{"id":8774,"date":"2010-10-24T09:53:04","date_gmt":"2010-10-23T22:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=8774"},"modified":"2010-10-26T18:57:32","modified_gmt":"2010-10-26T07:57:32","slug":"from-the-asylum-mega-shark-vs-crocosaurus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/10\/24\/from-the-asylum-mega-shark-vs-crocosaurus\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Asylum: Mega Shark vs Crocosaurus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Images from Mega Shark vs Crocosaurus<\/em> (US-2010; dir. Christopher Ray) — Asylum’s sequel to their most successful creature feature, Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus<\/em> — have been released, though the only images of the titular beasts appear on the poster, albeit pretty cool ones:<\/p>\n

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Synopsis<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

The massive prehistoric shark has survived the last battle, and the world is again threatened when a new, more dangerous foe is discovered in the jungles of Africa.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The much-anticipated sequel is directed by Christopher Ray, son of B-film legend Fred Olen Ray and director of the 2008 giant monster flick Reptisaurus<\/em><\/a> (see other Backbrain articles<\/a> on Reptisaurus<\/em>) and the anticipated giant snake flick Megaconda<\/em>. It stars Jaleel White, Gary Stretch, Sarah Lieving, and Robert Picardo. So, the film features the famous sitcom “nerd” caricature Steve Urkel (“Whoa, Mama!”), along with an ex-boxer and action star, the non-monstrous co-star of the upcoming Super Shark<\/em> (and many other B-monster films) and a Star Trek: Voyager<\/em>\/Stargate<\/em> alumni (who has been in much else besides, including the recently released Monsterwolf<\/em>) — quite a line-up. With Jaleel White, the Asylum continues its “tradition” of including a reincarnated (and re-fashioned) star in its giant monster film casts.<\/p>\n

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Above: Gary Stretch, Sarah Lieving and Jaleel White look up,
\nwhich is where you should look when giant monsters are around<\/span><\/p>\n

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… while Robert Picardo looks bemused.<\/span><\/p>\n

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MegaGary vs Jaleelosaurus (The Asylum’s caption, not mine…)<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, the biggest star of the lot — he of the “grab the plane out of the sky” and “chomp on the Golden Gate Bridge” fame — is back, this tiime around to take on an amphibious monstrosity of the mutant croc kind. This could be seen as an advance over a Giant Octopus, as this opponent at least has a big mouth full of teeth.<\/p>\n

And what do the humans do? They run!<\/p>\n

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The film hits the streets on December 21, 2010. Let’s hope the city destruction that’s on the poster actually appears in the film!<\/p>\n

More pics (non-destructive) appear in the Gallery below.<\/p>\n