Avalanche Sharks (2012) poster
2012 · horror · action · sci-fi · adventure

Avalanche Sharks

Directed by Scott D. Wheeler1h 22m2012
ElsewhereIMDb2.33k
  • kinetic
  • intense
  • surreal
  • cold
Movie DNA

Neutral, breathless, measured horror / action, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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A snow avalanche awakens humungous, prehistoric sharks that proceed to chomp on bikini clad co-eds.

Our read · Avalanche Sharks (2012) reads as a neutral, breathless, surreal horror · action · sci-fi entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want ridiculous low-budget shark avalanche comedy with co-eds.

ends unsettlingyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips by minute 3attention 1/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violencegore

Skip it tonightYou want serious scares or competent effects.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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