Great White Death (1981)
I remember when I first heard of Shark Week. I was on holiday in New Zealand, the place I was staying in had the Discovery Channel – a rare treat for me. It happened to be Shark Week, and it was that point I realised I was not alone in my obsession. In fact, I...
Aatank (1996)
I get a big kick watching exploitation and genre movies from a wide range of countries and cultures. I do, however, draw the line at Bollywood films. I’ve watched a handful and tend to find them frustratingly long and dull. However, a catch-22 rears its ugly head. While I have no love for Bollywood, I’m...
Shark’s Paradise (1986)
Sometimes a movie comes along that is so completely insane that it feels like a dream. The amazing Shark’s Paradise falls into that category. This is a film that makes no sense – not in its storyline, which is straightforward albeit quite mad, but simply because it exists. SHARK’S PARADISE Australia, 1986, Michael Jenkins...
Jaws in Japan (2009)
The impudently titled Jaws in Japan has a horrendous rating on IMDB – a shocking 1.9. The film has become somewhat infamous amongst lovers of sharksploitation for its audacious false advertising. Jaws in Japan – or Psycho Shark, as it was retitled in America for obvious legal reasons – may feature a shark on its...
Shark Kill (1976)
It’s hard to imagine a world before Jaws. Sure, there were shark films before it, but Jaws turned the great white shark into a mythical killing machine. After Jaws, movie-sharks got bigger and their final deaths more explosive. The cash-ins and sequels peaked in the 80s and slowed down in the 90s. They returned with...
Shark! (1969)
I first heard about Samuel Fuller’s Shark! watching Troma’s Terror Firmer (1999) as a young and impressionable teen. Terror Firmer – a film I absolutely worshiped at the time – promoted Shark! as if it were a long lost classic, a shark film to rival Jaws. In reality, Shark! is not really comparable with Jaws...
Night of the Sharks (1988)
I’ve said it before on Mondo Exploito and I’ll say it again: put a shark in a movie and I’m happy. No matter how shit the shark looks or how limited its screen time is, I’m guaranteed to get some enjoyment out of the film. Seriously. Once I was channel surfing and an episode of...
