around the Ark-La-Tex and at Caddo Lake in Uncertain, Texas. The sharks featured in the film were animatronic sharks built by Edge Innovations, who previously built sharks for movies such as Deep Blue Sea, Austin Powers in Goldmember, and even the Orca in Free Willy. According to Walt Conti, the head of Edge Innovations, two models for each shark were built, one "attacker" and one "swimmer", each of which required very different internal mechanisms. "Sharks are this total contrast of stealthy, cruising lurking and these intense bursts of power," Conti says. "We split those two behaviors into two different types of models, and optimized each to do one of those things best." Although the movie was always going to be titled Shark Night 3D overseas, Ellis fought for a name change for the North American release, at one point wanting to release the film under the title Untitled Shark Thriller 3D. Bloody Disgusting would later compare the proposed title of the film to Ellis's previous film Snakes on a Plane (2006). Reception Shark Night received negative reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes reports that the film holds a 18% approval rating from 70 critics, with an average score of 3.42/10. The critics consensus reads, "A joyless excursion into the water that doesn't even produce good gore or nudity thanks to the neutered PG-13 rating." The film has a normalized score of 22/100 on Metacritic, indicating generally unfavorable reviews. The positive reviews praised the film for providing "dumb fun." IMDb gave it an average 4/10 rating. See also List of killer shark films References External links 2011 3D films 2011 horror films 2011 films American 3D films American natural horror films Films about sharks Films directed by David R. Ellis Films scored by Graeme Revell Films set in New Orleans Films shot in Louisiana Films shot in Texas Films about shark attacks Relativity Media films Films about snuff films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films