Three years later, the dinoshark is a ferocious predatory adult and kills tourists and locals offshore from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The protagonist, Trace, is first to notice the Dinoshark and witnesses his friend get eaten, but has trouble convincing people that a creature of such antiquity is still alive and eating people.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, exciting, humorous, stylized, natural horror, mockbuster, hilarious, psychotronic
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Shark Attack 2 (2000)
Plot Summary:
A biological experiment goes bad, this time releasing a gaggle of mutated great white sharks with a taste for human flesh. Soon enough, shark expert Nick West is on the case, leading a crew to study them and eventually bring them back into captivity. West's plans hit a snag, however, when Australian shark hunter Roy Bishop is called in to wipe out the fishy menace.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: rough, natural horror, suspense, mockbuster, scary, serious, suspenseful, fast, wild, cult film
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2-Headed Shark Attack (2012)
Plot Summary:
A Semester at Sea ship is attacked and sunk by a mutated two-headed shark, and the survivors seek refuge on a deserted atoll. The coeds, however, are no longer safe when the atoll starts flooding.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, semi serious, suspenseful, natural horror, absurd, psychotronic, retro, mockbuster, horror comedy, hilarious
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The Reef (2010)
Plot Summary:
A great white shark hunts the crew of a capsized sailboat along the Great Barrier Reef.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, serious, realistic, suspenseful, scary, natural horror, slasher, social, dread
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Jurassic Shark (2012)
Plot Summary:
When an oil company unwittingly unleashes a prehistoric shark from its icy prison, the Jurassic killer maroons a group of art thieves and a group of college students on an abandoned island.
IMDB Rating: 1.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, suspenseful, captivating, funny, retro, natural horror, psychotronic
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Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2009)
Plot Summary:
The California coast is terrorized by two enormous prehistoric sea creatures as they battle each other for supremacy of the sea.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: absurd, stylized, natural horror, exciting, tense, retro, suspense, dark, mockbuster, creepy
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SharkMan (2005)
Plot Summary:
When he began fusing human and shark DNA, his colleagues laughed at him. Now his creation is taking his revenge, and they aren't laughing anymore.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Aruba, USA, Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, rough, serious, natural horror, psychotronic
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Raging Sharks (2005)
Plot Summary:
An oceanic observation station is in desperate trouble after a sudden shark attack wrecked the oxygen supply. The accompanying ship, a coast guard cruiser, and other ships in and around the Bermuda triangle are attacked as well. The US Navy sends a submarine to investigate, but soon they too are under attack.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, exciting, natural horror, suspense, psychotronic, campy
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Megalodon (2002)
Plot Summary:
Megalodon is a 2002 American shark film. It takes place out on a deep sea oil rig.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, bleak, serious, natural horror, suspense
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Sharktopus (2010)
Plot Summary:
The U.S. Navy's special group "Blue Water" builds a half-shark, half-octopus for combat. But the sharktopus escapes and terrorizes the beaches of Puerto Vallarta.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: semi serious, scary, suspense, absurd, natural horror, retro, mockbuster, horror comedy, cult classic, hilarious
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Red Water (2003)
Plot Summary:
In the quiet waters of the Mississippi, body parts are being discovered. No one knows what is behind it all, until a huge man eating bull shark turns up. This bull shark is different, as it can breath in fresh water, making a deadly encounter between anyone who comes before it. John Sanders must now try and reach the surface, with his ex-wife and whilst being held hostage.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, rough, serious, natural horror, exciting, suspense, psychotronic, wild