The entertainment anglers at VIZIO are chumming the warm seasonal waters with the best in campy shark terror titles with a new free Shark Attack pop-up channel (#598) arriving on the platform today. The lineup includes some of the most notable franchises in shark horror, including “Sharknado,” “Bull Shark,” “Open Water,” and more. Check out the complete shark infested lineup below:
Sharknado
When a freak hurricane swamps Los Angeles, nature’s deadliest killer rules sea, land, and air as thousands of sharks terrorize the waterlogged populace.
Cast: Ian Ziering (“Beverly Hills, 90210”), Tara Reid (“American Pie”), John Heard (“Home Alone”)
Sharknado 2: The Second One
Ian Ziering and Tara Reid return as Fin and April, who, on their way to New York City, run into a category seven hurricane that spawns heavy rain, storm surges, and another round of deadly Sharknados. Vivca A. Fox (“Independence Day”) also stars.
Bull Shark
When a pregnant bull shark is mistakenly returned to a Texas lake, her offspring begin to terrorize the town, threatening the summer tourist season. It falls to Spencer, a troubled game warden, to overcome his personal demons and the local politics to stop the rampage.
Cast: Thom Hallum (“Copper Bill”), Billy Blair (“Sin City: A Dame to Kill For”), Lindsey Marie Wilson (“America is Sinking”)
Bull Shark 2
“Bull Shark 2” continues the aquatic horror in the same Texas lake from the first film, where a new bull shark emerges to terrorize unsuspecting visitors. The town is still grappling with the aftermath of the first attacks, and the retired game warden Spencer is called back into action to deal with the renewed threat.
Cast: Thom Hallum (“Copper Bill”), Billy Blair (“Sin City: A Dame to Kill For”), Andrea Cohen (“Black Box”)
Bull Shark 3
In the epic finale of the “Bull Shark” trilogy, a family of Bull Sharks faces off against a small texas lake community.
Cast: Thom Hallum (“Copper Bill”), Billy Blair (“Sin City: A Dame to Kill For”), Chad Ridgely (“The Wire”)
Open Water
Blanchard Ryan (“Orange is the New Black”) and Daniel Travis (“Dexter”) star in this deep-sea thriller based on the true story of two scuba divers accidentally stranded in shark-infested waters after their tour boat has left.
Open Water 2: Adrift
“Open Water 2” follows a group of old high school friends who embark on a luxurious yacht trip. Their fun quickly turns to terror when they all jump into the ocean for a swim, only to realize no one remembered to lower the ladder back onto the boat. Stranded miles from shore with an infant left alone on the yacht, the friends face a harrowing fight for survival against the elements, their own escalating panic, and dwindling hope.
Cast: Susan May Pratt (“10 Things I Hate About You”), Richard Speight Jr. (“Supernatural”), Ali Hillis (“Must Love Dogs”)
Open Water 3: Cage Dive
Three friends filming an audition tape for an extreme reality-TV show find themselves stranded in shark-infested waters, turning their recording into a bloody diary of death. Do they have what it takes to survive the open water?
Cast: Joel Hogan (“Chameleon”), Chris Bath (“All Saints”), Megan Peta Hill (“The Flash”)
2-Headed Shark Attack
This 2012 horror centers on a “Semester at Sea” ship that falls victim to a mutated, two-headed shark. The survivors escape to a seemingly deserted atoll, but their brief respite is shattered when the atoll itself begins to sink. Trapped between the collapsing landmass and the relentless, double-jawed monster, the coeds face a desperate fight for survival.
Cast: Carmen Electra (“Scary Movie”), Charlie O’Connell (“Dude, Where’s My Car?”), Brooke Hogan (“GLOW”)
3-Headed Shark Attack
What’s scarier than a two-headed shark? A three-headed shark! This 2015 horror follows a group of scientists studying an ocean garbage patch, who encounter a monstrous three-headed shark that destroys their research facility. The survivors, along with a group on a party boat, find themselves hunted by the creature as it devours its way through everything in its path.
Cast: Danny Trejo (“Machete”), Karrueche Tran (“The Bay”), Rob Van Dam (“Wrong Side of Town”)
5-Headed Shark Attack
Shaped like a demented sea star, a five-headed mutant shark emerges in the waters around Puerto Rico, terrorizing beaches and the open ocean. A group of marine biologists and a determined shark hunter must band together to stop the seemingly unstoppable creature as it devours everything in its path.
Cast: Chris Bruno (“The Dead Zone”), Nikki Howard (“Love Virtually”), Lindsay Sawyer (“Sinister Squad”)
Red Water
A group of oil workers being held hostage by a group of gangsters on a small oil rig are attacked by a freshwater bull shark.
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips (“Young Guns”), Kristy Swanson (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”), Coolio (“Daredevil”)
Megalodon Rising
In “Megalodon Rising,” a standoff between a US Navy ship and a Chinese warship is complicated by the emergence of these massive prehistoric sharks. As the naval forces struggle to contend with the giant predators, a small group attempts to devise a way to halt the relentless attacks.
Cast: Tom Sizemore (“Saving Private Ryan”), Wynter Eddins (“Motel California”), O’Shay Neal (“Snowfall”)
Megalodon: The Frenzy
“Megalodon: The Frenzy” unleashes not one, but five colossal Megalodons into the open ocean. After an initial attack on a US Navy ship, the surviving crew, led by a new commander, must battle these seemingly unstoppable prehistoric predators. As the stakes escalate, they try to find a way to stop the “frenzy” of sharks that are terrorizing the seas.
Cast: Caroline Williams (“Renfield”), Eric Roberts (“The Dark Knight”), Jessica Chancellor (“Mystery Incorporated”)
Planet of the Sharks
In the near future, glacial melting has covered ninety-eight percent of Earth’s landmass. Sharks have flourished and now dominate the planet, operating as one massive school led by a mutated alpha shark.
Cast: Brandon Auret (“District 9”), Stephanie Beran (“Big Kill”), Christia Visser (“Last Ones Out”)
Empire of the Sharks
On a future earth where 98% of the surface is underwater, a Warlord who controls an army of sharks meets his match when he captures the daughter of a mysterious shark caller.
Cast: John Savage (“The Last Full Measure”), Jack Armstrong (“Patterns”), Thandi Sebe (“Viva Forever”)
Tsunami Sharks
A catastrophic tsunami devastates a coastal city, but the terror doesn’t end with the flood. As the waters rise, a new nightmare emerges: bloodthirsty sharks, carried in by the massive wave, now infest the submerged streets. Survivors, trapped and desperate, must not only contend with the destruction of the natural disaster but also fight for their lives against the relentless predators.
Cast: Anna Albie (“Varsity Punks”), Mark Denham (“Ghosted”), Robin Kirwan (“Scorched Earth”)
Swamp Shark
When an illegal animal smuggling operation goes awry, a dangerous exotic shark is released into a Louisiana swamp. As the creature begins preying on local wildlife and then humans, including those connected to a local “Gator Fest,” a small group of locals, including a restaurant owner and a mysterious wildlife agent, must band together to hunt down the seemingly indestructible shark and save their town from further terror.
Cast: Kristy Swanson (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”), D.B. Sweeney (“Eight Men Out”), Jason Rogel (“NCIS”)
Ice Sharks
A group of scientists at a research facility based in the Arctic battle a breed of sharks that have invaded Arctic waters.
Cast: Edward DeRuiter (“Mega Shark Vs. Kolossus”), Jenna Parker (“Diablo Canyon”), Kaiwi Lyman (“Den of Thieves”)
Shark Lake
Dolph Lundgren stars as Clint, an exotic animal dealer paroled from prison. Years prior, Clint accidentally released a pregnant bull shark into a tranquil lake during an arrest. Now, as swimmers and locals start disappearing, it becomes clear that the shark – and its offspring – are behind the attacks. A fiercely protective single-mom cop, Meredith, who ironically adopted Clint’s daughter, teams up with a marine biologist and reluctantly, Clint himself, to stop the escalating threat to their quiet lake town.
Additional cast: Sara Malakul Lane (“King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table”), Lily Brooks O’Briant (“The Young and the Restless”)
Mountain Shark
When a group of skilled hunters are sent on a secret mission into dark, mysterious mountains surrounding an abandoned weapons research base, they soon discover a terrifying truth: the hills are not just alive with sounds, but with the screams of those who encounter a deadly, unseen threat – presumably a shark that has adapted to a land-based environment, or a creature resembling one.
Cast: Ema Ekaete (“Tell No Lies”), Emily Felicia Moore (“Snap Shot”), Julia Quayle (“Beneath the Surface”)
Santa Jaws
Trying to survive his family Christmas, Cody makes a wish to be alone, which ends up backfiring when a shark manifests and kills his entire family.
Cast: Reid Miller (“Accused”), Courtney Lauren Cummings (“The Sex Lives of College Girls”), Jim Klock (“The Underground Railroad”)
Mississippi River Sharks
“Mississippi River Sharks” sees the annual “Fish Rodeo” on the Mississippi River disrupted by an unexpected and deadly invasion: man-eating sharks. As the local authorities try to downplay the threat for the sake of the popular event, a group of determined locals, along with a visiting B-movie actor, must band together to stop the aquatic predators before they decimate the town and its festivities.
Cast: Cassie Steele (“Degrassi: The Next Generation”), Jason London (“Dazed and Confused”), Miles Doleac (“The Dinner Party”)
Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre
When a fracking environmental accident rips apart the Earth’s crust, the resulting hole lets out prehistoric sharks from underground. The sharks target a group of women and trap them in a cabin.
Cast: Dominique Swain (“Lolita”), Traci Lords (“Cry-Baby”), Christine Nguyen (“Get Him to the Greek”)
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