Shark Side of the Moon (2022)

October 26, 2022 11:14 AM

During the Cold War, the USSR developed hyper-aggressive sharks. Unable to kill them, USSR military leaders launched the sharks at the moon. Flash-forward to present day and the first team of American astronauts on the moon in decades must repair a module found on the dark side of the moon, where the astronauts encounter the un-killable Russian moon sharks and endure an epic fight for their lives.

Produced as a Tubi original by notorious schlockhouse The Asylum, who spare every expense.

Look, folks, if you're gonna watch a movie with this title, you know what you're in for.

posted by DirtyOldTown (15 comments total)

Trailer.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 1:07 PM on October 26, 2022

We really need a schlockhouse like Corman's New World Pictures in the 70s and 80s.
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 1:38 PM on October 26, 2022

My god. Watched the trailer. Don't think I could bring myself to watch this movie under...any circumstance? I actually watched about 30 minutes of a Sharknado movie a few weeks ago - first time actually seeing any of that franchise - and it was Orson Welles/QT/Scorcese-level compared to Shark Side Of The Moon.
posted by davidmsc at 1:45 PM on October 26, 2022

I'm with @davidmsc - just wow.... truly the time of peak entertainment.
posted by drewbage1847 at 1:51 PM on October 26, 2022 [1 favorite]

I can say without hyperbole that this is the greatest movie in the history of civilization.
posted by kirkaracha at 2:21 PM on October 26, 2022 [6 favorites]

And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too
I'll see you on the shark side of the moon
posted by kirkaracha at 2:23 PM on October 26, 2022 [3 favorites]

If you put on The Lizard of Oz just as the credits start, it synchronizes perfectly.
posted by phooky at 7:23 PM on October 26, 2022 [2 favorites]

So…in the sequel, do the moon sharks fight the moon nazis?
posted by adamrice at 8:51 PM on October 26, 2022

You... you made this one up. Or I'm still asleep...
posted by Molesome at 12:50 AM on October 27, 2022

I'm reminded of Tom Cruise's first Jack Reacher movie where a bunch of guys deliberately pick a fight with him in a bar, and so they all go outside to have it out. Right before all hell breaks loose, Reacher goes, "Remember...you wanted this."
posted by Naberius at 8:22 AM on October 27, 2022 [1 favorite]

I would like to know what drugs...(I don't wanna take them, I just want to know what they are) what drugs...did this development team take????

(I just watched the trailer, which I think will suffice. wow.)
posted by supermedusa at 10:49 AM on October 27, 2022

[watches trailer, laughs uncontrollably] “Do you mean I could have been a moviemaker this whole time?”
posted by computech_apolloniajames at 5:50 PM on October 27, 2022

Was this terrible?

YES.

Did I enjoy myself the entire time?

ALSO YES.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 4:13 PM on January 8, 2023

I actually watched about 30 minutes of a Sharknado movie a few weeks ago - first time actually seeing any of that franchise - and it was Orson Welles/QT/Scorcese-level compared to Shark Side Of The Moon.

I mean... FAIR. But Shark Side of the Moon is also Jurassic Park compared to like Birdemic, so...
posted by DirtyOldTown at 4:17 PM on January 8, 2023

I didn't realize there were Tubi originals, so at least I learned something today.
posted by praemunire at 5:46 PM on January 8, 2023