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• Reviewed by Syo Kennex grade 2 / 10

  A hidden gem? Not at all

  I am someone who can really sit and watch bad movies. A lot of really bad movies have been some of my favourites each year, finding hiding gems in the horror genre. This is, unfortunately, not one of those hidden gems.Ghost Shark is all about a great white shark that is killed by a red neck fisherman, who then comes back as a ghost to reek revenge on a small community that hasn't had so much as a shark sighting in 20 years. With the ability to appear in any water source – swimming pools, puddles, anything that can support its full ghostly spectre form – no one is safe from this new hell. A group of teenagers must convince the local police force that the perpetrator of these killings is a great white shark, returned from the dead, but a secret from the town's past may be the only way to do this.This is just really cringey, really bad, and honestly one of the worst movies I have ever watched in the shark attack sub-genre. The acting is terrible, the accents of the red necks honestly just made me cringe away from the screen, and the CGI was the worst I have ever seen for a movie, television movie or otherwise. I could not wait for this to be over with, and honestly turned it off twice before forcing myself to sit and watch it all the way through. I wasted an hour and a half of my life with this movie.There are plenty of decent shark movies you could watch, including Bait (2012), The Shallows (2016) and Shark Night 3D (2011). I would seriously recommend one of those over this; I'd even recommend Sharknado. My two star rating is generous, and that's only for the well done camera work and editing. Seriously, miss this one.

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• Reviewed by vengeance20 grade 6 / 10

  What do you expect?

  Saw this on DVD last week after finally getting round to watching. I bought this a couple of years ago but never got the time to sit down & watch. Well I've now watched & thought it was decent for what it was. But I see negative criticisms here about the film! Well... what do you expect? I mean a film that's called "Ghost Shark" should give you a clue or hint that it's going to be B rated & of course, jokey & stupid! You all expect a Jaws like film & walk away disappointed like you were surprised & expected a whole different film! It's meant to be dumb! It's a comedy horror & for what it is, is not bad & better than the god-awful series, Sharknado! The film is about a ghost shark which can attack people anywhere, where there's a body of water! As appose to being a live shark swimming around in the ocean in a sort of contained area. This shark can "teleport" where there is water basically. The story starts with a fisherman crew trying to video killing a shark to win a prize by the time midnight strikes! Dumb unimaginative story opening but hey! But after killing the shark, the dead shark lands in a cryptic cave which gives the shark powers to come back as a ghost & attack! So the shark is like Freddy Kruger but in the form of a shark! The crew then get killed off & the main story starts. The shark attacks people at the beach & the police don't believe the group of teens of the shark (rolls eyes), old drunk man believes them & gets called crazy by police (rolls eyes, again), then there's a backstory about the cryptic cave & the shark connection! The back story is a little confusing, but understandable enough.The story & film were decent enough, I mean after all, it's called "Ghost Shark" for a reason & to be fair, in its own merit, it is good! The effects were forgivable, the shark effects were pretty good considering other films have worse effects & the kills were also decent, some of which cool. The women too, hot!Overall, it's as good as it's going to get! Hell it's a fun film to watch with friends & have a laugh about! 6/10

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• Reviewed by msblackeyes68 grade 3 / 10

  Surprised it took so long

  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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