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The Evolution of Horror

NATURE BITES BACK! Pt 33: Sharknado (2013) & Zombeavers (2014)

The Evolution of Horror

Mike Muncer

Tv & Film, Film History

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 90 minutes

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So bad it's good? Or just plain...bad? This week Mike is joined by Matt Draper to discuss the wave of pun-tastic B-movies that were churned out by movies like The Asylum through the 2010s...it's going to get ugly...

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0:00.0

Over time, the animal Attack subgenre became one of the most popular and lucrative in horror.

0:28.6

So, naturally, these movies became a dime a dozen through the 21st century, particularly

0:34.6

in the era of streaming and straight to TV filmmaking.

0:39.4

Studios like The Asylum cashed in on the popularity of existing horror films and franchises

0:44.7

to make low-budget B-movies for high profit, sparking a wave of other filmmakers and studios

0:51.8

trying to do the same.

0:53.9

These films didn't have much going for them except a pun in the title and a kind of so-bad

0:59.6

their good charm.

1:01.7

But when it comes to films like Shark Nado and Zombevers, are they actually so bad they're

1:07.6

good or are they just plain bad?

1:11.2

What a fuck, a bag of death?

1:13.6

There's no way I'm dropping that for this.

1:21.1

Join me as we continue exploring the evolution of nature in horror, and we discuss two

1:26.7

cult B-movie classics, Shark Nado and Zombevers.

1:35.3

Welcome back to the evolution of horror. My name is Mike Munzer, and as ever I am your host. In this podcast, we explore and dissect the history and the evolution

1:45.5

of the horror genre, one subgenre at a time. We are currently in the middle of our 10th season

1:51.0

exploring the evolution of nature biting back in horror, and this is part 33. As we hurtle

1:58.6

towards the end of the series, I felt it fitting to cover at least two kind of

2:03.4

schlocky B movies in the subgenre that is perhaps most packed with schlocky B movies. So we're

2:09.6

going to be discussing Shark Nado from 2013 and Zom Beavers from 2014. Both of these discussions will be spoilorific, I guess. So give them a watch,

2:21.6

I guess, if you don't want to be spoiled. So joining me to discuss these movies. Well, he is a very

2:27.9

good friend of the podcast. You may know him from Stevie's Brain Rock podcast regularly talking

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