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Who would you rather meet in the water? A great white shark or, Jai Courtney ? All these questions and more are answered in this week's episode on one of the best movies of 2025, DANGEROUS ANIMALS . A serial killer uses his cage diving business to lure and kill tourists at the jaws of his fishy friends. But in this crazy world, the sharks are the least of everyone's worries. Check out our friends:...

This month's JAWS50 takes us into a movie starring Richard Dreyfuss (Jaws) and Scout Taylor-Compton (Halloween) . Some super bad guys, make these people dive down for some stuff, but there's sharks in the way, and then...wait, haven't we done this before? Check out our friends: Twisted Tales  And for more Bucket of Chum, check out the links below: Join the Patreon! For only $2 USD a month you...

THIS EPISODE IS CURSED! This was recorded some time ago, and never released because I thought it was bad. Turns out I was just sick and wasn't as bad as I thought. Even editing it for this release, I was sick. But here it finally is! A gangster loses a shipment of gold, and hires a crew of divers in 1940's Australia. And the guess what? Yeah, a shark comes and ruins everyone's day. And for more Bu...

Spooky Sharktober has come to an end! This week, I asked BAD MOVIES WORSE PEOPLE to join me, and finish a journey we started ages ago, and finish this franchise off. This sequel comes TEN YEARS after the original! How does it hold up? And does it answer those burning questions we had from the first one? Tune in now to find out! Thanks to BAD MOVIES WORSE PEOPLE for joining me and be sure to check...

Week 3 of SPOOKY SHARKTOBER This week I look into one of the entries for the CAMP BLOOD franchise, CAMP BLOOD: CLOWN SHARK (2024) directed by our favourites, Mark Polonia and Jeff Kirkendall . When a killer clown is put down, months later he returns as a clown fish (not to be confused with a clownfish) and later, the titular CLOWN SHARK! So how does this one stack up to the rest this month? Tune i...

SPOOKY SHARKTOBER episode 2 is here! This week I look at a sequel to one of my favourite movies from the first year of the podcast. OUIJA SHARK 2 finds us mere months after the first one, and this time we've got singing demons, ghost shark AND a Tarot Gator! Oh, and even a cameo from Bucket of Chum theme song creator MIKE TREBILCOCK! Get the planchette ready, and let me tell you the tale of the sh...

SPOOKY SHARKTOBER STARTS NOW! I'm kicking this month off with a Polonia Brother's Shark take on The Mummy! MUMMY SHARK (2024) finds a group of researchers and government employees digging up the past, that was better left buried and forgotten. The Polonia's have given us SHARKULA and SHARKENSTEIN for the Halloween season, and now we have this. How does it hold up against the others? Listen now to...

OCTOPUS AUGUST CONTINUES This week I dive in to the sequel (?) of last week's movie and check out OCTOPUS 2: RIVER OF FEAR (2001) . In this installment we head to New York City where people are mysteriously disappearing, and it's up to a hard headed detective to convince everyone a giant sea monster is responsible. It's like Alligator or Jaws , but with an octopus. Does this movie deliver? Or does...

Octopus August starts now! I kick off the month with, OCTOPUS (2000) . A movie that doesn't know whether it's a creature feature, spy thriller or something else. But don't worry, they manage to get in a sneaky JAWS reference that I didn't even notice at first! Tune in now to kick off a month of squirmy slimy tentacle fun! Check out our friends: No More Late Fees And for more Bucket of Chum, check...

Join me, Captain Steve, as I celebrate 100(ish) episodes of Bucket of Chum: The Shark Movie Podcast! I talk about the past, present and future of the podcast, and you can get to know me better! We'll also be going over some of my favourite episodes, collaborations and of course our ongoing celebration of 50 Years of Jaws. #Jaws #jaws50 #horror #comedy #comedyreviews #podcasts Bucket of Chum Websit...

Peter Benchley 's novel JAWS was adapted into one of the greatest movies ever put to film. But this wasn't the only time he dipped his toes into the world of aquatic horror. He's written a few novels in the aquatic horror world, and one of those was CREATURE . Featuring some of the best practical shark monster effects ever, this 1998 TV movie doesn't get the attention it deserves. So to celebrate...

MONTH OF ACTION continues this week with Halle Berry's 2012 action adventure shark movie DARK TIDE ! Directed by John Stockwell ( Into The Blue , Blue Crush ) A rich douche takes his son for an adventure he doesn't want to go on, and shit goes sideways. It's like the Titan Sub story but with sharks. Check out the MONTH OF ACTION participants Movie Dumpster Good Beer Bad Movie Night Video Villa Ent...

Month of Action Continues this week with the true story of the USS Indianapolis . Stuck at sea for 5 days, and no one coming to the rescue as they're picked off by sharks because the government and military suck. Also, it's directed by Mario Van Peebles! Luckily I don't have to endure it alone, as Derrick from Bad Movies Worse People joins me to dive into this story mentioned by Quint in JAWS . Ch...

It's finally here. I and a slew of other podcaster are celebrating the MONTH OF ACTION! B-Action and Gimme Back My Action and Horror Movies have recruited us all to a month of non-stop heart pounding action movies. I kick it off with a film from Canadian filmmaker Brett Kelly, KAIJU GLAM METAL SHARK ATTACK. So strap your asses in and pucker up those holes for Kaiju action, and stay tuned to the re...

With the amount of butthurt about JAWS reviews from last week's episode on either end of the spectrum, I thought I'd make things fair and read some stellar 5 Star (and some 1 Star) reviews of 1995's Jaws knockoff spectacular CRUEL JAWS a.k.a. JAWS 5 What did you think of the movie? Let me know in the comments! Reviews can be found from the follow sources: Letterboxd iMDB Rotten Tomatoes Don't forg...

JAWS is celebrating 50 years since it came out, and while there's those of us that LOVE the movie, what about the people who don't (and are wrong for it)? Well this week, we dive deep into the 1 star reviews on Letterboxd, iMDB and more, and see what nonsense people have to say. Check out all the reviews in the links below: Letterboxd IMDB Rotten Tomatoes Common Sense Media Check out our friends:...

Open wide and receive my chum! I'm back with shark movie reviews! This week I take a trip to Malibu which is ruined by god damn goblin sharks and dumbasses, and a love triangle for the ages. Can all the bikini babes and buff dudes save this movie from mediocrity? Tune in now to find out! Check out our friends: SlashU  And for more Bucket of Chum, check out the links below: Join the Patreon! F...

Week 3 of GRIZZLY MAY! This week I dig my incy tincy finger nails into 1977's CLAWS ! A JAWS knockoff this is not! It's not even a GRIZZLY knockoff. Although marketed as a GRIZZLY sequel in Canada and Mexico, this movie stands tall on it's own, and all I'm wondering is, where is the blu ray for this? Watch the movie here . Check out our friends: Death Before Boos  And for more Bucket of Chum,...

GRIZZLY MAY continues with director William Girdler's follow up to GRIZZLY (1976) , DAY OF THE ANIMALS (1977) ! Starring Leslie Nielson , Christopher George and Richard Jaeckel , the ozone layer is fubar, and the animals get infected, for reasons that are still unclear... But Leslie Nielson fights a bear, so how bad can it be? Check out our friends: No More Late Fees  And for more Bucket of C...

This month, it's all about the BEAR necessities. Now that that joke is out of the way, it's GRIZZLY MAY! Naturally I start the month off with one of the first and probably best JAWS clones out there, GRIZZLY (1976) which is also one of two JAWS 50 episodes this month! Join me as I dig my CLAWS into JAWS on land Check out our friends: Dissect That Film  And for more Bucket of Chum, check out t...

I know your pants flood just as much as mine when I mention Casper Van Dien and Nicky Whelan in a movie. So this week I checked out 2023's gator flick THE FLOOD . But is there presence enough to keep us wet, or dry us up like my humour? Tune in now as we conclude ALLIGATOR APRIL! Check out our friends: Bad Movies Worse People And for more Bucket of Chum, check out the links below: Join the Patreon...

Eleven years after the original movie, someone decided it was finally time to make a sequel, or remake, or name their own gator movie after it? All this and more is unclear in this week's episode of ALLIGATOR APRIL on ALLIGATOR 2: THE MUTATION (1991) . Starring Dee Wallace , Steve Railsback and Richard Lynch . Is it better than the first? Is great? Listen now to find out! Check out our friends: Sl...

Last week I looked at ALLIGATOR (1980) , so naturally I had to see an even better Alligator movie with THE GREAT ALLIGATOR (1979) ...right?! Directed by Sergio Martino and starring Barbara Bach , remember, it's not an animal, it's a demon! Check out our friends: Dark Mysteries And for more Bucket of Chum, check out the links below: Join the Patreon! For only $2 USD a month you'll get a bonus episo...

This months JAWS50 episode is on 1980's ALLIGATOR ! And, it's also kicking off ALLIGATOR APRIL! When Ramon (sexy name amiright?) is flushed into the sewers, left to fend for himself, year later he grows into a big mean boy. From the director of CUJO and starring ROBERT FORSTER , ALLIGATOR is one of the best creature features to come from the JAWS craze. Check out our friends: GIVE ME BACK MY ACTIO...

The Mississippi queen here is about a dozen bull sharks, ruining everyone's time at the fishing rodeo! It's up to a rag tag group to stop them. I could copy and paste that for about 90% of the movies I watch here, but this one is fun! We take another outing from director Misty Talley ( SANTA JAWS , OZARK SHARKS ) and dive in to 2017's SyFy Original , MISSISSIPPI RIVER SHARKS starring non other tha...