Shark Exorcist (2015) Reviews

• A z grade shark movie made with zero effort that never delivers the goods

  limoncella-641-422352016-07-01

  The premise of this movie caught my interest. A Great White Shark possessed by Satan living in a lake is feasting on young attractive women and a priest is called in to perform an exorcism and destroy the monster. Shark movies all typically follow the same formula, so the idea of a demonically possessed shark seemed an unusual gimmick compared to your standard shark fare, however the kind of film I envisioned once I read the premise was not even close to the kind of film it ended up being. This is a really muddled movie, sometimes it's a typical shark attack movie, but it's also a vampire movie and also an Exorcist inspired possession movie. These ideas might have worked, but at only 70 minutes long there simply isn't enough time to develop these story elements with any cohesion. The whole movie looks and sounds terrible, with a cheap low-end digital look typical of YouTube videos, scuzzy audio design and nonexistent choreography. I was honestly shocked when i saw the director has been making movies for some 30 odd years, Shark Exorcist looks like something a first year film school dropout would have been embarrassed to make. It's clear from the finished product that no one involved in the making of this movie cared whatsoever. It fails as entertainment, it doesn't even work as a piece of Schlock Cinema, it's just a forgettable cash-grab piece of trash.

• Oh. My. God

  ramoncarrasquel2016-10-14

  Wild Eye Releasing is probably the Dingo Pictures of Live-Action Movies, because after making terrible after terrible movie, somehow they managed to keep lowering the bar, to the point that their movies are a disgrace to indie filmaking. After watching The Amazing Bulk, I never thought that something will top it as the worst movie ever, but somehow this piece of sh*t, manages to beat The Amazing Bulk in every single level of awful, to the point that is impossible that someone made a movie this bad. Every word I can describe Shark Excorcist is negative: There is basically no story, he dialogue is dumb, the movie doesn't have a structure, some scenes don't add anything, the acting is terrible, the camera work is beyond unprofessional, the sound work is awful, the soundtrack is sh*t, there are basically no characters, the CGI is atrocious, the editing is bad, EVERYTHING IS SO DAMN WRONG. There's nothing good to save about this movie, it's not even one of those movies that are so bad they're good, this one is so bad that is just BAD. This one of those that I will give a 0/10, because it isn't a movie, but since IMDb doesn't have a 0 rating, there you go 1/10. Worst Movie I have seen so far.

• The ultimate homemade movie

  Leofwine_draca2016-07-06

  SHARK EXORCIST is another bandwagon-jumping monster flick. It seems B-movie film-makers these days have realised that anything involving a shark sells well, so you get films about robot sharks, giant sharks, ghost sharks, you name it. The premise for this one is quite literally JAWS meets THE EXORCIST, but if you're looking for a genuine B-movie then you've come to the wrong place. This is a homemade movie, and the most expensive thing about the film is the camera - this admittedly looks great in high definition. It's unfortunate, then, that's there's no real film or story here, just a bunch of scenes involving young women wandering around in bikinis and showing off their tanned bodies. The action plot incidents that make up the story occupy about five minutes of screen time tops and the rest is just padding. There's no nudity or gore, so this really does fail as an exploitation movie. The shark scenes involve just a few snippets of CGI which is neither here nor there. Unsurprisingly the acting from the young female cast is dreadful and quite embarrassing for the viewer to sit through. The nadir of the film is when the characters attend a fairground and wander around for ten minutes doing nothing. And once the credits roll you get not one but two tacked-on scenes of more aimless wandering just to pad out the running time. SHARK EXORCIST is a film that makes SHARKNADO look like CITIZEN KANE.

• Fantastically awful but without being fun and entertaining.

  gedanielson2016-07-01

  A sad film, not for the story, but for the poor saps who thought they would take a chance and watch it. You'd think that after making several films writer director Donald Farmer would have learned something about film making but sadly he has not. Lucky for me I haven't had the opportunity to see any of Donald's other films and I'm hoping to keep it that way. It's a film lacking in so many ways, there's a bad script with dumb story ideas, some so-so actors, poor special effects, unimaginative CGI. We watched it as a group and no one was happy. There was a lot of complaining. It wasn't bad enough to be funny, just annoying. Really annoying. And on top of that he spent $300,000 on it. Where did that money go, it's not on the screen. How the movie scores a 3.9 is easily explained, 13 of the 55 votes are a ten. Nice to know someone has some co-workers. I could only give it a 1, like 32 other voters, especially after the nearly 10 minute end of the movie. That ending has to be seen to be sneered at but don't watch it, just take my word to stay away. Go watch a good movie, one you like, and forget about this mess.

• Well was it a comedy or a monster film

  azura-168662016-07-07

  So OK if you like shark films then this film will be a film you might like. It is just like it has been filmed at home and some of the scenes are just silly and so unrealistic. It is almost so bad it is funny and more like a comedy then a film. The shark is also so bad it's funny you don't see the shark attack anyone it just cuts to the shark then to the person who is covered in very bad fake blood it looks like tomato sauce. The acting I thought was bad as well and again like they were acting out a school play and not a movie will not be watching this film again. It is a bit like a really rubbish jaws meets final destination so yes I would not see this film again