Sharksploitation
Sharksploitation is an exploitation film subgenre.[1] The genre surged to popularity with Jaws and its sequels, but fell in popularity soon after.[2] The film Deep Blue Sea brought it back to public prominence. The Sharknado series soared mockbuster sharksploitation to new heights of (sometimes tongue in cheek) fame.[3][4]
Notable sharksploitation films
| Year | Films | Series | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Jaws | Jaws | Thriller |
| 1975 | Sharks' Treasure | N/A | Adventure |
| 1976 | Mako: The Jaws of Death | N/A | Thriller |
| 1976 | Shark Kill | N/A | Adventure |
| 1977 | Tintorera, also known as Tintorera: Killer Shark. | N/A | Horror |
| 1978 | Jaws 2 | Jaws | Thriller |
| 1978 | Cyclone (Spanish: El Ciclón), also known as Terror Storm | N/A | Survival/Horror |
| 1981 | The Last Shark, also known as Great White | N/A | Horror |
| 1983 | Jaws 3-D | Jaws | Thriller |
| 1987 | Jaws: The Revenge | Jaws | Thriller |
| 1989 | Night of the Sharks | N/A | Action |
| 1989 | Deep Blood, also known as Sharks or Sangue negli abissi (Italian, lit. "Blood in the Abyss") | N/A | Adventure/Horror |
| 1995 | Cruel Jaws | N/A | Thriller |
| 1999 | Deep Blue Sea | Deep Blue Sea | Sci-fi/Horror |
| 1999 | Shark Attack | Shark Attack | Thriller |
| 2000 | Shark Attack 2 | Shark Attack | Thriller |
| 2002 | Shark Attack 3: Megalodon | Shark Attack | Thriller |
| 2003 | Open Water[lower-alpha 1] | Open Water | Survival/Thriller |
| 2003 | Red Water | N/A | Action/Horror |
| 2003 | Shark Zone | N/A | Horror |
| 2004 | 12 Days Of Terror | N/A | Horror/Thriller |
| 2004 | Blue Demon | N/A | Sci-fi/Horror |
| 2005 | Hammerhead: Shark Frenzy, also known as Sharkman or Hammerhead | N/A | Sci-fi/Action/Horror |
| 2005 | Raging Sharks | N/A | Sci-fi/Action/Horror |
| 2005 | Spring Break Shark Attack | N/A | Action/Adventure/Drama |
| 2008 | Shark Swarm, also known as Great White | N/A | Thriller |
| 2008 | Shark in Venice, also known as Sharks in Venice in the U.S. | N/A | Natural horror/Action |
| 2009 | Jaws in Japan, also known as Psycho Shark | N/A (unrelated to the Jaws franchise) | Horror |
| 2009 | Malibu Shark Attack, also known as Mega Shark Of Malibu | It is a part of the SyFy Channel's Maneater series (which is unrelated to the Shark Attack or Mega Shark franchises), along with Shark Swarm, Shark Killer, and 25 other natural horror creature features. | Natural horror |
| 2009 | Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus | Mega Shark Versus | Creature feature |
| 2010 | Dinoshark | N/A | Horror/Comedy |
| 2010 | Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus | Mega Shark Versus | Creature feature |
| 2010 | The Reef | N/A | Thriller |
| 2010 | Sharktopus | Sharktopus | Sci-fi/Creature feature |
| 2011 | Sand Sharks | N/A | Horror/Comedy |
| 2011 | Shark Night | N/A | Thriller |
| 2011 | Super Shark | N/A | Sci-fi/Action |
| 2011 | Swamp Shark | N/A | Thriller |
| 2012 | 2-Headed Shark Attack | Multi-Headed Shark Attack | Survival horror |
| 2012 | Bait 3D | N/A | Horror/Disaster |
| 2012 | Dark Tide | N/A | Action/Horror/Thriller |
| 2012 | Jersey Shore Shark Attack | N/A | Horror/Comedy |
| 2012 | Jurassic Shark, also known as Attack Of The Jurassic Shark | Jurassic Shark | Horror/Comedy |
| 2012 | Snow Shark: Ancient Snow Beast | N/A | Horror/Comedy |
| 2012 | Ghost Shark | Ghost Shark | Horror/Comedy |
| 2013 | Sharknado | Sharknado | Sci-fi/Disaster |
| 2014 | Avalanche Sharks | N/A | Horror/Comedy |
| 2014 | Mega Shark Versus Mecha Shark | Mega Shark Versus | Horror/Comedy |
| 2014 | Sharknado 2: The Second One | Sharknado | Sci-fi/Disaster/Comedy |
| 2014 | Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda | Sharktopus | Horror/Sci-fi/Creature feature |
| 2015 | 3-Headed Shark Attack | Multi-Headed Shark Attack | Action/Horror |
| 2015 | Ghost Shark 2: Urban Jaws | Ghost Shark | Supernatural/Horror/Comedy |
| 2015 | Mega Shark Versus Kolossus | Mega Shark Versus | Sci-fi/Comedy |
| 2015 | Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! | Sharknado | Action/Horror/Comedy |
| 2015 | Roboshark, also known as Robo Shark vs. Navy Seals | N/A | Action/Adventure/Comedy |
| 2016 | Ozark Sharks, also known as Summer Shark Attack | N/A | Horror/Thriller/Comedy |
| 2016 | The Shallows | N/A | Survival/Horror |
| 2016 | Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre | N/A | Sci-fi/Horror |
| 2016 | Sharkenstein | N/A | Sci-fi/Action/Comedy |
| 2016 | Sharknado: The 4th Awakens | Sharknado | Sci-fi/Disaster/Comedy |
| 2017 | 5-Headed Shark Attack | Multi-Headed Shark Attack | Sci-fi/Horror |
| 2017 | 47 Meters Down | 47 Meters Down | Survival/Horror |
| 2017 | House Shark | N/A | Horror/Comedy |
| 2017 | Open Water 3: Cage Dive[lower-alpha 1] | Open Water | Found footage/Survival/Horror |
| 2017 | Sharknado 5: Global Swarming | Sharknado | Sci-fi/Disaster/Comedy |
| 2018 | The Last Sharknado: It's About Time | Sharknado | Sci-fi/Disaster/Comedy |
| 2018 | Deep Blue Sea 2 | Deep Blue Sea | Sci-fi/Horror |
| 2018 | The Meg | N/A | Sci-fi/Action |
| 2019 | 47 Meters Down: Uncaged | 47 Meters Down | Survival/Horror |
| 2019 | Capsized: Blood in the Water | N/A | Survival/Horror |
| 2020 | Deep Blue Sea 3 | Deep Blue Sea | Sci-fi/Horror |
| 2020 | Sky Sharks | N/A | Sci-fi/Comedy/Horror |
| 2022 | The Reef: Stalked | The Reef | Horror |
- Open Water 2 has been excluded from this list. Although it is nominally part of the Open Water franchise, it is thematically unrelated to either Open Water or Open Water 3.
Other sharksploitation films
The films below are more shark films that do not yet have their own pages here, or their notability has been unclarified.
| Year | Films | Series | Genre | IMDb/Alternate Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Killer Shark | N/A | Adventure | IMDB Wikipedia.en |
| 1969 | Shark!, also known as Caine and Man-Eater | N/A | Action | IMDb/Wikipedia.en |
| 1981 | Beyond The Reef | N/A | Adventure/Romance | IMDb/Wikipedia.en |
| 1991 | Mission Of The Shark: The Saga Of The U.S.S. Indianapolis | N/A | Action/Drama/History | IMDB |
| 2001 | Shark Hunter | N/A (Unaffiliated with The Shark Hunter (1979), The Shark Hunters (1963), or The Shark Huntress (2021)) | Action/Adventure/Horror | IMDB |
| 2002 | Megalodon | N/A (Unaffiliated with the 2018 film of the same name or The Meg franchise) | Action/Adventure/Horror | IMDB |
| 2003 | Dark Waters | N/A | Action/Adventure/Horror | IMDB |
| 2004 | Shark Attack in the Mediterranean, also known as Hai-Alarm auf Mallorca (German, lit. Shark alarm in Mallorca) | N/A | Action/Adventure/Drama | Wikipedia.de IMDB |
| 2008 | Marina Monster | N/A | Horror/Comedy | IMDB |
| 2012 | Jaws Of The Shark | N/A | Comedy/Horror | IMDB |
| 2014 | 90210 Shark Attack | N/A | Drama/Horror/Sci-fi | IMDB |
| 2015 | Sharknado: Heart of Sharkness | Sharknado | Comedy/Mocumentary | IMDB |
| 2015 | Raiders Of The Lost Shark | Jurassic Shark | Action/Adventure/Comedy | IMDB |
| 2015 | Shark Exorcist | N/A | Fantasy/Horror | IMDb |
| 2015 | Shark Lake | N/A | Action/Thriller | IMDb/Wikipedia.de |
| 2015 | Shark Island, also known as Zombie Shark | N/A | Action/Adventure/Horror | IMBD |
| 2016 | Ice Sharks | N/A | Action/Comedy | IMDb |
| 2016 | Dickshark | N/A | Sci-fi/Comedy | IMDb |
| 2016 | Piranha Sharks | N/A | Action/Comedy | IMDb |
| 2016 | Planet Of The Sharks | Planet Of The Sharks | Action/Comedy | IMDb |
| 2016 | Dam Sharks | N/A | Action/Comedy | IMDb |
| 2016 | Atomic Shark, also known as Saltwater and Saltwater: Atomic Shark | N/A (Unaffiliated with the Lisa Palenica film of the same name) | Action/Comedy | IMDb |
| 2017 | Empire Of The Sharks | Planet Of The Sharks | Action/Comedy | IMDb |
| 2017 | Land Shark | N/A | Action/Adventure/Comedy | IMDB |
| 2017 | Mississippi River Sharks | N/A | Action/Adventure/Comedy | IMDB |
| 2017 | Trailer Park Shark, also known as Shark Shock | N/A | Action/Adventure/Comedy | IMDB |
| 2018 | Surrounded, also known as Frenzy | N/A | Action/Adventure/Drama | IMDB |
| 2018 | 6-Headed Shark Attack | Multi-Headed Shark Attack | Action/Comedy | IMDb |
| 2018 | Megalodon | Megalodon (The Asylum) | Action/Adventure/Horror | IMDB |
| 2018 | Santa Jaws | N/A | Action/Comedy | IMDb |
| 2019 | Bad CGI Sharks | N/A | Adventure/Comedy/Horror | IMDb |
| 2020 | Shark Season | N/A | Action/Horror/Thriller | IMDB |
| 2020 | Ouija Shark | N/A | Horror/Comedy | IMDb |
| 2020 | Shark Encounters Of The Third Kind | N/A | Horror | IMDB |
| 2021 | Megalodon Rising | Megalodon (The Asylum) | Action | IMDB |
| 2021 | Great White | N/A | Thriller | IMDb |
| 2021 | Sharks Of The Corn | N/A | Horror/Comedy | IMDb |
| 2021 | Noah's Shark | N/A | Action/Adventure/Horror | IMDB |
| 2021 | Jurassic Shark 2 - Aquapocalypse | Jurassic Shark | Action/Horror/Comedy | IMDb |
| 2021 | Huge Shark, also known as Red Water | N/A | Horror | IMDb |
| 2021 | Apex Predators, also known as Jaws Of Los Angeles | N/A | Horror | IMDb |
| 2021 | Mako (Arabic: فيلم ماكو) | N/A | Adventure/Thriller | IMDB |
| 2021 | Bigfoot Vs Megalodon | N/A | Adventure/Sci-fi/Comedy | IMDB |
| 2021 | Virus Shark | N/A | Sci-fi/Horror | IMDB |
| 2022 | Bull Shark, also known as Blood In The Water | N/A | Action/Horror/Drama | IMDb |
| 2022 | Maneater | N/A | Action/Horror/Thriller | IMDB |
| 2022 | No Shark | N/A | Drama/Comedy/Horror | IMDB |
| 2022 | Shark Side Of The Moon | N/A | Action/Horror/Sci-Fi | IMDB |
See also
References
External links
- "Sharksploitation". sharksploitation.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2021.
- Sharksploitation exhibit -- Living Sharks Museum
- Film School Rejects - "Sharksploitation: Feel the Grove According to 'Jaws'
- Smithsonian Magazine - "How Realistic Is The Shark Science in 'The Shallows'?"
- ABC News - "Why Has 'Sharknado' Become Such a Culture Phenomenon?"
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