Ghost Shark
Ghost Shark
| 22 August 2013 (USA)
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A coastal town is plagued by a supernatural man-eating shark. A ghost hunter joins forces with a sea captain to uncover the secrets of the area's dark past and find a way to exorcise the spectral predator.

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msblackeyes68

It had to be done you know. There are so many flicks out about avenging spirits of the human nature. Why not one about a shark?It's an interesting concept actually. One I'm surprised hasn't been done for Jaws. After all wasn't the final one about him following her to Jamaica? Why not the ghost of the ones they killed?!?Course in this one any body of water will do. A car wash. Bathtub. Sink.... Which if your going to have an avenging ghost shark you can't limit him to the ocean right? . LolIf you go into this movie expecting just a fun time and amusing concept then you will be entertained. If you go in thinking it's going to be a "jaws" like movie then you will be seriously disappointed. The title alone gives you an idea on the value of the film. Watch it. Laugh. For equal entertainment read the reviews. There is one that will make you giggle and then "goggle" You'll know exactly which one I'm referring to as soon as you read it. It's good for at least 5 min of laughter.

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Uriah43

After being killed by a couple of fishermen, a great white shark is resurrected from the dead and comes back to haunt the small town of Smallport which has had its share of mystical occurrences over the years. The problem is not only that the townspeople refuse to believe some teenagers when they describe it to them but also that it doesn't need much water to manifest itself in order to kill. Now obviously any film with a plot as far-fetched as this one needs to be viewed with a heavy dose of humor or at least a 6-pack of beer. Be that as it may, as far as overall "shark movies" are concerned this particular picture is not one of the better films out there as it gets more and more ridiculous the further it continues. Additionally, the special effects were elementary and the script was pretty weak as well. Likewise, there weren't any big name actors to give it any semblance of credibility either. In short, this wasn't a good movie and I have rated it accordingly.

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TheLittleSongbird

Don't expect much from Ghost Shark. If you've seen Super Shark, Sand Sharks, Jersey Shore Shark Attack and even Sharknado(do the Shark Attack movies count too?) you'll know that you shouldn't expect a SyFy channel shark movie to be particularly good. Ghost Shark is a long way from good, but it is better than the first three movies listed- and the Shark Attack movies- if not quite reaching hilariously bad guilty-pleasure status like Sharknado did. And it certainly isn't the worst SyFy movie. It isn't too badly shot and edited, plus the scenery is nice, while the gore is inventive and not too cheap and the acting is adequate(especially for SyFy), Richard Moll stands out in a creepy and over-the-top performance and the female lead is likable. That is a feat though, but the dialogue is cliché-ridden, underwritten and has too much of the cheese factor. The story- deriving from a silly but potentially fun concept- is much too rushed too, which doesn't give us much time to root enough for the characters(who are little more than just-there and poorly developed stereotypes). It also veers wildly between mildly credible at best to hilariously ludicrous, with the attacks more outrageous than suspenseful or scary. The shark does look very cheap and is not particularly menacing in design or personality, goofy is more like it. In conclusion, bad but hilariously so rather than infuriatingly. 4/10 Bethany Cox

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GL84

After several of their friends are killed, a group of friends try to convince the authorities that the culprit was a spectral great white shark, but when no one believes them they are forced to go out alone to defeat the bloodthirsty, murderous spirit haunting the town.This here was quite an enjoyable and entertaining Sci-Fi Channel effort. One of the best parts to really like with this one seems to be the channels' penchant for supernatural-inflicted action scenes that could have no possible basis in reality. That there's a lot great scenes here that seem to be usual for such films like the opening attack in the boat where the shark gets killed and then turns on the crew, the follow-up ambush on the beach where it attacks the group to the complete shock of everyone and the spectacularly cheesy scene at the pool party where it appears suddenly to interrupt their festivities. This leads into the wholly enjoyable series of scenes where the shark emerges from areas like a slip-n-slide, kitchen sink pipes, a garden hose used in a car wash, puddles and even the spray from a busted fire-hydrant, among other places of a similar caliber that are so far-fetched and ridiculous that there's no possible way it conveys any sense of reality. These feature such goofy action setups that it manages to really let loose with the concept of the shark in ridiculous areas and gives this one a fine setup into the longer action scenes from the appearance in the flooded museum where it stalks the group inside or the method of finally defeating the creature which is pretty inspired due to the lengthy battle that takes place to set the scene up, all of which pace the film along and make it quite enjoyable overall. Trying to tie it into a historical-based reality with the implication of the ancient burial ground where it was spawned is a great move that at least offers a sense of balance for the ludicrous action presented, and there's naturally a lot of bloodied CGI death shots as people are bitten in half, decapitated, snacked on, chomped and dismembered here to provide some nifty gore scenes. These here hold this one up over the few minor flaws featured. Among its only complaints to be found here is the same common attribute found in the majority of their films, the lame CGI that's found in bringing the shark to life. While it is a ghost in this case and a lot of its scenes are then by-design supposed to be off, as well as the storyline dictation of what it can do, but there's just far too much time given to this that it really becomes distracting after a while. The other big issue here is the rather cliche formula addition of the skeptical authorities disbelieving everything for the sake of the town as this makes no sense seeing as they have plenty of evidence to suggest it's there and all it does is add them to the body count. These here are the few issues to be had with this one.Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence, Language, Brief Nudity and underage drinking.

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