When you need a movie with bite but don’t want actual excellence or even competence, you’ll want to check out these six shark movies that are so bad they’re kind of… well, bad, but entertainingly bad:

Jaws 3-D (1983)

From our review: “The premise — that Jaws (or a family relation perhaps?) gets trapped inside of Sea World, chomping down merrily on the ticketed guests — defies any rational explanation.”

Cruel Jaws (1995)

From our review: “This Italian horror flick isn’t just bad, it’s tacky plagiarism to the highest order. Noted cinematic thief Bruno Mattei liberally cribbed scenes from six other shark movies (including all of the Jaws franchise) and — why not? — threw in some Star Wars music to give the lawyers an extra treat.”

Shark Attack 3: Megalodon (2002)

From our review: “The only reason that this movie is famous is because of certain scenes and lines that tickled geeks so much that they reposted them out of context on YouTube, racked up millions of views, and brought everlasting shame to Barrowman.”

Sharknado (2013)

From our review: “This is pure spectacle that attempts to keep you hooked by topping every scene with some new idiocy in the next. It’s far too self-aware for my taste, just a barrage of sound and fury, signifying sharks.”

Santa Jaws (2018)

From our review: “I expected extremely low effort filmmaking and was pleasantly surprised when Santa Jaws turned out to be a competently made and occasionally witty flick. It leans into the goofiness of the premise without going full Sharknado stupid.”

Deep Blue Sea 2 (2018)

From our review: “It’s also the kind of movie that starts out with a scientist lecturing people about how sharks aren’t really all that dangerous and that the idea of sharks hunting people down is a ‘Hollywood myth’ — and then proceeds to show very dangerous sharks hunting people. I guess it’s irony?”

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