Sand Sharks (2011)
It's about sharks that swim in the sand. They swim, according to marine biologist Brooke Hogan, by movement of their scales pushing the sand along.
If you can get your head round that initial premise then this is a terrifically fun film. It's pretty much a Jaws rip off. Some scenes (Finger nails down a chalk board) are unashamedly stolen outright during the first hour, and it greatly adds to this films charm.
As does the brilliant cast and wonderful characters. As well as Hogan, who is the most convincing hot scientist type since Denise Richards in The World is Not Enough (1999), there's a wildly loud turn from Corin Nemec as the mayor's son returned home to hold the best beach rave on the whole coast at any cost, sand sharks be damned.
Sand Sharks is one of those movies you know is bad but can't help enjoy (At least i can't). The shark effects are shit, and the beach party decidedly small scale, so much so that the revelers seem to be social distancing a whole nine years before Covid, but it's such a blast and i love it.
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