Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015, TV movie) - The wacky franchise's preliminary peak in terms of fun and entertainment value

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+ Most Ridiculous Movie of the Year

 

A ridiculously overstuffed tornado threatens the White House on the poster for Anthony C. Ferrante's Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!

Our hero Fin (Ian Ziering (Lava Storm (2008, TV movie) is getting honored by the US president in Washington, D.C., as a new sharknado looms. Then the journey goes to his family back in Florida, - and into space!

Sharknado 3 is definitely the best of the first three films in SyFy's TV movie franchise. - It is (naturally) still bad, but this time also heavily entertaining and downright funny pretty often. Mark Cuban (Entourage (2010-11)) is funny as the president; Lou Ferrigno (I Love You, Man (2009)) is another funny, new addition, - and then the movie takes us to such exciting locations as the Universal Orlando Resort, the Daytona 500 race and the ultimate exciting location: Space. Furthermore, it is funnier in its genre transgressions than its predecessors.
Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! is, as the first two, written by Thunder Levin (Sharknado (2013)) and directed by Anthony C. Ferrante (Hansel & Gretel (2013, video). It is a totally outrageous, uncompromisingly crazy movie. - Not bad.

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Here's a behind the scenes video of the section shot at the Universal Orlando Resort

 

Cost: Unknown

Box office: None - only TV

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[Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! premiered July 22 on SyFy and runs 90 minutes. It was shot in Florida, - including at Universal Orlando Resort, - Washington, D.C., California, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and Sao Paolo, Brazil. An ad campaign was sparked upon the film's premiere in which audience tweets were to decide the fate of April (Tara Reid's recurring character) in the next film. The film clocked 2.8 mil. viewers, significantly down from the highly successful second film. Whether this rocks its commercial viability is tough to assess. Sharknado: The 4th Awakens (2016) is also a fact. Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! is rotten at 36 % with a 3.9 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]

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Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014, TV movie) - SyFy's new franchise becomes a cold turkey in New York

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This poster for Anthony C. Ferrante's Sharknado 2: The Second One is an exact replica of the poster for the first film with only the text changed

 

Fin Shepard and his ex-wife are on their way to New York on their book tour, promoting her book of his heroism during the dramatic events of the first film, when another sharknado hits the two and all of Manhattan.

 

The followup to Sharknado (2013, TV movie) has more stars, - such as Richard Kind (Inside Out (2015)) in a weird, half-funny cameo that is beneath him, - in a plot that is just as ridiculous as the one in the first film. Mark McGrath (Scooby-Doo (2002)) and Dante Palminteri (Bleed for This (2016)) as Fin's brother-in-law and brother-in-law's son act the worst, - but are they supposed to? Maybe. I find the Sharknado films hard to get, really. - Their joke seems to be drawn out here.

Back as writer and director, respectively, are Thunder Levin (Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016)) and Anthony C. Ferrante (Headless Horseman (2007)).

 

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Sharknado (2013, TV movie) - A trashy TV franchise fed to life by online trending

 

 

Here's an official trailer for the TV movie

 

Cost: Unknown

Box office: Unknown (one-night US screening August 21, numbers undisclosed)

= Unknown (but certainly a TV movie hit)

[Sharknado 2: The Second One premiered July 30 on SyFy and runs 95 minutes. It was shot in California and New York in February 2014, while the state was experiencing freezing winter, which creeps into the film, although it is set in July. The film's premiere was watched by 3.9 mil. viewers in North America, the biggest TV movie debut on the SyFy channel ever. At the same time, another sequel for premiere a year later was announced. Since then also a 4th film in the franchise has been made. The budget for the film was likely 3-4 mil. $. Sharknado 2: The Second One is rotten at 59 % with a 4.7 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]

 

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Sharknado (2013, TV movie) - A trashy TV franchise fed to life by online trending

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The sensational, simultaneously awful-looking and cool-looking poster for Anthony C. Ferrante's Sharknado

 

A tornado is heading for Los Angeles, which somehow pulls an enormous batch of blood-thirsty sharks up into itself, making it a double danger!

If movies in general were heading towards the level that meets the eyes and ears of Sharknado audiences, it would be grounds for revolt and very harsh words indeed. But as this in no way seems to be the case, Sharknado can be seen without gloomy consternation.

- Maybe! Because it is still a grotesquely off-puttingly executed, demonstratively flaw- and ugliness-determined plate of trash. Sharknado is a really bizarre LA-concoction, overcrowded with clueless idiots and awfully-looking CGI sharks. The really dumb lines that spout from the mouths of Ian Ziering (Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-00)), Tara Reid (American Pie (1999)), John Heard (Gamers (2006)) and the guy with the terrible British/Australian accent are, however, not rarely quite fun, and especially so in the latter two acts of the film.

Sharknado is written by Thunder Levin (Mutant Vampire Zombies from the 'Hood! (2008)) and directed by Anthony C. Ferrante (Boo (2005)). Ultimately, it is a hard film to assess, because it was so obviously made intentionally crappy. - That ambition was fulfilled!

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In this video, 'Youtubers' react to Sharknado - enjoy ...

Cost: Reportedly 2 mil. $

Box office: Reportedly 0.2 mil. $ (special August 2 US midnight event screening)

= Unknown (but looks like a sure TV movie hit)

[Sharknado premiered on SyFy July 11 and runs 85 minutes. Filming took place in California. Ziering has stated that he agreed to do the film after pressure from his pregnant wife, so that he could get health insurance through the Screen Actors Guild. The premiere was seen by 1.37 mil. viewers, below SyFy's average for their original films. Because of a Twitter trend, the station repeated the screening a week later, where ratings grew to 1.89 mil. 9 days later, a third showing attracted 2.1 mil. viewers. The midnight screening event was planned for 200 screens, and sequels were set in motion. To date, there are 4 Sharknado TV movies. Sharknado is fresh at 81 % with a 6.1 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]

 

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