{"id":40404,"date":"2023-07-20T16:38:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T20:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=40404"},"modified":"2023-07-20T16:38:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T20:38:08","slug":"sharksploitation-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/20\/sharksploitation-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharksploitation (2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>With the anniversary of \u201cJaws,\u201d Stephen Scarlata\u2019s documentary comes at the right time, as sharksploitation has managed to experience something of a resurgence. Along with \u201cThe Meg 2\u201d coming to theaters, we\u2019ve also had fodder like “The Black Demon,” “The Devil\u2019s Mouth,” “Deep Water,” and “Cocaine Shark.” So \u201cSharksploitation\u201d is something of an overdue account of the creation of sharksploitation movies, and how one movie named \u201cJaws\u201d created what would become a fascinating, often infamous sub-genre of action and horror movies that\u2019s spanned decades.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSharksploitation\u201d is not just a look at the sub-genre of the sharksplotiation film but also the evolution of sharks as villains in pop culture and fiction. Interviewing a series of people including scientists, scholars, authors, and environmentalists, Scarlata tries to analyze why we\u2019ve always been so enamored with sharks, and why they\u2019ve always been somewhat hated. They\u2019re magnificent creatures, but they\u2019ve always been so vilified even before \u201cJaws\u201d came to theaters. Once \u201cJaws\u201d arrived and became one of the very first blockbuster films of all time, it not only changed the scope of film, but the way we looked at aquatic life.<\/p>\n

\u201cSharksploitation\u201d examines the goofy films and cheaply made rip offs of Spielberg\u2019s masterpiece, sure, but it also takes a conscious step back to consider the damage that we\u2019ve done to the species, and how beneficial the shark is to our ecosystem. Along the way, though, Carlata maintains the fun celebratory tone as he did with \u201cJodorowsky\u2019s Dune<\/a>.\u201d There are some great looks at \u201cJaws\u201d and everything from the rip offs, copycats, and the entirety of the god awful sequels. Carlata goes down a virtual time line from 1975, discussing the ripple effect \u201cJaws\u201d had as studios rushed to create their own successful killer animal movies. Along with looks at facsimiles like \u201cMako: The Jaws of Death,\u201d and \u201cCruel Jaws,\u201d there\u2019s also some fun discussion about the creation of \u201cPiranha<\/a>\u201d and how they dodged a massive lawsuit.<\/p>\n

Pertaining to the physics of sharks, there\u2019s great discussion about the concept of a roaring shark in the \u201cJaws\u201d sequels, the 3D problem with \u201cJaws 3D,\u201d and the potential of a Megalodon existing and how it\u2019s impossible. There\u2019s even the discussion of a real life shark death involving a stunt man that caught on film that was used in the actual film. First and foremost, \u201cSharksploitation\u201d is a great documentary about an unusual but very prevalent sub-genre of nature run amok movies, but it\u2019s also a good look at the importance of predators like sharks, and how it\u2019s best to understand that fiction is fiction, and that sharksploitation tends to be an exaggeration and only that. It\u2019s definitely one of the better movie documentaries to come along in a while.<\/p>\n

Streaming Exclusively on Shudder July 21st<\/sup><\/strong> in the United States, Canada, UK, and Australia\/New Zealand.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the anniversary of \u201cJaws,\u201d Stephen Scarlata\u2019s documentary comes at the right time, as sharksploitation has managed to experience something of a resurgence. Along with \u201cThe Meg 2\u201d coming to theaters, we\u2019ve also had fodder like “The Black Demon,” “The Devil\u2019s Mouth,” “Deep Water,” and “Cocaine Shark.” So \u201cSharksploitation\u201d is something of an overdue account […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[292,359,469,477,710,711,987],"class_list":["post-40404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-documentary","tag-filmmaking","tag-history","tag-horror","tag-nature","tag-nature-run-amok","tag-steven-spielberg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40406,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40404\/revisions\/40406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}