Swamp Shark
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Swamp Shark

Fresh water. Fresh meat.

4.1 / 10 2011 1h 25mR English
ActionAdventureComedyHorrorTV Movie

Storyline

Open on gorgeous swamplands of the Atchafalaya Basin in the summer. Lots of beautiful teens are at the beach the weekend before Gator Fest. That night an animal smuggling deal goes wrong and a large sea creature escapes into a swampy backwoods river. At the McDaniel's "Gator Shack" restaurant, a local, Jackson is drunk, and gets mangled to bits. The town sheriff blames the carnage on the McDaniel's "escaped" pack of gators and tries hauling them off to jail. Rachel McDaniel, head of the family, claims to have seen the fin of a shark! Rachel and her family, along with the help of a mysterious stranger, Charlie, take on the Swampshark and the law to clear their names, save Rachel's kid sister Krystal and prevent the unwitting folks at the upcoming Gator Fest from being torn to shreds by a beast the likes of which no one has ever seen!

Cast & Crew

Kristy Swanson

Kristy Swanson

Rachel McDaniel

Lead
Robert Davi

Robert Davi

Sheriff Watson

D. B. Sweeney

D. B. Sweeney

Charlie

Wade Boggs

Wade Boggs

Deputy Stanley

SS

Sophie Sinise

Krystal

Jason Rogel

Jason Rogel

Martin

Jeff Chase

Jeff Chase

Swamp Thing

Christopher Berry

Christopher Berry

Deputy Mandling

What People Are Saying

2.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Griff Furst's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Swamp Shark is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker