Okay, let me just say… to start this review, having the ability to type something online has turned the majority of you into keyboard warriors who like to trash everything. In your opinion, nothing is good enough or worthy of a passing grade. You forgot that horror is supposed to be fun and a break from the repetitive stories we experience in everyday life. You forgot that there are definitive time periods in horror history, and one of them very much capitalized on absurd creature features – you know, the type of shit that Elvira would have hosted on Movie Macabre. Night of the Lepus, Maneater of Hydra, etc. With that said, obviously I think a lot of you have been too hard on this movie. I read some user submitted reviews and even articles put out by major publications, and I just don’t understand the hatred. This movie is great! Graveyard Shark is fins to the walls gore, nudity and camp. It’s an undeniable splatter fest that appeals to a few select audiences.
Graveyard Shark, shot by Mad Angel Films, was written, directed, produced and edited by Matthew A. Peters. Joe Cappelli, Avery Guerra, Ainslee Looman, Anthony Clark Pierce and Brandon Wheeler also served as producers. Anthony Clark Pierce led the special effects department – with assistance by Dan Stanton and Ainslee Looman – and he also created the shark monster costume. Lead cast members include Stephanie Ward, Berndele March, Michael John Gilbert, Ryan Santiago, Madisen Zabawa, Olivia Walton and Brandon Wheeler as the body inside the shark monster costume. Graveyard Shark is available on Blu-Ray, DVD and VHS via Mad Angel Films’ official website, and it’s also available for streaming on Tubi and Amazon Prime. With a name like Graveyard Shark, this title is a “must have” for fans of horror, science fiction, monster movies of the 70s, campy classics from the 80s and absurd creature features like Zombeavers and Sharknado.
“Did he just bite her titty off?” “Did she just blow the shark monster?” These are questions you’re going to ask yourself while watching Graveyard Shark – and more. It’s a fever dream of blood, boobs and practical special effects. This is the type of movie you watch alone at night, or during the Halloween season, or if/when you’re drunk/high with your buddies. Drink every time you see a pair of boobs. Dink every time the shark attacks someone. Yes, we all appreciate a nice pair of tits… but the body count, literally the kill count, is probably one of the biggest I’ve ever seen. I counted, because it’s so crazy, and 4 characters die off screen and 14 characters are murdered by the shark in cold blood… or warm blooded? If you take a shot every time someone dies, you’re probably not going to make it to the end of the movie. And that just means you’ll have to give it another go next week!
Is Graveyard Shark perfect? Well, no, but I can excuse any mistakes in production or cheesy dialogue because it’s… just fucking amazing. Kind of like how you can order anything off the Taco Bell menu and, even if they mess up your order, there’s something in the bag you’re going to sink your teeth into. I’m a slut for a good monster movie and an even bigger whore for practical special effects, and this B monster movie has just the right amount of horror troupes to keep me satisfied Plus, it also gives an origin story to how the shark monster came to exist and it’s just as odd and uncomfortable as you’d come to expect. And, yeah, that’s actually really interesting in a title about a cryptozoologist hunting a creature who’s terrorized a small town for years. Accompanied by her camera man and a small group of survivors, no one is off the menu. When you see the fog, you get the fin!
Matthew A. Peters pulled off the impossible and created my favorite shark attack movie in years. Well done. Final Score: 8.5/10.
