This was director David R. Ellis' final film. On January 7, 2013, Ellis's body was found in the bathroom of his hotel room in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was preparing to direct Kite at the time. No cause of death has been released; however, police say no foul play was suspected.
The first shark movie released in 3D l since Jaws 3-D (1983) 28 years prior.
When the sheriff tells Nick that it's a tiger shark and they'll eat anything, license plates and tin cans. That is exactly what is pulled out of the tiger shark by Brody and Hooper in "Jaws."
Although the movie was always going to be titled "Shark Night 3D" overseas, director David R. Ellis fought for a name change for the North American release, at one point wanting to release the film under the title "Untitled Shark Thriller 3D".
The movie's tagline, "Terror runs deep", is identical to Peter Benchley's "The Beast", which came out over 15 years earlier