October Horror Challenge - Trailer Park Shark (2017)

  

 Synopsis

When their trailer park is flooded a group of rednecks face off with a corrupt businessman and an electrified shark.

Review

I found this one while down in Louisville for the Goatman Festival. It looked awful, but I had to have it. I passed it up my first day down but went back to get it the next. I joked with Josh and Eric that SURIVE THIS!! Trailer Park Shark should be their next game. Honestly if I can make a short scenario out of it, I just might.

This isn't going to be a long review. Trailer Park Shark is your typical cheesy low budget shark flick. It's not great. Hell it's not even close to being good. In general, the acting is amateurish, but charming. I liked the lead, Thomas Ian Nichols, though I've never seen him in anything else. While she's given the spotlight on the case, Tara Reid only appears in the film briefly and is forgettable. There is a nice "wink wink" moment that references Sharknado. The only other actor I recognized was Dennis Haskins, who played Mr. Belding in Saved By The Bell. The shark is looks ridiculous as most CGI sharks do. It does have a nice twist, having been infused with electricity and being able to stun those in the water. 

As far as bad shark movies go, this is actually one of the better ones. You can watch it on Tubi where it's listed as it's boring alternate title Shock Shark. 

In Your Game

Shock Shark (Beast) 

Armor Class: 12

Hit Dice: 30 (7 HD)
Move: 20 (Swim)
Actions: 1 

Attack: Bite (2d6) or Shock (1d4, all creatures within 20', Critical saving throw or be stunned and lose next turn)
Special: Blood Frenzy, Electrified, can leap up to 10 feet out of water

Bonuses: +5 to melee attacks, +5 to melee damage

Alignment: Unaligned

Morale: 10

Madness: -
Terror: 12

HDE: 5

Blood Frenzy: The smell of blood will cause a shark to frenzy, giving it advantage on attack rolls, but giving it a -2 AC penalty. 

Electrified: Any creature that makes a successful melee attack against a shock shark must make a Critical saving throw or be stunned (losing their next turn). 

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