Find listings of daytime and primetime ABC TV shows, movies and specials. Get links to your favorite show pages. YUh8oraDQpymMTkbZr8vW4Hm6.jpg' alt='Shark Lake Full Movie Part 1' title='Shark Lake Full Movie Part 1' />Sharknado Wikipedia. Sharknado is a 2. Los Angeles. It is the first installment in the Sharknado film series. It first aired on the Syfy channel on July 1. Tara Reid, Ian Ziering, and John Heard. It was also given a one night only special midnight theatrical screening via Regal Cinemas and NCM Fathom Events, where it earned less than 2. Four sequels were produced Sharknado 2 The Second One, Sharknado 3 Oh Hell No, Sharknado The 4th Awakens and Sharknado 5 Global Swarming. A freak cyclone hits Los Angeles, causing water spouts that scoop up man eating sharks and flood the city with shark infested seawater. Bar owner and surfer Fin sets out with his friends, Baz, Nova, and George, to rescue his estranged wife, April, and their teenage daughter, Claudia, after the bar and boardwalk are destroyed by the flooding. While heading to Aprils home, the group stops in a freeway to save people as flooding causes sharks to attack. George is killed and the group learns of a tornado warning. They arrive at Aprils house just before the first floor is flooded and shark infested. Collin, Aprils boyfriend, is eaten by sharks, but the rest of the group escapes unharmed. Fin stops the car to save the children stuck in the bus from the assaulting sharks. Afterwards, the bus driver is killed by the H in the Hollywood Sign. While Nova is driving the car, a shark lands on top of the car and rips the roof off. Fins hand is cut and the group abandons the car before it explodes. They steal another car and meet up with Fin and Aprils son Matt, who is found taking shelter at his flight school. They borrow equipment from a nearby storage and Matt and Nova become attracted to each other. Matt and Nova decide to stop the threat of the incoming sharknadoes by tossing bombs into them from a helicopter. Two are destroyed, but they are unable to stop the third one. As Nova fights off a shark that had latched onto the helicopter, she falls out of the helicopter and directly into another sharks mouth. Sharknado is a 2013 madefortelevision science fiction disaster horror comedy film about a waterspout that lifts sharks out of the ocean and deposits them in Los Angeles. Replicants, superheros, and reboots await you in our Fall Movie Guide. Plan your season and take note of the hotly anticipated indie, foreign, and documentary. Share this Rating. Title Swamp Shark TV Movie 2011 3. Want to share IMDbs rating on your own site Use the HTML below. Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchleys 1974 novel of the same name. In the story, a giant maneating great. Matt is heartbroken. Baz is also lost in the storm along with Matts friends Bobby and Luellyn. Ultimately, Fin destroys the last sharknado with a bomb attached to his car and the sharks begin to plummet toward the ground. One falling shark flies directly toward the remaining members of the group. Fin jumps into its mouth with a chainsaw and cuts his way out. He emerges carrying an unconscious but otherwise unharmed Nova. Matt is reunited with Nova, and Fin gets back together with April. Ian Ziering as Finley Fin Shepard, an ex surfer who owns a bar. Tara Reid as April Wexler, Fins ex wife. John Heard as George, a drunk man who spends all his time at Fins bar. Cassie Scerbo as Nova Clarke, a bartender who works for Fin. Jaason Simmons as Baz, Fins right hand man. Aubrey Peeples as Claudia Shepard, April and Fins daughter who feels left out. Chuck Hittinger as Matt Shepard, Fin and Aprils son in flight school. Christopher Wolfe as Collin, Aprils boyfriend. Robbie Rist as Robbie, a bus driver. Alex Arleo as Bobby, one of Matts friends in flight school. Connor Weil as Luellyn, one of Matts friends in flight school. Julie Mc. Cullough as Jonni Waves, a news reporter. Adrian Bustamante as Kelso, a lifeguard. ProductioneditSharknado was directed for film studio The Asylum by Anthony C. Ferrante, whose previous directing credits include the horror film Boo, and written by Thunder Levin, whose previous writing credits include the film Mutant Vampire Zombies from the Hood3 The films tagline is Enough said1. Sharknado is one of many B movies commissioned by Syfy. Robbie Rist said in an interview that he came upon the films poster at the American Film Market and became enthusiastic about the concept. When his friend Ferrante said that he had been approached to direct the film, Rist insisted that Ferrante take the job. Rist was given a small role in the film and composed the theme. Actress Tara Reid said of the film, It is silly, and theres only a certain amount of barriers you could go into. You cant take it so seriously when its absolutely the sharks flying in the sky. Its so out there that its actually really funny. The cast had to imagine the presence of sharks due to a green screen being frequently in use. Ian Ziering stated that he had serious reservations about the script but was motivated, in part, by the need to earn enough to qualify for Screen Actors Guild health insurance for his family. In an interview with Uproxxs Danger Guerrero, Ferrante summarized the films plot Theres a flood. And a storm. Dont worry about it. ReleaseeditThe premiere of the film was watched by 1. Syfy original film. The film was a trend on Twitter, including discussion by celebrities such as Damon Lindelof, Wil Wheaton, and Olivia Wilde and also by Cory Monteith, whose last tweet before his death was about the film. Due to an increase in publicity mostly through Twitter, Syfy repeated Sharknado on Thursday, July 1. The airing was watched by 1. On July 2. 7, a third airing of Sharknado got 2. Syfy history. 1. 8Sharknado is projected to increase revenue for The Asylum from 5 million in 2. A representative of the National Weather Service jokingly recommended what to do in case of a sharknado, saying As with any waterspout or tornado, the best advice is to be in an interior part of the lowest floor of a sturdy building and not outside, whether sharks are raining down or not. Organizations such as the Red Cross of Oklahoma City also used the film as an opportunity to pass on storm safety information2. Regal Cinemas announced that at midnight on August 2, 2. Tickets sold out quickly in New York, Boston, and Seattle, where more showings were added to appease customer demand. Box office numbers were weak for the midnight showings estimates were at under 2. International broadcasteditAustralia Premiere on the Universal Channel was scheduled for September 9, 2. July 2. 6, 2. 01. It rated 5. 4,0. 00 viewers, making it the sixth most watched program for the night and third most watched non sport program on subscription television. United Kingdom Premiered on Syfy on August 7, 2. New Zealand Premiered on free to air television channel Prime on September 1. Germany Premiered on free to air Tele 5 television channel on January 1. Worst films of all times series. MerchandisingeditSyfy and The Asylum announced in August 2. Sharknado merchandise would be made available, including T shirts and potentially other products. Funko acquired the licensing agreement to manufacture the POP Vinyl version of Sharknado 3. ReceptioneditRotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 8. The sites consensus states Proudly, shamelessly, and gloriously brainless, Sharknado redefines so bad its good for a new generation. Reviewer Mary Mc. Namara, writing for the Los Angeles Times, mentioned that the plot holes are the whole point of movies like this fabulous in home commentary. Often accompanied by the consumption of many alcoholic beverages. David Hinckley of the New York Daily News said Sharknado is an hour and a half of your life that youll never get back. And you wont want to. Kim Newman of Empire called the film cynical rubbish, with an attention getting title and just enough footage of terrible CG sharks in a terrible CG tornado chomping on people to fill out a trailer suitable for attracting You. Tube hits. 3. 3Sharknado has become a cult film. The film was used for a Riff. Watch Blooded Online. Trax Live event in July 2. Mystery Science Theater 3. NCM Fathom the idea for using the film for this was prompted by the Sharknado producers discussing the film with Fathom at the same time. After the event, Ferrante said that Being skewered by the MST3. K guys was an honor. In 2. 01. 6, Homes. How to Prepare Your Home For a Sharknado. SequelseditThe success of Sharknado spawned a series of sequels with the fifth entry in the series announced in early 2.