Sharknado is so Bad it's Good
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Sharknado [2013] / Syfy
“Sharks in a tornado. Sharknado. Simply stunning.” - Sharknado.
What do you need to survive a sharknado? Well, you need to be Fin Shepard, but chainsaws and explosives will do just fine.
Sharknado (directed by Anthony C. Ferrante) is a comedic horror sci-fi movie about a tornado that carries around sharks and kills people along the way. That’s it, that’s the plot. This plot carried on for six movies because the director had nothing better to do. The film follows Fin Shepard (Ian Ziering), April Wexler (Tara Reid), Nova Clarke (Cassandra Scerbo), and many others who are kind of irrelevant.
The series of movies follow Shepard and friends/family as he tries to chainsaw his way out of multiple sharks. Along with the insanely weird plot, there have been lots of cheesy lines, which make the movies more enjoyable to watch. Without those cheesy lines, there wouldn’t be much rooting for these movies. The only other reason I watch it is because I have an obsession with sharks. And I love watching my least favourite character, Wexler, almost die multiple times. Also, there is a soft spot in my heart for Shepard giving motivational speeches in front of huge crowds.
The first Sharknado movie takes place in Los Angeles, California. We meet Shepard, his family, Clarke, and some side characters. That’s also when we get introduced to the first “sharknado” they have to face. The plot isn’t half bad, but it could go a long way if some main characters died. My favourite cheesy line from the first movie would be from a store clerk.
“Apocalypse my ass! This isn’t the end of the world! Gods, they’re not angry with us, the aliens aren’t coming down! It’s the government! With a big capital ‘G’! They’re behind EVERYTHING! They know what we buy, they know what we eat, where we go to the bathroom. They know what kind of CHEESE I like…Pepper Jack. They control it all! And the weather too! I gotta hand it to em though, SHARKS? I never saw THAT coming. ”
In the second movie, Shepard and Wexler travel to New York City after terminating the “sharknado” that trashed Los Angeles. They planned to hang out with some family and watch some baseball, but that doesn’t go according to plan. Sadly, “sharknados” have followed them and have put another place under their destruction belt. This movie couldn’t have made it without Shepard’s motivational speech, and it was the highlight of my life.
“I know you’re scared. I’m scared too. They’re sharks. They’re scary. No one wants to get eaten. But I’ve been eaten. And I’m here to tell you it takes a lot more than that to bring a good man down. A lot more than that to bring a New Yorker down. Let’s go show them what it means to be a hero. Let’s go show them what it means to be a New Yorker! Let’s go kill some sharks!”
In the third movie, Shepard and Wexler go to Washington, DC and Orlando, Florida. Wexler is with her daughter in Universal Studios, and she is carrying her third child. Shepard travels from Washington to Orlando to gather his family and keep them safe from yet another “sharknado” with the help of Clarke and her friend. The plot is the same for the entire movie, until the ending when something exciting happens. Wexler gets swallowed up by a shark, and soon after, she comes crawling out with a baby in her hands. She gave birth in a shark. It’s unrealistic, but that’s one thing that surprised me during this movie.
The fourth movie takes place in Chicago and Las Vegas. It wasn’t just a sharknado this time; there was a lightningado, oilnado, firenado, cownado, a sandnado with rocks, and a nuclearnado. I wish I thought of this; I have never seen anything this creative before.
The fifth movie takes Shepard, his family, and friends around the world to stop a global sharknado, and there’s not much to say about that. And the final movie takes the Shepards to different time zones to put a stop to the very first sharknado from ever existing, which will bring all the family together again.
Even though many people wrote terrible reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, it will always be that movie you watch when you’re bored out of your mind. Sharknado isn’t for everybody, but you will never know what you will think of it until you have seen at least one.
Check out the first Sharknado movie trailer.
Cassandra Purcell
Cassandra is a second-year student in the Professional Writing program at Algonquin College. She loves writing real-life horror stories, being anti-social, and watching American Horror Story.
