Ghost Shark (2013)

When rednecks on a fishing trip kill a great white shark, its spirit comes back for revenge, and soon turns its sights on the town of Smallport.

Director:

Griff Furst

Writers:

Eric Forsberg (story), Griff Furst (story)

Stars:

Robert Aberdeen, Jayme Bohn, Eliot Brasseaux

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robert Aberdeen	...	Museum Curator
Jayme Bohn	...	Alisyn
Eliot Brasseaux	...	Nerd
Amy Brassette	...	Vicky Brubaker
Chelsea Bruland	...	Car Wash Girl
Sloane Coe	...	Cicely
Kim Collins	...	Brubaker
Dave Davis	...	Blaise
Brooke Hurring	...	Taylor
Lucky Johnson	...	Mayor Stahl
Ben Lemoine	...	Reporter
Angela Meredith Furst	...	Co-Ed (as Angela Meredith)
Jaren Mitchell	...	Cameron
Richard Moll	...	Finch
Thomas Francis Murphy	...	Sheriff Martin (as Tom Francis Murphy)

Storyline

When rednecks on a fishing trip kill a great white shark, its spirit comes back for revenge, and soon turns its sights on the town of Smallport. Teenage Ava, her younger sister Cicely and friend Blaise witness the start of the ghost shark's rampage but the authorities don't believe their story. With the help of a crotchety lighthouse keeper named Finch the teens discover that the spectral shark can hunt wherever there's water, and that the town's dark past may provide the clues they need to defeat it.

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Plot Keywords:

shark | ghost shark | ghost | death of wife | bikini | 

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Taglines:

Don't. Get. Wet.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 August 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ghost Shark - Die Legende lebt

Filming Locations:

Louisiana, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Active Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

When the kids find the web page about the lighthouse keeper's wife, there's a brief shot of the computer screen. The news page links to several other topics that sound like Syfy movies: Alligator attacks in Louisiana swamps, Ex-government scientists control weather. There's also a link to "People watching science fiction movie pause screen to read unimportant text".

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Goofs

Young boy at the car wash, who stole a red Mustang, has the window open on the driver's side when the bikini babes wash the windshield, but closed right after in another shot. This happens multiple times.

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Quotes

Finch: You think ghosts are logical Sherriff?
Sheriff Martin: Who said anything about ghosts Finch?
Finch: I did. You know that's the trouble with people like you sheriff, never want to deal with the truth 'till its too late. Ghosts are real, as real as the lies this town is buil on, as real as the price were gonna to pay for those sins. You mark my words, you mark my words.
Sheriff Martin: Well maybe if you dried out occasionally, your words might actually mean something.

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Connections

Followed by Ghost Shark 2: Urban Jaws (2015)

User Reviews

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.