Sharknado 4: The Fourth Awakens, the sequel to the sequel to the sequel to Sharknado, premiered on the SyFy Channel July 31, 2016. Ian Ziering and Tara Reid reprise their roles for the fourth time. In this movie, the sharknado strikes Las Vegas.
It stars David Hasselhoff, Tommy Davidson, Cheryl Tiegs, Al Roker (again), Garey Busey, Susan Anton, Wayne Newton, Dog the Bounty Hunter, and plenty of beefcake Chippendales dancers.
Sharknado 4 was nominated for a BloodGuts UK Horror Award for Best Prequel/Sequel/Remake
Sharknado 2: The Second One, the long-awaited sequel to Sharknado, premiered on the Syfy Channel July 30, 2014. This time the apocalyptic storm strikes New York City. It starred Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, and Vivica A. Fox (who has a birthday today!). It featured cameos by Judd Hirsch, Billy Ray Cyrus, Robert Hays, Matt Lauer, Al Roker, Michael Strahan, and the Naked Cowboy.
It referenced other movies such as Airplane! and Star Wars, and the Twilight Zone episode Nightmare at 20,000 Feet.
Another bad movie that I enjoy watching Jaws 3-D was released into theaters July 22, 1983. It had a stellar cast with Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Simon MacCorkindale, Lea Thompson, and Louis Gossett, Jr. Roy Scheider absolutely wanted no part of this movie. Quaid plays the grown up son Michael Brody of Scheider's previous role of Police Chief Martin Brody of Amity Island.
Jaws 3-D takes place in SeaWorld Orlando, where a young great white shark manages to enter from the sea and begins attacking and killing park employees. Mike Brody is a chief engineer for SeaWorld with his girl friend Kay Morgan as the senior biologist. After they capture the shark, they realize that a much larger shark has also infiltrated the park.
Although it fared well at the box office, it did not enjoy the same success as its predecessors. It was largely criticized, receiving an 11% rating from Rotten Tomatoes. Jaws 3-D was nominated for five Razzie awards in 1984: Worst Picture, Worst Director, Worst Screenplay, and Worst Supporting Actor Louis Gossett, Jr. The dolphins were also nominated for Worst New Star which is unfair, considering the material they had to work with. Also, who said their acting was terrible?
We've all heard the joke that the black guy always gets it in a horror movie. Well, uber-sexy actor LL Cool J broke that rule. In Deep Blue Sea, released in July 1999, he and Thomas Jane survive in an underwater laboratory studying mako sharks, using them to harvest experimental drugs to treat Alzheimer's Disease sufferers. Of course, nothing goes as planned and the sharks break loose, eating everyone they can.
Spoiler alert!
LL Cool J's character Preacher kills two of the three sharks. The first he blows up by igniting the gas from an oven, where the shark tried to roast him.
The second he blows up with an explosive dart, almost killing Thomas Jane's Carter in the process.
One of my favorites Deep Blue Sea, a shark thriller starring Samuel L. Jackson, opened July 28, 1999. It is proof that a black guy can survive a horror movie. That was L.L. Cool J, not Jackson, who had one of the most surprising deaths in the film.
It was a breakout role for Thomas Jane. Director Reny Harlin had directed Cutthroat Island just a few years before.
Although it received mostly lukewarm reviews when it opened, Deep Blue Sea is considered one of the best shark movies of all time.
