Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube
    HORRORSCREAMS VIDEOVAULT – SUPPORTING INDEPENDENT HORROR
    • Home
    • Film Reviews
      • Films Beginning With Numbers or Symbols
      • A – C
      • D – F
      • G – I
      • J – L
      • M – O
      • P – R
      • S – U
      • V – X
      • Y – Z
    • Book Reviews
    • Franchise Corner
    • Competitions
    • Horror Screams Podcast
    • Contact Us
    Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube
    HORRORSCREAMS VIDEOVAULT – SUPPORTING INDEPENDENT HORROR

    Film Review: SHARKNADO: FEEDING FRENZY (2015)

    Peter 'Witchfinder' HopkinsBy Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins21st June 2021No Comments3 Mins Read

    SHARKNADO: FEEDING FRENZY *** USA 2015 Dir: Jeremy Wagener. 78 mins

    At the peak of its original airing, SHARKNADO was yielding 5000 tweets a minute and, at the time of this documentary’s emergence, the series was already up to its third outing in three years. Even without the hindsight of three further, increasingly desperate sequels, this enjoyable romp through the series’ conception and development can’t help overestimate the true sustainability of the one-joke premise and some of the enthusiastic on-screen talking heads are prone to massive overstatement (“The Superbowl of B films”). The breezy guide to the series’ origins include some background on The Asylum’s mission to make “better bad movies”, director Anthony C Ferrante laying the groundwork by incorporating a SHARKNADO reference into LEPRECHAUN’S REVENGE and screenwriter Thunder Levin mishearing the initial pitch as SHARKNATO. Tireless franchise stalwart Ian Ziering balances questionable talk of Ferrante’s brilliance with a more convincing account of the need to get work and “take one for the team” as a jobbing actor / new father. We learn that the gimmicky title was changed to DARK SKIES just to get the actors cast and that Ziering was sold on what would become a signature image for the series: his character chainsawing himself out of a shark.

    Some of the rapid-fire soundbites drag, including an unfunny spoof interview with a “lead shark” and appearances from some of the minor U.S. celebrities who appeared in cameos throughout the series but are unknown to the rest of the world. Many overstate SHARKNADO’s popularity: “cultural phenomenon” is a stretch, though it’s hilarious to see Tara Reid keeping a straight face while suggesting some might think the sharks are legit and David Hasselhoff discussing the need to keep the characters “real”. There is a fun insight into the madness of the ambitious New York shoot for SHARKNADO 2 and The Asylum guys are amusingly self-deprecating (“We’ve never lost money and we don’t do porn!”). The glimpses of the behind the scenes stuff from the then-in-production SHARKNADO 3, however, show how the “unexpected cameos” had already become a driving force in an ideas-starved franchise – and the affection displayed by interviewees here crucially precedes the rapid decline of audience goodwill as the subsequent films flogged a dead shark with noticeably less flair.

    Review by Steven West

     

    SHARKNADO: FEEDING FRENZY is available on Amazon

     

    You can read reviews on the SHARKNADO franchise HERE

     

    Facebook0Like0Share0Tweet0Pin0
    Documentary Horror Jeremy Wagener Shark Shark Movie Sharknado Sharknado: Feeding Frenzy Sharks

    Related Posts

    “Get Out Of The Toybox!” – DOLL SHARK makes a big splash on Indiegogo

    22nd June 202202 Mins Read
    Read More

    Film Review: CLOWNFACE (2019)

    19th June 202202 Mins Read
    Read More

    New Small Town Monsters Documentary ‘American Werewolves’ Goes Beyond the Myths

    14th June 202203 Mins Read
    Read More

    Film Review: DADDY’S GIRL (2018)

    9th June 202203 Mins Read
    Read More

    Leave A Reply Cancel Reply

    You must be logged in to post a comment.

    Search The Website
    Recent Posts
    • TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY CUT OF “DEADLY REVISIONS” ANNOUNCED!
    • Augie Duke from Mayans MC and Stand-Up Comedy Star Jiaoying Summers Join Cast of “Static Codes”
    • “Get Out Of The Toybox!” – DOLL SHARK makes a big splash on Indiegogo
    • Official trailer released for Ozploitation classic ‘Fair Game’ which returns to the big screen this July
    • Interview with Chris Sivertson, director of MONSTROUS, ahead of UK release
    Archives
    Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.