9 Shark Movies To Prepare Audiences For The Meg

9. Shark Night

Shark Night 3D (!) had the painful timing of coming out in 2011, when the world was still going bonkers for 3D media in the aftermath of Avatar.

And that genuinely seems to be the only thought that ran through the producers' minds when crafting this schlock; just make the most tiresome and cliched version of a shark film one can possibly imagine, but do it in 3D. The end result is less-than-endearing.

It's a film that never commits to anything. At times it seems to want to just be taken as a surface-level slasher, exploitation film. But then it's PG-13 rating ensures that even genre fans are disappointed because it keeps them from showing much of anything.

It's the worst teen-slasher imaginable, just set in the water with a shark, and with truly painful 3D effects that have aged horribly. But it also plays in the same sandbox The Meg looks to be drawing from; ignorant teens, unexpected sharks in unexpected places, and shark attacks in vastly populated areas with several victims.

The Meg trailer features a look at the megalodon swimming beneath countless beach-goers in a couple of different shots and Shark Night is a prime example of how poorly this sort of sequence can be executed.