Where do I begin? First of all, there is an attractive and capable female lead (Greta Volkova) and her hunky friend Coop (Titus Himmelberger). Then there's a third wheel named Skip who seems out of place. Oh, and our "hero" is named Duke. And then there's a shark. Not just any shark. But "Sharkenstein," which is exactly what you think it is. Frankenstein's brain transplanted into a shark. Clever, huh? Sharkenstein features lots of stock footage, tons of aerial footage of beaches, aimless shots of a lifeguard with his back to the camera, lots of white men with hairy forearms, and a posse with guns running through trees sporting fall foliage. Only director Mark Polonia would call this a movie. And he appears uncredited as the mute driver of a boat (did he have to pay himself less for not speaking?). His character's name, Hoskins, is mentioned more times than any of the four principals. Oh, and our director/editor must have run short of Wild Eye Releasing's requisite 70 minute running time, because there is a completely random scene of a long-in-the-tooth "model" getting photographed. The scene is completely unrelated to the rest of the "movie." It appears to be inserted to pad out the running time. The mercifully short running time.

What do you expect from a movie called Sharkenstein??

A awesomely fun film, with a very low budget and crappy effects and I had a blast.

I was given this movie as a gift from my daughter. She knows I will watch ANY movie all the way through. This one was not as trying on my soul as the other two on the 3 for a dollar disc. The acting was good for what they got paid; big credits during opening and closing credits. The shark was amazing for the time, 1960 I believe. Over all I rate this an eight because it contains all the needed points for a horror/monster movie: a semi to unbelievable monster, a hero/heroine, a mob of villagers, comic relief, subtle humor, and a short runtime. A must watch for the true lover of bad monster/shark movies.