20 "WTF Did I Just Watch" Horror Sequels
18. Jaws: The Revenge
Jaws: The Revenge is arguably one of the worst movies ever made, and it's one of those turkeys you won't be able to stop thinking about afterwards. This third sequel is mesmerizingly stupid, and the legendary moment of the shark balancing on its bottom fin and roaring like a lion is just the icing on the cake.
It heavily implies that the shark antagonist is on a personal mission of revenge against the Brody family, which is the sort of thing you'd expect to see in a spoof. As a side character said clearly to Chief Brody (Roy Scheider refused to return, so the character died of a heart attack between films) in the second film: "Sharks don't take things personally." Damn straight!
Honestly, this one seems to go into supernatural territory. This shark somehow knows that the remaining Brody family members are going to the Bahamas, and it follows them there, swimming over 1,000 miles in less than three days, while Ellen Brody seems to have some sort of psychic connection with the shark that the movie never addresses.
If this were a self-aware parody, this could all work, but Jaws: The Revenge is actually a dour misery-fest much of the time, and it largely lacks action, so it's not even entertainingly bad. Perhaps the most impressive thing about Jaws 4 is the way it's ridiculously schlocky and crushingly dull at the same time.