Ghost Shark (2013) poster
2013 · horror · sci-fi · supernatural

Ghost Shark

Directed by Griff Furst1h 24m2013
ElsewhereIMDb3.33kRT29%
  • kinetic
  • intense
  • surreal
  • cold
Movie DNA

Neutral, breathless, measured horror / sci-fi, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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A coastal town is plagued by a supernatural man-eating shark. A ghost hunter joins forces with a sea captain to uncover the secrets of the area's dark past and find a way to exorcise the spectral predator.

Our read · Ghost Shark (2013) reads as a neutral, breathless, surreal horror · sci-fi · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a silly Syfy creature feature where a ghost shark attacks from any water.

ends triumphantyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips by minute 10attention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
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DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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