At Biff Bam Pop, the Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo shares his love of Onsen Shark / Hot Spring Shark Attack! “It recently came to my attention that there exists, in Japan, an annual Tokyo International Shark Film Festival. Even as an enjoyer of the sharksploitation subgenre of action, horror, and action horror that includes Jaws, Deep Blue Sea, and all the way up to the recent Dangerous Animals, it was (and remains) surprising to me that there was enough shark horror output to sustain an entire film festival. But it exists! The way I came about this knowledge was through the press notes of the most recent winner of the Audience Award at the Festival, Morihito Inoue’s Onsen Shark or Hot Spring Shark Attack. Inoue’s debut has many of the vibes of the terminally unserious Sharknado films, but feels somewhat less like it’s poking fun at our finned friends or me for watching it. It’s a self-aware but earnest-feeling outing that could be one of the secret joys of 2025.”

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