Tara Reid says Sharknado sequel ‘even worse’ as we salute the best worst films ever

THE Sharknado sequel airs in days and “hand on heart, this one is even worse”, says its star. How does it rate against movies so bad they’re good?

Hoping to be in the headlines next week ... Sharknado 2 actress Tara Reid.

THE holes in the plot, appalling acting, lame lines and singularly bad special effects are the point.

“Even worse’ sequel<i> ... Sharknado</i> star Tara Reid is back.

“it’s really a great movie” ... Actor Ian Ziering could not resist Sharknado 2.

It’s B-grade movie fodder best imbibed with a sense of humour and a strong drink.

Creators replace the pretence of a plot with gratuitous butt and boob shots; buckets of fake blood, maximum screamage and CGI special effects which make the original Jaws still look positively groundbreaking in 2014.

Last July, Sharknado gained cult status on the back of such mediocrity. The reaction was as implausible as the premise — sharks being sucked up in a tornado, and ending up cruising Los Angeles’ Rodeo Drive, eating all and sundry.

Star Tara Reid happily concedes she signed on for the original for a laugh.

Sharknado 2: The Second One premieres on Thursday, and Reid promises, “hand on heart, this one is even worse”.

“Only the bloopers reel could be funnier,” she said.

OH DEAR!: Tara Reid thinks Sharknado could actually happen

Really real ... Ian Ziering as Fin Shepard in a scene from <i>Sharknado 2: The Second One</i>.

Here’s why Sharknado 2’s task of being the best worst movie ever is a difficult one:

SHARKTOPUS

HALF SHARK, HALF OCTOPUS, ALL KILLER ... The DVD cover for Sharktopus.

DELIVERS just what it says on the label. It’s half shark, half octopus, and it’s angry.

The premise is something about the US Navy wanting a genetically engineered beast to use as a weapon.

Naturally, the Sharktopus goes rogue.

The idea for the movie came from a woman in SyFy’s promotions department, according to SyFy’s executive vice president of programming and original movies, Thomas Vitale.

“She said: ‘Hey, you guys should make a movie called Sharktopus’, and we went, ‘Umm, OK’.”

Best bit: Captain Jack (Ralph Garman): “Trust me, okay? There is no such thing as a sharktopus.” The Sharktopus grabs him and pulls him into the water.

Want more Sharktopus? Try Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda.

PIRANHA 3D

Remake of 1978 film Piranha ... Killer fish take over a popular tourist lake in Piranha 3D.

THIS is the 2010 horror comedy remake of the 1978 film Piranha.

An earthquake causes a chasm at the base of a lake and mutant piranhas escape.

From then on it’s a collision course between a weirdo trying to shoot a porno and calls to close the lake being ignored at risk of upsetting thousands of partying college students on their spring break.

Cue many bare boobs and unconvincing floating limbs.

There was a sequel in 2012, Piranha 3DD — bigger boobs, more angry fish.

Best bit: Deputy Fallon (Ving Rhams) taking on the piranhas with the words “chew on this” as he plunges a boat’s motor propeller into the frenzied fish.

AVALANCHE SHARKS

Sharks that can swim through snow turn the ski fields red in <i>Avalanche Sharks</i>.

HAS probably the worst CGI and special effects of our choices.

A snowboarder starts an avalanche, unleashing a prehistoric snow shark that has been trapped beneath the ski fields.

And he has mates.

Naturally, this all happens ahead of the ski resort’s biggest day of the year — Bikini Snow Day — which can mean only one thing: fins rising out of the snow, blood and bikini-clad ski bunnies.

Best bit: Any scene with dodgy, plastic-looking shark fins cutting menacingly through the snow will have you howling with laughter.

SNAKES ON A PLANE

Liked the title ... Why Samuel L. Jackson decided to star in Snakes on a Plane.

ALL you need to know is right there in the title of this one.

Hundreds of snakes are released on a plane to kill a trial witness.

Samuel L Jackson plays the lead role of the FBI agent assigned to protect said witness.

What was he thinking? Not much — he didn’t read the script, signing on because of the strength of the movie’s title.

Best bit: Not the bathroom scene with a snake busting out of the toilet bowl to bite a bloke on a precious piece of his anatomy, or the bit where snakes drop like oxygen masks. Nope, it’s Jackson’s line: “I’ve had it with these motherfreakin’ snakes on this motherfreakin’ plane.” Except he doesn’t say ‘freakin’.

SHARKNADO

A poster for <i>Sharknado</i> ... “The whole concept is absurd,” says Reid.

MADE for $1 million in 18 days, Sharknado was a phenomenon so delightfully terrible that it sent social media into meltdown.

Most actors signed on because of the absurdity of the plot: “The whole concept is absurd, sharks fly in the sky and eat people in Beverly Hills through the drains and jump in their pools while we shoot at them. It is absolutely ridiculous,” says former American Pie actor Reid, who plays ex-wife to former 90210 star Ian Ziering’s Fin.

Best bit: The closing scene — a chainsaw-wielding Ziering cuts his way out of a shark’s belly after being swallowed whole.

■ Sharknado 2: The Second One, Thursday, 11.30am and 9.30pm, SyFy

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