10 Scariest Shark Movies!

8. The Meg

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A big-screen adaptation of Steve Alten's Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror had been rumoured for two decades, and it seemed as if such talk reared its head as soon as Alten's book was first released back in 1997.

When The Meg finally did swim to the silver screen, it was in glossy big-budget fashion - the film costing a reported $170 million to make - and was given the full summer blockbuster push from Warner Bros. Pictures.

Clearly, The Meg was put together with a splash of humour draped over it and a sense of Hollywood spectacle to it, but the movie certainly did the job when it came to bringing in audiences - as reflected by its global box office haul of $530 million.

The Meg is a shark film that has its tongue in its cheek, yet the sheer spectacle conjured up by the film make it a scary proposition. It's not every day that the famed megalodon gets given the proper A-list treatment, with that prehistoric species of shark usually reserved for bargain bins and low-grade dross.

It's the enormity of the movie's titular beast that makes The Meg a nerve-tingling movie, especially during the early goings when the shark itself is largely kept in the shadows as an ominous, lurking threat.

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