Wild Eye Releasing, with sales and distribution
support provided by MVD Entertainment Group, has some terrific news for genre
fans. If you flocked to theatres to see
filmmaker Elizabeth Banks’ Cocaine Bear, or
waited until it arrived on DVD or Blu-ray, then you are in for a real treat on
July 11.
That’s the DVD debut date for director Mark
Polonia’s Cocaine Shark!!
We alluded to this a couple of weeks ago with the
news of the June 13 DVD release of his latest genre thriller, Jurassic
Shark 3: Seavenge. Cocaine Shark was,
at that time, in post-production.
As genre fans know, Polonia has a gift for shark
horror tales — something like a dozen films so far, including Land
Shark, Shark Encounters of the Third Kind and Noah’s
Shark.
With the success of Cocaine Bear, you
just knew in your heart of hearts that Polonia would take full advantage of the
hype and strike while the iron was hot … Cocaine
Shark is on the way!!
Terrifying!
That’s what drug lord Gaurisco (Ken Van Sant — Return to
Splatter Farm, Doll Shark, Virus Shark) is
up to. He’s opened a secret lab where
his mad scientists are working on a new drug — HG25 — that is more addictive
and cheaper to make that anything else on the street … what could possibly go
wrong with that?
If you are a genre fan, you already know the answer. The lab specimens used in the testing begin
to mutate and Gaurisco is informed that things are going as planned. And then the worst happens … the lab blows!!
The mutants are loose, including the title character,
a “Cocaine Shark,” and not just any shark, but a mutant hammerhead shark with
crab claws and it is definitely high on something … and has the munchies!!!
Filmmaker Mark Polonia wisely steered clear of
launching Cocaine Shark over
the July 4th holiday … beach parties would have been ruined with just
the rumor that such creatures were loose.
So, July 11 is the street date for his latest sea-going horror
extravaganza. Start with Jurassic
Shark 3: Seavenge on June 13 and by July 11 you’ll
be hungry for more shark-horror!!
Bonus goodies include commentary from director Mark
Polonia and stop-motion animation out-takes.
