Hot Spring Shark Attack Review: Infectiously Silly

In 'Onsen Shark/Hot Spring Shark Attack' You Will Believe A Shark Can Squish

It recently came to my attention that there exists, in Japan, an annual Tokyo International Shark Film Festival. Even as an enjoyer of the sharksploitation subgenre of action, horror, and action horror that includes Jaws, Deep Blue Sea, and all the way up to the recent Dangerous Animals, it was (and remains) surprising to me that there was enough shark horror output to sustain an entire film festival. But it exists! The way I came about this kno…

Hot Spring Shark Attack review

By Simon Thompson Writer/director Morihito Inoue’s Hot Spring Shark Attack is an enjoyably enthusiastic horror-comedy shark attack story without any sort of pretence at being anything other than it is whatsoever. Hot Spring Shark Attack is a movie which doesn’t set out to reinvent the wheel, but instead to be an enjoyable genre distraction post a few pints and a Chinese.  The film takes place in Atsumi, a tourist resort town known for its hot sp…

Hot Spring Shark Attack Review: Infectiously Silly

There’s never a bad time to be a shark fan, especially in summer of 2025, with Dangerous Animals putting a new spin on the genre in June and Shark Week kicking off on July 20. Sandwiched between the two is, let’s just say, something altogether more unique: Hot Spring Shark Attack. Like its title, Hot Spring Shark Attack is absurdity incarnate, skewering all notions of realism, “good” taste, and, critically, cynicism in a wild offering from Japan…