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Sharknado 2013

Directed by Anthony C. Ferrante · 87 mins · 1,885 views

1.8 Letterboxd 1.78(132,942)
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Synopsis

A freak hurricane hits Los Angeles, causing man-eating sharks to be scooped up in tornadoes and flooding the city with shark-infested seawater. Surfer and bar-owner Fin sets out with his friends Baz and Nova to rescue his estranged wife April and teenage daughter Claudia.

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Reviews (16)

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    Kat 8 月 23, 2026

    I hope the sharks are okay.

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    Frandi Peralta 8 月 23, 2026

    OH MY GOSH!! This is the best thing I have ever seen. WOW!!! I’m blown away by how good it is. There is one scene in the movie where a shark is flying towards a guy and he just grabs a freaking chainsaw and cuts the shark IN HALF and after that happened this movie officially became a “MASTERPIECE”. I’m not kidding in every way, from beginning to end it’s just PERFECT. I watched the movie yesterday but I just couldn’t write a review, I needed 24 hours to think on what I just watched .The CGI is the best I have ever seen and can immerse you in the movie. Everything from horror, drama, romance, and anything else you can think of, trust me this movie has it. I honestly didn’t want it to end and it left me in tears cause it’s so good and sad. I CAN’T wait to watch SHARKNADO 2 🙂

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    Silent J 8 月 23, 2026

    It’s better than The Godfather. Truly a cinematic marvel to behold. The fact that this movie puts on a straight face and tells audiences that the combo of a shark within a tornado is actually a scientific possibility with no plausible data to back it up is the greatest example of acting that has ever been put on the silver Syfy screen. With directorial work that would put Kubrick and Scorsese to shame and special effects that would stir jealousy into the visionary minds behind Alien and Jurassic Park, Sharknado is really, truly a television cinematic masterpiece that we’ll be talking about for many years to come.

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    DirkH 8 月 23, 2026

    Wow. So this definitely falls into the ‘so bad it’s really, really bad’ category. Every single aspect of this film is executed to the lowest of standards. It’s moronic, boring, ugly and complete and utter crap. Everything seems to be covered in this thin layer of discount CGI. I imagine this is what the Matrix 1.0 must have looked like when the machines started building it. From the pixel heavy sharks to Tara Reid’s face, everything looks fake and wrong. There are people out there who seem to have taken a liking to Sharknado. To be honest, compared to other Asylum fare it is passable. But comparing shit to shit doesn’t change the fact that you’re still looking at shit. So yeah, it’s shit.

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    Jenny 8 月 23, 2026

    How did they train the sharks to enter the tornado?

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    méli 8 月 23, 2026

    sharks don’t do that

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    Bailey🏹 8 月 23, 2026

    this is the worst movie i’ve ever seen but i’m so glad i watched it,, like seeing a shark fly into a power line and die of electrocution was so life changing

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    𝚝𝚊𝚢𝚕𝚘𝚛 8 月 23, 2026

    jaws (1975) walked so sharknado (2013) could FLY!!! ALWAYS AIM HIGH BABY! so inspiring 💖🦈🌪🦈💖

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    V H A N 8 月 23, 2026

    i had a dream last night where Scorsese, Spielberg, Villenueve, Fincher, Nolan, Tarantino, Cameron, Bergman, Tarkovsky and Kubrick were all together , they were weeping and crying. I asked Scorsese why is everyone so sad who died? Scorsese said “we all realized it my son , we can never make Sharknado” I told Scorsese i understood their pain , i used to hate Global Warming but then i learned it created the Sharknado and now ..if i was being completely honest… its kinda cool

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    Theo 8 月 23, 2026

    this man shot SHARKS out of the SKY with a REVOLVER

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    adambolt 8 月 23, 2026

    were those sharks real

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    alor 8 月 23, 2026

    don’t you just hate it when this happens?

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    The Movie Mob 8 月 19, 2022

    **Disconnect your brain and embrace the insanity. You will thank me.**

    Sharknado is terrible in every way, and the result is pure joy! Sharknado has some of the worst CGI, acting, and plot, but it’s a blast from start to finish. I never knew how much I needed to see sharks raining from the sky getting chainsawed by B-list actors until I saw this movie. Trust me, this movie is best watched with friends ready to laugh at the ridiculousness of a tornado of sharks.

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    Martha 7 月 26, 2022

    I love corny shark flicks… I mean sharktopus is one of my faves. But what the ever living hell is this? It had promise… They made lots of sequels so somebody liked it.

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    Gimly 8 月 28, 2017

    It’s kind of odd that _Sharknado_ is the movie that brought ridiculous Creature Feature B-movies into the public awareness. Especially seeing as it’s been going on since like… The ’50s, minimum… Wish it had have been a better movie that hit the zeitgeist though…

    _Final rating:★½: – Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible._

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    Vishnu_Dileep 8 月 14, 2017

    “For a b-grade movie this is an OK one”

    At the beginning concept of a city getting filled with water due to heavy flood and the sharks getting us thru there is believable and a very good concept, imagine that really happens what are we going to do, but sharks in tornado I don’t dig that cause that is impossible. I thought before seeing this movie that it was a spoof movie of all those shark movies like JAWS, Deep blue sea etc., but it turned out to be a serious shark movie with some parts in the movie that are not believable. Tornado itself can be made as a tragic movie so imagine we top it up with sharks and call it Sharknado.
    It’s an ok movie for a one time watch but don’t expect to be all wowed by it
    Notable Acting
    Cassandra Scerbo famous for her movie such as Bring it on
    Ian Ziering
    My Rating 6/10

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I Ian Ziering Finley "Fin" Shepard
T Tara Reid April Wexler
J John Heard George
C Cassie Scerbo Nova Clarke
J Jaason Simmons Baz Hogan
A Alex Arleo Bobby
N Neil H. Berkow Carl Hubert
H Heather Jocelyn Blair Candice
S Sumiko Braun Deanna
D Diane Chambers Agnes
J Julie McCullough Jonni Waves
M Marcus Choi Palmer
I Israel Sáez de Miguel Captain Carlos Santiago
T Tiffany Cole Derek
T Trish Coren Nurse Holden
C Chuck Hittinger Matt
A Aubrey Shea Claudia
M Michael Teh Weinstein
C Connor Weil Luellyn
C Christopher Wolfe Colin
Director Anthony C. Ferrante
Writer Thunder Levin
Producer David Michael Latt, Thomas P. Vitale, Paul Bales, David L. Garber, Karen O'Hara, Maximilian Elfeldt
Executive Producer David Rimawi
Editor William Boodell
Original Music Ramin Kousha
Sound Michael Hardman, Craig Polding, Valerio Brini, Andy Hurtado, Lisa Ries, Alexander X. Hutchinson, Jorge García Bastidas, Cody T. Lawrence
Special Effects Joseph Cornell
Stunts Dan Webb, Garrett Hammond, Brandon Amano, Mario Pérez, Glen Yrigoyen, Jeremy Fitzgerald, Kris A. Jeffrey, Elena Savko, Jacob Hugghins, Kristina Baskett, Ryan Ryusaki, Cheryl Bermeo, Kristina Coker, Matt Flanagan, Chris Daniels, Casey Adams, Michael Caradonna, Diane Chambers, Chelsy Swenson, Vaia Zaganas
Synopsis
A freak hurricane hits Los Angeles, causing man-eating sharks to be scooped up in tornadoes and flooding the city with shark-infested seawater. Surfer and bar-owner Fin sets out with his friends Baz and Nova to rescue his estranged wife April and teenage daughter Claudia.
Director
Anthony C. Ferrante
Writer
Thunder Levin
Studio
Syfy, The Asylum, Southward Films
Country
USA
Language
English
Year
2013
Runtime
87 mins

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