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People may be surprised to learn that staying out of the ocean won’t guarantee their safety from sharks. In fact, a dip in a river or pond could lead to an encounter with one of the most aggressive sharks in the world: the bull shark. Strangely enough, though, the Carcharhinus leucas doesn’t show up in sharksploitation movies anywhere near as much as its larger and more popular cousin, the great white. Many don’t even know of its existence until they hear of a sighting or attack in an unlikely place.

Jaws led to great whites becoming the face of shark horror. Of course, there are exceptions — Deep Blue Sea features bio-engineered mako sharks, and Syfy went through a period of unleashing one variety of mutant shark after another — yet as a whole, sharksploitation prefers great whites. Then in 2003, TBS Superstation mixed things up by having a bull...

Following the enormous critical and financial success in the local theaters, the release of “The Meg” in Chinese cinemas started a wave of similarly-produced creature features and animal-attack films to capitalize on its release. That has led to a steady stream of cheap, goofy creature features that remains popular churning out titles to this day which includes this one from 2021 that takes its influence from the Australian film “The Reef” from 2011 and “The Shallows” from 2017.

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Taking a trip together, Dr. Shen (Zhao Yihan) heads out with her sister Yiran (Luan Mingyuan), her friend Wen Di (Hong Shuang), and Wendy's boyfriend Timmy (Huang Tao) for a special anniversary boat trip out to sea. Despite insisting that they're together, a series of personal squabbles amongst the group causes them to fail to notice a killer shark roaming the area, which strands...

Production has begun on a Canadian tech-horror called Romi, from director Robert Cuffley.   Based on his short film by the same name the story is about a young woman on the run is forced to hide out in a tricked out smart home. The digital assistant, the titular Romi, does not take kindly to their visit.    Romi stars Alexa Barajas from Yellowjackets with Juan Riedinger (Narcos) and Pavel Kriz (Mission Impossible).   Friends at Raven Banner Entertainment are handling international sales while freshly forged Canadian distributor Red Water Entertainment will dish it out here at home. Avi Federgreen of Red Water is also on board as an executive producer along with John Ferraro of Valleywood Entertainment.   Shooting has begun on acclaimed Canadian...

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The first voice listeners hear on Some Rap Songs, Earl Sweatshirt’s latest album, is James Baldwin’s. “Imprecise words,” he says before the pop of vinyl hits. The sample comes from a 1962 recording of Baldwin’s “The Artist’s Struggle for Integrity” speech at New York City’s Community Church. In it, he explains his “distrust” for various words — “artist, integrity, warlike and integration” — pointing out that meaningless words can start to carry new weight over time.

“One is compelled to recognize that all these imprecise words are kind...

Even if you live in a pineapple under the sea or threw your television out the window in a drunken fit of rage one night a few weeks ago, you're likely aware that we're currently balls deep into Shark Week...

...Discovery's Channel's annual celebration of those underwater beasties who once upon a time turned a man by the name of Quint into a bucket of human chum.

I don't think you need me to tell you that this week is the absolute perfect week to revisit Jaws and other shark attack films, but in the event that you do, allow me to provide that service for you.

This week is the perfect week to revisit Jaws and other shark attack films!

There. You happy?

In celebration of Shark Week here at Dread Central, we initially flirted with the idea of bringing you a list of the best shark-themed horror films to watch this week.

It feels like it has been too long since Syfy has uncorked some new man-eating monster movies for us to sink our teeth into. That'll change come June when the network unleashes a pair of toothy monstrosities: Ice Road Terror and Swamp Shark. Syfy has posted a trio of bloody scenes from each monster mash.

The carnage begins on June 11th at 9/8 Central when Ice Road Terror reaches its destination on your television dial. Dylan Neal ("Dawson's Creek", "Blood Ties") and Brea Grant (Halloween II, "Heroes") star in this creature feature about Alaskan ice road truckers and a research analyst tangling with an unearthed prehistoric monster. The director (Terry Ingram) and writer (Keith Shaw) of Syfy's Phantom Racer reteam for this creature feature inspired by the popular reality series "Ice Road Truckers". Curiously, though, one thing you will not actually see in these clips is any actual ice road trucking.

*Full disclosure: a DVD screener of this film was provided by Vci Entertainment.

Director: Frank De Felitta.

Writer: J. D. Feigelson.

Cast: Charles Durning, Tonya Crowe, Larry Drake, and Lane Smith.

Dark Night of the Scarecrow was originally released on television in 1981. Recently, Vci Entertainment released this title in a DVD format September 29th, 2010. This film has been repackaged with a commentary from director Frank De Felitta (The Entity) and writer J. D. Feigelson (Red Water). This reviewer remembers becoming paranoid of grain silos after watching this film and there is a reason that this title is considered a classic. Dark Night of the Scarecrow is rewatchable for creating some of the cliches of modern film. This title is also a reminder not to play around wood chippers!

If you are unfamiliar with this film, a mentally challenged adult (Larry Drake) is accused of killing a young girl (Tonya Crowe), in a small town.

What's up with all the b-movie mutant shark flicks of late? This year already gave us Dinoshark, and later in 2010 we get Sharktopus and Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus. Just yesterday I showed you the trailer for Super Shark Attack about a humongous land shark. Today brings us the trailer for Swamp Shark starring Kristy Swanson, Robert Davi, D.B. Sweeney, and shockingly, hard as it might be to believe, not Corin Nemec. Next stop, Syfy!

When I first brought word of Swamp Shark, it was still in pre-production under the title Jaws of the Mississippi. Today, just in time for the Discovery Channel's "Shark Week", is the first trailer for the imaginatively re-titled Swamp Shark.

In a small Louisiana town on the Atchafalaya Basin, a local drunk is found mangled to bits, his death blamed on the Broussard family’s pack of “escaped” alligators. But Rachel Broussard claims to have...

Fans of rising star DJ Perry will get a double treat this October. If you're looking for a solid crime-drama or a gory horror film Oct. 20th, 2009 is the day to mark on your calendars. The first film "An Ordinary Killer" stars DJ Perry ("The 8th Plague"), Terence Knox ("Tour Of Duty"), Dan Haggerty ("Grizzly Adams") and Dennis Haskins ("Red Water") and is based upon the true story of a serial killer from the 1970's caught 28 years later with DNA. Writer/Co-Director Anthony Hornus is releasing the book of the same name. Also a sequel script entitled "A State Of Hate" is in development with Perry's detective starring. The second film "Blood Ties" from Indiehorror producer Jeff Burton ("Final Curtain") and director Nathaniel Nose has a wonder young cast anchored by DJ Perry, Jason...

A second film from E1 Entertainment is "An Ordinary Killer" which will also be released, on DVD, this October 20. Terence Knox (Tour of Duty), Dan Haggerty (Grizzly Adams) Dennis Haskins (Red Water) and DJ Perry (Gps) are the central stars in this "...true story of a serial killer." Likely to receive a limited run the first movie poster and trailer are available to entice fans to come out and see the show this fall.

A synopsis for "An Ordinary Killer" here:

"The true story of a serial killer from the 1970’s caught 28 years later with DNA."

Director: Jeff Kennedy and Anthony Hornus.

Writer: Anthony Hornus.

Cast: DJ Perry, Terence Knox, Dan Haggerty, Terry Jernigan, Randall Godwin, Quincy Hall, Dennis Haskins, Leonard J. Krawezyk, Charles Matthau, and Curtis Hall

Sources:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307292/

Herbert Brindl. Press Release 18 July 2009.

Georgia based group Rehab emerged on the scene in ‘07 with a powerful seasoning of southern rock flavorings that catapulted their underground single, “Bartender Song” into a cult hit. Spurred on by the rabid fan reaction, Rehab decided to re-record the song and add it to their sophomore album, Graffiti The World, along with an arsenal of new country-fried works that fans have described as “upbeat hip hop that goes for the head and the jugular”. Tracks include Bump, Chest Pain, Red Water, Graffiti the World, Last Tattoo, Bottles & Cans, We Live, This Town, Walk Away, This I Know and Running Out of Time. Graffiti The World available on iTunes now and in stores now.

NBC has given the green light to its behind-the-scenes look at ABC's sexy 1970s action drama Charlie's Angels. Sugar & Spice director Francine McDougall has been tapped to direct Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels, which will focus on how Aaron Spelling's pop culture hit starring Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith got off the ground and will chronicle its tumultuous first season. McDougall will direct the movie from a script by Matt Dorff (NBC's Growing Up Brady). Dorff and Michael G. Larkin (TNT's Red Water) will executive produce in association with Jaffe/Braunstein Films. The Charlie's Angels film follows the success of NBC's Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company, which was one of the top-rated original movies of the 2002-03 season in adults 18-49.