Sand Sharks(2011)
2011 · Mark Atkins · 87 min
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the beach, it appears that our large fishy friends have found a way to chomp on you when you're chilling out on the sand too!
Comedy · Horror · Science Fiction
3.7161 votes
TMDB score
1/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
0/5
Stays with you
How scary is Sand Sharks?
Watching this feels like flipping on a cheesy creature-feature just to laugh at it with friends, not to actually get scared. The pacing is quick and silly, with sharks popping out of sand for goofy attack scenes rather than any real buildup of dread. It leans hard into so-bad-it's-fun territory, with cheap effects and over-the-top kills played for laughs. This is popcorn monster-movie fun, not anything that will unsettle you afterward.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Sand Sharks rates psychological 1/5, visceral 2/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 0/5, and overall intensity 1/5.
- Psychological: 1 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 0 of 5
- Intensity: 1 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 65 of 100 — leans Jump scares
Supernatural vs Real-world: 30 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 8 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A goofy, low-stakes creature romp that bounces between silly beach fun and bursts of shark-attack chaos, ramping up to a busier finale.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 5.
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