Empire of the Sharks
On a future earth where 98% of the surface is underwater, a Warlord who controls an army of sharks meets his match when he captures the daughter of a mysterious shark caller who must learn to marshal a supernatural ability if she is to free her people from the Warlord's dominion.
Why it matters
A post-apocalyptic shark saga that leans into a flooded world’s grimy, claustrophobic undercurrents—but stumbles on execution.
- Ambitious world-building: a near-total oceanic Earth flips the usual shark flick setting into dystopian survival territory.
- Shark army concept offers a fresh twist on aquatic horror’s apex predator obsession, though the creature effects rarely rise above Asylum’s budget constraints.
- For fans of campy, low-rent creature features who savor “so-bad-it’s-interesting” energy and bizarre mythic shark lore.
- Falls short on narrative and tension, but the setting’s submerged menace might scratch a niche itch for die-hard shark horror completists.
Director
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
14
Slow Burn
0
Psychological
14
Supernatural
20
Creature
73
Disturbing
0
Fun Factor
67
Cerebral
28
Survival
50
