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Plot Summary:
Wildlife photographer Terry and her brother Art go to Venezuela for a photo shoot. They hire Jim Pendrake to guide them through the jungle. However, the trio run afoul of evil local hunter Caribe.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 758
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Venezuela
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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Great White (1998)
Plot Summary:
A professor tries to convince the residents of a small town that a series of attacks are the handiwork not of mountain animals but of a rare river-dwelling shark.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Killer Fish (1979)
Plot Summary:
Jewel thieves attempt to recover treasure from piranha infested waters. Mistrust and betrayals happen amongst the gang in the quest for gold.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA, UK, Brazil
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: natural horror, grindhouse, psychotronic, surprise ending, independent film
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Land Shark (2020)
Plot Summary:
Qian Cheng, the boss of the pharmaceutical company, has invested in the establishment of a biopharmaceutical research laboratory located deep in the jungle. By modifying the shark gene to develop a new type of anti-cancer drug, but when the drug is about to be put into mass production, a huge crisis also came quietly: due to the change of the shark's gene, the gene mutation was fierce and showed the characteristics of other organisms.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: China
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Toxic Shark (2017)
Plot Summary:
A tropical singles retreat takes a terrifying turn when guests realize a poisonous shark is infesting the surrounding water. Not only will it rip apart its victims, but it also uses projectile acid to hunt - in and out of the water.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, absurd, intense, mockbuster, idiotic, weird
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Shark Huntress (2021)
Plot Summary:
Shelia, an environmentalist venturing into the deep sea to capitalize on the billion-dollar plastic industry encounters deadly enhanced sharks. She wants revenge… it wants blood.
IMDB Rating: 1.5
IMDB Votes: 294
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags:
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Cyclone (1978)
Plot Summary:
An airplane goes down in the ocean during a storm and a few survivors find refuge on a small tour boat. Swept out to sea, these people slowly starve to death in the hot sun with barely any food or clean water. With no place to turn, the boat survivors resort to cannibalism to stay alive...that is ..until the rescue planes come to pick them up and the man eating sharks decide its time to eat as well.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 818
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: natural horror, independent film
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Maneater (2022)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends on vacation in a seeming island paradise are stalked by an unrelenting great white after an accident leaves them stranded and left for dead.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
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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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Shark Kill (1976)
Plot Summary:
Two adventurers set sail to find a giant man-eating great white shark.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: natural horror, psychotronic
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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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Mako: The Jaws of Death (1976)
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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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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Saltwater (2016)
Plot Summary:
A group of lifeguards attempt to kill an atomic shark that is terrorizing the coast of San Diego.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 771
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, disturbing, weird
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Mississippi River Sharks (2017)
Plot Summary:
Sharks attack a fish rodeo on the Mississippi River, and it is up to a group of locals to stop them.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 402
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Frenzy (2018)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends runs a popular travel vlog that helps fund their adventures. The leader of the group includes her younger sister for the next scuba diving trip to an isolated cove. But when their plane crashes, the two sisters must use their strength, resourcefulness and immense courage to survive a pack of great white sharks.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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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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Jersey Shore Shark Attack (2012)
Plot Summary:
Many years ago, hundreds of locals and tourists were massacred by giant man-eating sharks in the infamous 1916 Jersey Shore attacks. But that's just a legend... or is it? It's a holiday weekend on the Jersey Shore and, unbeknownst to anyone, underwater drills have attracted dozens of albino bull sharks to the pier. When a man goes missing, TC (The Complication), Nookie and friends fear the worst and plead with the police chief to close down the beach. It isn't until a famous singer is eaten alive during a performance on the pier that the shark hunt begins. Now, the Preppies must work together with the Guidos in order to save the Jersey Shore and its inhabitants from another vicious slaughter.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, scary, natural horror, mockbuster, humorous, campy
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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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Open Water 3: Cage Dive (2017)
Plot Summary:
Three friends from California are filming an audition tape for an extreme reality game show. They document their journey to Australia where they will be doing their most dangerous activity.... Shark Cage Diving. A catastrophic turn of events leaves them in baited water full of Great White Sharks, turning their recording into a blood chilling diary of survival... and death.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, bloody, intense, slasher, grindhouse, natural horror
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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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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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Mega Piranha (2009)
Plot Summary:
When a science experiment goes horribly wrong, gigantic fish gain appetites for human flesh.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: mockbuster, scary, semi serious, funny, hilarious, fast, psychotronic, freeze frame, natural horror, weird
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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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47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019)
Plot Summary:
Five backpackers, diving in a ruined underwater city, quickly learn they are not alone in the submerged caves.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, bloody, psychotronic, teen horror, natural horror, grindhouse, thrilling, surprise ending, independent film
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Black Water: Abyss (2020)
Plot Summary:
An adventure-loving couple convince their friends to explore a remote, uncharted cave system in the forests of Northern Australia. With a tropical storm approaching, they abseil into the mouth of the cave, but when the caves start to flood, tensions rise as oxygen levels fall and the friends find themselves trapped. Unknown to them, the storm has also brought in a pack of dangerous and hungry crocodiles.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: rough, suspense, scary, suspenseful, exciting, tense, enigmatic
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The Shallows (2016)
Plot Summary:
An injured surfer stranded on a buoy needs to get back to shore, but the great white shark stalking her might have other ideas.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 142000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, minimal cast, exciting, suspense, tense, absurd, harsh, suspenseful, intense, natural horror
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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
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Spring Break Shark Attack (2005)
Plot Summary:
A young teenager travels to Florida, unknowing that a group of dangerous tiger sharks are ravaging the beach.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, suspense, scary, realistic, campy, disaster movie
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Orca (1977)
Plot Summary:
After witnessing the killing of his mate and offspring at Captain Nolan's hands, a vengeful killer whale goes on a rampage in the fisherman's Newfoundland harbor. Under pressure from the villagers, Nolan, Rachel and Umilak sail after the great beast, who will meet them on its own turf.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands, Italy, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, scary, independent film, grindhouse, depressing, gothic horror, nautical