Mega Shark (film series)

Mega Shark
Distributed by	The Asylum
Country	United States
Language	English

The Mega Shark film series is made up of four monster and disaster films from The Asylum, an American independent film company and distributor that focuses on producing low-budget films. ^[1] The movies in the series are:

• Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus (2009), directed by Ace Hannah (a pseudonym for Jack Perez); starring Deborah Gibson and Lorenzo Lamas
• Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus (2010), directed by Christopher Douglas-Olen Ray; starring Jaleel White, Gary Stretch, and Robert Picardo
• Mega Shark Versus Mecha Shark (2014), directed by Emile Edwin Smith; starring Christopher Judge and Elisabeth Röhm
• Mega Shark Versus Kolossus (2015), directed by Douglas-Olen Ray; Illeana Douglas, Amy Rider, and Brody Hutzler

The third film was direct to video; the others received limited theatrical releases.

Spin-off

The Mega Shark, Giant Octopus, and Crocosaurus all appear in The Asylum's 2022 film 2025 Armageddon , which celebrates the studio's twenty-fifth anniversary. In this film, they are created and sent to attack Earth by a hostile alien race that believes The Asylum's films are based on real creatures. ^[2] To battle them, humanity creates several Mecha Sharks. Kolossus also makes a brief cameo through footage from Mega Shark Versus Kolossus.

See also

• List of killer shark films

References

1. Mottram, James (26 December 2017). "It's so bad, it's good: Famously bad films that have gained cult status". The National News . Retrieved 18 January 2025.
2. Hamman, Cody (2022-12-23). "2025 Armageddon trailer: alien invaders unleash monsters from The Asylum movies". JoBlo. Retrieved 2023-07-27.