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Shark Night

Original title: Shark Night 3D
  • 20112011
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
4.0/10
26K
YOUR RATING
Shark Night (2011)
A lake-house retreat on the Louisiana Gulf turns into a nightmare for a group of vacationers when they are subjected to an improbable phenomenon: fresh-water shark attacks.
Play trailer2:07
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99+ Photos
  • Horror
  • Thriller
A weekend at a lake house in the Louisiana Gulf turns into a nightmare for seven vacationers as they are subjected to shark attacks.A weekend at a lake house in the Louisiana Gulf turns into a nightmare for seven vacationers as they are subjected to shark attacks.A weekend at a lake house in the Louisiana Gulf turns into a nightmare for seven vacationers as they are subjected to shark attacks.
IMDb RATING
4.0/10
26K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • David R. Ellis
  • Writers
    • Will Hayes
    • Jesse Studenberg
  • Stars
    • Sara Paxton
    • Dustin Milligan
    • Chris Carmack
Top credits
  • Director
    • David R. Ellis
  • Writers
    • Will Hayes
    • Jesse Studenberg
  • Stars
    • Sara Paxton
    • Dustin Milligan
    • Chris Carmack
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 174User reviews
    • 233Critic reviews
    • 22Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

    Videos2

    Trailer #1
    Trailer 2:07
    Trailer #1
    "Caged In"
    Clip 0:28
    "Caged In"

    Photos103

    Sara Paxton in Shark Night (2011)
    Joshua Leonard, Chris Carmack, and Katharine McPhee in Shark Night (2011)
    Chris Zylka in Shark Night (2011)
    Christine Quinn in Shark Night (2011)
    Sara Paxton in Shark Night (2011)
    Donal Logue in Shark Night (2011)
    Shark Night (2011)
    Dustin Milligan in Shark Night (2011)
    Sara Paxton, Alyssa Diaz, and Dustin Milligan in Shark Night (2011)
    Dustin Milligan in Shark Night (2011)
    Joshua Leonard, Sara Paxton, Chris Carmack, Alyssa Diaz, and Sinqua Walls in Shark Night (2011)
    Joel David Moore, Sara Paxton, Alyssa Diaz, Dustin Milligan, Katharine McPhee, Sinqua Walls, and Chris Zylka in Shark Night (2011)

    Top cast

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    Sara Paxton
    Sara Paxton
    • Saraas Sara
    Dustin Milligan
    Dustin Milligan
    • Nickas Nick
    Chris Carmack
    Chris Carmack
    • Dennisas Dennis
    Katharine McPhee
    Katharine McPhee
    • Bethas Beth
    Joel David Moore
    Joel David Moore
    • Gordonas Gordon
    Donal Logue
    Donal Logue
    • Sabinas Sabin
    Joshua Leonard
    Joshua Leonard
    • Redas Red
    Sinqua Walls
    Sinqua Walls
    • Malikas Malik
    Alyssa Diaz
    Alyssa Diaz
    • Mayaas Maya
    Chris Zylka
    Chris Zylka
    • Blakeas Blake
    Jimmy Lee Jr.
    Jimmy Lee Jr.
    • Carlas Carl
    Damon Lipari
    Damon Lipari
    • Keithas Keith
    Christine Quinn
    Christine Quinn
    • Jessas Jess
    Kelly Sry
    Kelly Sry
    • Wonsukas Wonsuk
    Tyler Bryan
    Tyler Bryan
    • Kyleas Kyle
    Stephanie Crow
    • College Studentas College Student
    • (uncredited)
    Jessie Jalee
    Jessie Jalee
    • College Studentas College Student
    • (uncredited)
    Nadiya Khan
    Nadiya Khan
    • Fitness Studentas Fitness Student
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • David R. Ellis
    • Writers
      • Will Hayes
      • Jesse Studenberg
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The first shark movie released in 3D ever since Jaws 3-D (1983) 28 years prior.
    • Goofs
      Lily pads don't grow in salt water lakes.

      There are saltwater water lilies aswell as fresh water lily pads.
    • Quotes

      Sara Palski: Hey!

      Nick: Sara!

      Sara Palski: Room for one more?

      Nick: [as he's moving boxes to make room] Yeah totally. Right there, no problem.

      Sara Palski: Cool.

      [Sara snaps her fingers and her dog barks and jumps in the back]

      Sara Palski: Good boy! You guys have fun back there.

      Gordon: Not quite, uh, what we had in mind there Sara. But...

      [Sara closes the boot of the car before Gordon finishes]

    • Crazy credits
      After the credits the music video for the song "Sharks Bite" performed by the cast is shown.
    • Connections
      Featured in Top 40 Shitty Shark Movies (2013)
    • Soundtracks
      Love You Like an Animal
      Performed by Top Johnny!

      Written by Dwane Rechil

      Courtesy of Music Dealers

    User reviews174

    Review
    Top review
    Not too bad IF you enjoy these types of films
    I went into this movie thinking I was going to be bored to death. The only reason why we saw this was because it was a holiday, hardly anything was open and we were going stir crazy at home. I've said this before and I will say this again… I love my gore, I love my violence and I love my crazy horror movies. Once you put a PG rating on something I instantly loose my interest.

    After all that being said it turned out that I really enjoyed this movie. Of course I should have known this. For one I LOVE shark movies, I love teen screams, I love those goofy Sci-Fi channel horror movies with the cheese graphics. My Fiancée on the other hand did not like this movie but he never did like these sort of teeny bop things.

    This movie is extremely teeny boppy, the lingo, the acting, the drama. The characters are the same hollow but hot bunch of college kids we see in all of these types of movies. So I wouldn't go in expecting anything deep from the characters or script. There was a lot of blood but it was mostly just someone being pulled under the water and buckets of blood being shown floating around them. You never actually see any gore or any attack close up.

    The sharks for the most part were silly. I thought it was cool but it was very unrealistic which sort of killed it for me as well. We kept thinking the storyline would explain why these sharks were super ninja sharks. They were ridiculously fast, jumped way too high and there teeth were almost like metal'ish spikes. Apparently it was only part of the movie as they never explain anything as to why they were super sharks.

    This movie was not bad IF you like this sort of thing. It wasn't particularly funny, or deep, the graphics sucked, it was rated PG… but if like me you love the things I listed in the second paragraph, you may enjoy this.

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    10
    • jennifer-25-965231
    • Sep 6, 2011

    FAQ5

    • Is "Shark Night" based on a book?
    • Why are there sharks in a lake?
    • Why don't they just stay out of the water?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 2, 2011 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • Official site (France)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Shark Night 3D
    • Filming locations
      • Millennium Studios- 300 Douglas Street, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
    • Production companies
      • Incentive Filmed Entertainment
      • Next Films
      • Sierra / Affinity
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $25,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $18,877,153
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $8,404,260
      • Sep 4, 2011
    • Gross worldwide
      • $41,363,927
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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