I've seen worse movies than Raiders of the Lost Shark -- but not many, and not in a pretty long time. The only creativity and actual thinking that seems to lie behind this wretched film is limited to the title. Man oh man, this is a stinker.

True fans of bad movies might relish the excruciating experience in a twisted kind of way, but I fear that even the short 71-minute runtime will be much too much for the average mainstream viewer to possibly stomach. And don't go getting overconfident two-thirds of the way through this thing because that is when the film really -- and I do apologize for this -- jumps the shark.

I don't think the person who wrote the movie summary even watched the film because the summary really isn't very accurate. The cover image definitely has no relation to the actual film.

We start with an abandoned lake being guarded around the clock by pairs of true yokels. Why would you need to guard an abandoned lake? Well, these yokels find out. Then we go to a professor telling her class of four whole students about megalodons while pausing to experience flashbacks of her own terrible experience on "the island" (which isn't even an island). Learning the story, three of her students naturally decide to check the place out for themselves. Meanwhile, the owner of the lake property comes calling our professor for help. Throw in a sailor channeling Blackbeard, a mad scientist, and the absolutely worst shark special effects you will ever see in your life, and you're left shaking your head in disbelief, partly just to make sure you still have a brain left to rattle around above your eyes. And the "sheriff?" Oh, good lord.

Apart from the entertainment factor inherent in its pure and utter awfulness, there is nothing good about this film. When I say that bad movie lovers might get a kick out of watching it, I do not mean that in a "so bad it's funny" kind of way -- more like an "I watched Raiders of the Lost Shark and lived to tell about it" kind of way. This one definitely earns a notch in any bad movie lover's belt.