{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = Dinoshark DVD.jpg | image_size = 220 | image_alt = | caption = DVD cover | genre = | creator = | based_on = | writer = Frances Doel<br />Guy Prevost | screenplay = | story = | director = Kevin O'Neill | starring = Eric Balfour | narrator = | theme_music_composer = Cynthia Brown | country = United States | language = English | num_episodes = | producer = Roger Corman<br />Julie Corman | editor = Vikram Kale<br />Olena Kuhtaryeva | cinematography = Eduardo Flores Torres | runtime = 90 minutes | company = | budget = $2,000,000 (estimated) | network = Syfy | released = {{Start date|2010|03|13}} }} '''''Dinoshark''''' is a 2010 low budget horror film produced by Syfy. It was shown on Syfy on March 13, 2010.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/Delirium_008_2015_Digital_TLK-EMPIRE-HD|title=Roger Corman King of the Creature Feature|first=Jason|last=Bene|magazine=Delirium|number=8|date=August 2015|pages=[https://archive.org/details/Delirium_008_2015_Digital_TLK-EMPIRE-HD/page/n7 8]–13}}</ref> A spin-off and it is the third installment in the ''Dinocroc'' film series
==Background== The film premiered on Syfy on the evening of March 13, 2010<ref name="Monsters">{{cite web |url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/smallscreen/reviews/article_1538799.php/Review-Dinoshark-is-epic-Syfy-s-Roger-Corman-fish-tale-airs-Sat-March-13 |title=Review: Dinoshark is epic, Syfy's Roger Corman fish tale airs Sat, March 13 |access-date=2010-06-10 |last=MacIntyre |first=April |date=2010-03-05 |work=Monsters and Critics |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501131109/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/smallscreen/reviews/article_1538799.php/Review-Dinoshark-is-epic-Syfy-s-Roger-Corman-fish-tale-airs-Sat-March-13 |archive-date=2011-05-01}}</ref> before 2 million viewers.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://tv.broadwayworld.com/article/Syfy_Announces_Schedule_Of_Upcoming_Saturday_Original_Movies_20100603 | title = Syfy Announces Schedule Of Upcoming Saturday Original Movies | access-date = 2010-06-10 | work = Broadway World | archive-date = July 8, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110708095056/http://tv.broadwayworld.com/article/Syfy_Announces_Schedule_Of_Upcoming_Saturday_Original_Movies_20100603 | url-status = live }}</ref> ''Dinoshark'' followed up ''Dinocroc''; Roger Corman proposed a sequel (''Dinocroc 2'') but Syfy felt that television audiences tended to respond better to new-but-similar ideas more than direct sequels.<ref name="HR">{{cite news | url = https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61G1E420100217 | title = Syfy teams with Corman for "Dinoshark" movie | access-date = 2010-06-10 | work = Hollywood Reporter | date = 2010-02-17 | archive-date = July 28, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220728182927/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61G1E420100217 | url-status = live }}</ref> April MacIntyre, of Monsters and Critics, compared the film to old B movies.<ref name="Monsters" /> A sequel titled ''Dinocroc vs. Supergator'' was released on June 26, 2010. Roger Corman said that while the plot is hard to believe, the film can be enjoyed if disbelief is suspended and that the film is internally consistent.<ref name="HR" />
''Dinoshark'' has been described as ''Dinocroc'' with flippers.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35962/sharktopus-plot-details-and-dinoshark-image-revealed | title = Sharktopus Plot Details and Dinoshark Image Revealed! | access-date = 2010-06-10 | work = Dread Central | date = 17 February 2010 | archive-date = October 16, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131016050143/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35962/sharktopus-plot-details-and-dinoshark-image-revealed | url-status = live }}</ref> Before the film was released, Margaret Lyons of ''Entertainment Weekly'' said that this, along with ''Sharktopus'', were destined to be classics of the "awesomely awful made-for-TV movie genre".<ref>{{cite magazine | url = http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/02/18/dinoshark-sharktopus-syfy/ | title = 'Dinoshark', 'Sharktopus', and the 10 greatest Syfy titles and taglines ever | access-date = 2010-06-10 | last = Lyons | first = Margaret | date = 2010-02-18 | magazine = Entertainment Weekly | archive-date = August 22, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100822172919/http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/02/18/dinoshark-sharktopus-syfy/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
==Plot == The film opens with aquatic dinosaur infants swimming away from a broken chunk of Arctic glacier that calved due to global warming. Three years later, one is a ferocious predatory adult and kills tourists and locals offshore from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The protagonist, Trace, is first to notice the creature and witnesses his friend get eaten, but has trouble convincing people that a creature of such antiquity is still alive and eating people.
==Cast== * Eric Balfour as Trace McGraw * Iva Hasperger as Carol Brubaker * Aarón Díaz as Luis * Roger Corman as Dr. Reeves * Blythe Metz as Newscaster * Vela Hammond as Mag * Blanche Wheeler as Dani * Shaun Carson as David * Jenna Manger as Ali
==Reception== Critics and reviewers tended to share similar views on the nature of the film, seeing it as a continuation in the tradition of older B movie horror/monster films, with the implausible plots, stock sequences and questionable acting typical of that genre.
Critics were divided between those who felt this made it highly entertaining and those who felt this made the film exceptionally poor in quality and panned it for its lack of redeeming features. In both cases though, critics conceded that it stood a chance of becoming a classic of its kind, if for nothing else than for a level of awfulness that mandated watching. April Macintyre of ''Monsters and critics'' gave it a positive review.<ref name="Monsters" /> Referring to "fun films, laced with implausible plots, brilliant poster art and laughable dialogue [that] demanded that you show up ready to suspend disbelief, prepare for a scare and always left the audience entertained", she wrote that some aspects are "hilariously over the top. Think Al Pacino's Cuban accent in ''Scarface'' times ten", but concluded that in the context of its genre, "we wouldn't want it any other way."<ref name="Monsters" />
On the negative side, Dread Central was condemnatory of the "rubbery" monster, "exceptionally chintzy" effects, and "some of the worst acting ever seen in a Syfy original movie", concluding that users who did not regularly watch "schlocky shark flicks" would probably enjoy laughing at "this silly offering in which half the cast sound like they were voiced over by George Lopez".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/dinoshark-2010 | title = Dinoshark (2010) | access-date = 2010-06-10 | date = 2010-03-15 | work = Dread Central}}</ref> ''Chicago Now'' gave it one star out of 5 as a "low-budget joker" and "cheesy, mindless fun", stating there had to be a "fun drinking game" in it and the best thing about it was the title.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/show-patrol/2010/03/dinoshark-sinks-but-its-a-whale-of-a-good-time.html |title=Dinoshark: 'Dinoshark' sinks, but it's a whale of a good time – Show Patrol |publisher=Chicagonow.com |access-date=2010-06-10 |archive-date=March 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326183208/http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/show-patrol/2010/03/dinoshark-sinks-but-its-a-whale-of-a-good-time.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/show-patrol/2010/03/roger-cormans-back-with-sharktacular-b-movie-mayhem.html |title=Dinoshark: Roger Corman's back with sharktacular B-movie mayhem – Show Patrol |publisher=Chicagonow.com |access-date=2010-06-10 |archive-date=August 6, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806192934/http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/show-patrol/2010/03/roger-cormans-back-with-sharktacular-b-movie-mayhem.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Home video== ''Dinoshark'' was released on DVD and Blu-ray on April 26, 2011.
==See also== * List of killer shark films
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Wikiquote}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130720120927/http://www.dinoshark-themovie.com/ Official website] * {{IMDb title|1545986}} * {{TCMDb title|792366|Dinoshark}}
{{Dinocroc}} {{Roger Corman}}
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