9 scary (and sometimes silly) shark props from movies and TV

Evan Hoovler
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 1:52pm

The first sighting of Syfy's Monster Man—which will follow a famous prop-making family as it creates, well, monsters—will be this Wednesday at 10/9C. Don't confuse this family with other reality TV families, who create their monsters through abuse and raging addiction. These will be less metaphorical monsters, in the form of movie props.

This week's episode sees the family team up to make a horrifying monster shark. Since this is Syfy, we wouldn't be surprised if they also threw some tentacles or wings on there. To get us amped for the premiere, we netted nine classic shark models from film and television.

(And because this crew is working purely by hand, we're focusing on true prop sharks, not CGI ones. So don't get upset when you don't see Pterodactyl Shark-Squid or whatever.)

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This shark must get really bored, because all it can do is swim around the island all day.

2 Headed Shark Attack

We're eagerly awaiting someone to take three sharks and make a movie called "sharktopede."

Cruel Jaws

This was also billed as "Jaws 5," even though it has no connection to the film series. Plus we all know Jaws 5 is going to be "Jaws in Space."

Shark Night 3D

We imagine that, had 3D not been a requirement, the makers of this low-budget film might have gone with a cardboard cutout shark.

Jaws

Someone actually tracked down the remaining copy of the shark prop from Jaws. It actually looks like a cyborg shark, which gives us an idea for a screenplay.

Up from the Depths

This bad guy's crooked teeth look like someone just hammered a bunch of nails through the shark's lips.

12 Days of Terror

This Discovery Channel production detailed a real-life shark stalking in 1916. It was pretty risky of them to do a shark attack piece from a time before skimpy bathing suits.

Raging Sharks

Apparently, danging your legs in the water is the best way to make a shark angry.

Saturday Night Live

We always wanted a full-length feature film where Land Shark has to save his orphanage by eating people... somehow.