I wasn't aware that this was going to be a horror comedy, but it doesn't take long before the director/writer team makes it quite obvious.
A lot of dark comedies don't go far enough into the comedy, but this one is almost Monty Python. Not quite Monty Python, but it comes close.
Sharks swim in the sand to eat people in this movie.
At first, two bikers meet the sand sharks. It comes across like the typical horror shark formula for a few minutes.
Then, it all comes out. The dumb dialog is there for a purpose, totally for laughs. The writer isn't trying to be deep or convincing.
The writer just writes for the humor, and that's how you make a dark comedy, or a horror comedy. There is no attempt to be serious here. It's all parody. There are the usual asshole characters, the usual hot babes, the usual dorks who think the assholes are okay, and the realists who are sort of the straight men and women here.
And it works. Personally, I'd rather see even more of a Monty Python approach, but perhaps that would have called for a bit bigger budget.
This is more like Svengoolie cornball comedy, but still a good parody. It's easily the best of the modern day "monster movies with dark humor". It's not easy to keep dark humor fresh, but it isn't that hard when one considers that its competition has been so dull.
But this is a solid 7/10.
A lot of dark comedies don't go far enough into the comedy, but this one is almost Monty Python. Not quite Monty Python, but it comes close.
Sharks swim in the sand to eat people in this movie.
At first, two bikers meet the sand sharks. It comes across like the typical horror shark formula for a few minutes.
Then, it all comes out. The dumb dialog is there for a purpose, totally for laughs. The writer isn't trying to be deep or convincing.
The writer just writes for the humor, and that's how you make a dark comedy, or a horror comedy. There is no attempt to be serious here. It's all parody. There are the usual asshole characters, the usual hot babes, the usual dorks who think the assholes are okay, and the realists who are sort of the straight men and women here.
And it works. Personally, I'd rather see even more of a Monty Python approach, but perhaps that would have called for a bit bigger budget.
This is more like Svengoolie cornball comedy, but still a good parody. It's easily the best of the modern day "monster movies with dark humor". It's not easy to keep dark humor fresh, but it isn't that hard when one considers that its competition has been so dull.
But this is a solid 7/10.