
"You've been punked!”

Added: 1st August 2025
Review by: Shaun Jackson
Hot Spring Shark Attack
Released in 2025
Hot Spring Shark Attack - AKA Onsen Shark
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In a small hot spring town in Japan, a ferocious ancient shark reawakens and begins terrorizing the local hot spring facilities.
As the threat escalates, the townspeople band together to protect their beloved town from the menacing predator, leading to a fierce and thrilling battle..
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Soak, Scream, Repeat
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If you’re the kind of movie fan who gets excited by the phrase “Troma meets Sharknado in a hot tub”, then Hot Spring Shark Attack is the kind of cinematic chaos you’ve been waiting for.​
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Hot Spring Shark Attack is B-movie gold in its purest, most unfiltered form.......a delightfully unhinged, ultra-low-budget creature feature where logic checks out early, with special effects that are gloriously terrible in all the right ways. The CGI is so bad it becomes part of the joke, and honestly? It’s a better movie for it.
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The plot (if you can call it that) serves as a barely-there excuse to string together increasingly absurd shark attacks in Japan’s least-safe spa town.
What sets Hot Spring Shark Attack apart from the endless sea of shark flicks isn’t realism, it’s pure commitment to being completely bonkers. Expect random dance numbers, inexplicable plot turns, and dialogue that feels like it was translated twice and punched up by someone with a grudge against punctuation.
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It’s self-aware without being smug, channeling the spirit of The Asylum and Troma with a wink and a splash of bathhouse blood. It never pretends to be more than it is, a gloriously bad time made by people who clearly love this kind of nonsense.
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Watch it with friends, snacks, and maybe a sake or three. It’s not good, but it’s definitely great…,,,in its own ridiculous way,
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THE B CLUB RATING : B B B b
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Starring: Daniel Aguilar, Shôichirô Akaboshi, Takuya Fujimura
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Writer: Morihito Inoue
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Director: Morihito Inoue
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Catch Hot Spring Shark Attack on the big screen courtesy of Utopia, see the official website for more information.
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Also streaming on multiple platforms, SEE HERE.
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