There’s a certain type of horror movie that I am a fan of: the Aquatic Disaster film. A film where a bunch of drunk college students, normally on spring break, get killed one by one by some sort of sea monster, normally a shark. It’s bimboes in bikinis getting eaten. What’s better than that?
Do these movies have complex plots or good acting? Absolutely not. All of them are objectively terrible. But, like so many other films that have been the subject of YNTE Movie Night, they’re so bad they’re extremely enjoyable.
For years, the reigning champ of the Aquatic Disaster genre was the made for TV “Spring Break Shark Attack”. I was searching for a trailer to give you a taste of this cinema classic, but youtube didn’t have one. However, somebody did upload the entire movie, and whoever owns the rights to the film didn’t care enough to have it pulled, which should be an indicator of how much effort went into this film. Here’s part one:
Good stuff, right? I thought no movie could ever be as good as that, and maybe I was right. But 4 films have come to my attention that could be challengers to the throne. They are:
1) Piranha 3d
2) SyFy Channel’s Sharktopus
3) The Asylum’s Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus
4) The Asylum’s Mega Piranha
So, between now and the end of the year (or until Piranha 3D comes out on DVD), I will watch all 5 of these films and determine, once and for all determine what the best Aquatic Monster Disaster film of all time is.
But how much fun would it be if I did this by myself? You can help! Simply watch one or more of these movies, write up a review, email it to evan@jimmyandthehammer.com and I’ll post them all up here in the ultimate showdown. A winner will be crowned.
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