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Sharksploitation is a subgenre of exploitation film that involves sharks or shark attacks. The genre emerged in the wake of the 1975 film Jaws and its sequels, but fell in popularity soon after. The 1999 film Deep Blue Sea brought it back to public prominence. Other examples of sharksploitation films include Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus (2009), Dinoshark, Sharktopus (both 2010), Snow Shark (2012), Ghost Shark (2013), Avalanche Sharks (2014), and the Sharknado film series (2013–2018).

In 2023, a feature-length documentary film about the subgenre, titled Sharksploitation, was produced and released by Shudder.

Notable sharksploitation films

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1. ^ Open Water 2 has been excluded from this list. Although it is nominally part of the Open Water franchise, it is thematically unrelated to either Open Water or Open Water 3.
2. Cocaine Shark does feature character and geographical connections to both the Jurassic Shark franchise and Sharkenstein film, it is thematically unrelated to either film at this stage, with actors playing different characters in each film.

See also

• Exploitation film
• Great white shark

References

1. Onion, Rebecca (June 16, 2005). "Sharksploitation! Jaws and the sad decline of the shark movie". Slate. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
2. Squires, John (June 22, 2023). "'Sharksploitation' – Shudder Original Shark Horror Documentary Premieres This Summer". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
3. Choi, Charles Q. (June 20, 2010). "How 'Jaws' Forever Changed Our View of Great White Sharks". LiveScience. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
4. Howard, Jules (August 19, 2018). "The last 'Sharknado' won't be the end of sharksploitation films. But sharks do need saving". NBC News. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
5. de la Fuente, Anna Marie (August 2, 2021). "Doc 'Sharksploitation' Delves into the Sub-Genre Spawned by Steven Spielberg's 'Jaws' (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
6. Squires, John (June 22, 2023). "'Sharksploitation' – Shudder Original Shark Horror Documentary Premieres This Summer". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
7. Mack, Andrew (July 18, 2023). "Sharksploitation Trailer: Shark Horror Doc Debuts on Shudder This Friday". Screen Anarchy. Retrieved July 25, 2023.

External links

• "Sharksploitation". sharksploitation.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2021.
• Sharksploitation exhibit -- Living Sharks Museum
• Film School Rejects - "Sharksploitation: Feel the Grove According to 'Jaws'
• Smithsonian Magazine - "How Realistic Is The Shark Science in 'The Shallows'?"
• ABC News - "Why Has 'Sharknado' Become Such a Culture Phenomenon?"

• Films by type
• Film genres
• Exploitation films
• Mockbuster films
• Films about shark attacks