Snow Shark: Ancient Snow Beast
Snow Shark: Ancient Snow Beast
Snow Shark: Ancient Snow Beast
Snow Shark: Ancient Snow Beast
Snow Shark: Ancient Snow Beast
Snow Shark: Ancient Snow Beast
Snow Shark: Ancient Snow Beast
Snow Shark: Ancient Snow Beast
Snow Shark: Ancient Snow Beast
Snow Shark: Ancient Snow Beast
Snow Shark: Ancient Snow Beast
Snow Shark: Ancient Snow Beast

Wild Eye Releasing

Snow Shark: Ancient Snow Beast

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This listing is for the standard edition Blu-ray. The limited edition slipcover (designed by Johnny Ryan) was limited to 500 units and is sold out. The two versions are identical, aside from the slipcover.

Founded in 2006, Wild Eye Releasing has carved out a name as a driving force in low-budget, underground, and outsider cinema, earning a cult following among filmmakers and fans alike. Wild Eye champions horror, action, sci-fi, exploitation, arthouse, documentaries, and vintage gems from across the globe, delivering them worldwide via home video, digital and theatrical avenues. We also produce our own in-house features and mockbusters like the fan-favorites Cocaine Shark, Amityville in Space and the Ouija Shark and Jurassic Shark series, while proudly distributing VHS era classics such as Splatter Farm, Zombie Bloodbath, Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell and The Necro Files via our sister imprint, Visual Vengeance.

Twelve years after a doomed scientific expedition uncovers something prehistoric beneath the frozen earth, a quiet snowbound town finds itself under siege by a creature long thought to be nothing more than a myth. Following a series of brutal attacks, the terrifying truth emerges: an ancient predator has awakened, hunting from beneath the snow. A small group of locals, scientists, and hunters band together to confront the impossible, hunting a shark creature that strikes without warning, dragging its victims into the icy depths.

Working with a microbudget but unlimited DIY heart, writer-director Sam Qualiana crafts a monster movie that embraces its practical effects, hometown charm, and the enduring appeal of creature features. Emerging at the front end of the modern sharksploitation wave, Snow Shark: Ancient Snow Beast stands as one of the earliest low-budget entries to reimagine the shark film outside its natural Hollywood habitat, pushing the sub-genre into absurd, snowbound territory with clever and unapologetic ambition. 15 years since its initial release, Snow Shark remains a stellar example of scrappy, grassroots regional filmmaking.

directed by: Sam Qualiana
starring: Michael O'Hear, Bob Bozek, Sam Qualiana, Kathy Murphy, Andrew Elias, Andy Taylor
2011 / 79 min / 1.85:1 / English DTS-HD MA 2.0

Additional info:

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • 2026 Audio Commentary with director Sam Qualiana and actors Andy Taylor, Andrew Elias and Bob Bozek
  • 2012 Archival Commentary with director Sam Qualiana, producer Greg Lamberson and actor Michael O’Hear
  • Behind the Scenes Documentary
  • Actor Andrew Elias Interview
  • Actor Robert Bozek Interview
  • Producer Greg Lamberson Interview
  • Special Effects Artist John Renna Interview
  • Behind The Scenes Image Gallery
  • Outtakes
  • Original Snow Shark Short Film
  • Short Films:
    • Crazy Lane
    • Mongrel
    • Swamp Squad of the Dead
    • The Headhunter
  • Original Trailer
  • Wild Eye Trailer
  • Folded Poster
  • English SDH subtitles

Overall rating: 4.5 / 5 from 16 reviews.

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It's a snow shark!

"Absolutely ridiculous! Dreadful AI, comically cheap sets and the entire thing is utterly laughable. And that's what makes it so fun to watch :) Clearly they know they're not making Citizen Kane, but that's okay because we'd all rather be watching Snow Shark anyway (right?). The slipcover is abysmal, whereas the inner artwork is actually quite brilliant. If you like bad movies and don't mind rubbish AI then you could do a lot worse than buying Snow Shark: Ancient Snow Beast. Recommended!"

— Sam N. (4/5)

Rough One

"The slipcover sold me on this to order it. I was expecting a fun shark movie. Well, what I got was not that. I actually fell asleep 4x during it. It was very bland material. I'm not a fan of the cheap CGI dots used for gunfire. At least it looks good next to my slip of Hot Spring Shark Attack."

— Steven B. (2/5)

Snow Shark ancient Snow beast

"I absolutely love this special edition. Especially the crazy awesome slipcover! Such fun cartoons for a fun silly movie! I love all of your packaging and designs! I'm going to send over some of my films and see if you'd like to give them the treatment! Highly recommend vinegar syndrome"

— John R. (5/5)

You know exactly what you're in for. . .

"C'mon, no one reading this review is confused as to what to expect from a movie like this. As a apologetic CGI shark junkie, I thought Wild Eye's blu-ray really elevated this one above most of the typical sharksploitation dreck. Very much liked the bonus short films."

— Nathan I. (5/5)

Snow Shark. Ancient Snow Beast

"The film follows the residents of a small town who are terrorized by a prehistoric man-eating shark that can swim through snow."

— Zach S. (5/5)

Moronic fun

"Low budget special effects show ingenuity. Check it out"

— Bruce K. (4/5)

Snow Shark: Ancient Snow Beast

"Great fun. It is exactly what you think it will be."

— Ryan F. (5/5)

Snow Shark is hot

"What a winter wonderland of shark chompings."

— Tim B. (5/5)

Best shark movie

"Best shark movie ever"

— gabriel j. (5/5)

Snow Shark

"ok outrageous film, nice slipcover though"

— Phillip R. (4/5)

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