Sand Sharks (2011) poster
2011 · comedy · horror · sci-fi · monster

Sand Sharks

Directed by Mark Atkins1h 27m2011
ElsewhereIMDb2.66k
  • warm
  • kinetic
  • inventive
  • cold
  • funny
Movie DNA

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

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Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the beach, it appears that our large fishy friends have found a way to chomp on you when you're chilling out on the sand too!

Our read · Sand Sharks (2011) reads as a warm, breathless, surreal comedy · horror · sci-fi 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 low-budget sharks bursting from sand for schlocky laughs.

ends unsettlingyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips by minute 8attention 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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