Sharknado

Sharknado (2013) is the Syfy original you can watch online on iFILM — the film where a freak hurricane floods Los Angeles and waterspouts start flinging live sharks across the city. Directed by Anthony C. Ferrante, runtime 87 minutes, budget around one million dollars.

Bar owner and surfer Fin watches the storm surge push walls of seawater through Santa Monica, full of very motivated great whites. Then the tornadoes hit, and the sharks go airborne. Fin grabs his friends Baz and Nova and drives a truck through the flooding city to reach his estranged wife April and their teenage daughter. Ian Ziering and Tara Reid play it completely straight, which is exactly what the film needs.

Five sequels followed, along with an avalanche of parody coverage and a permanent spot in pop-culture history as the gold standard of self-aware B-movies. Whether you come for the chaos or the unintentional comedy, the runtime moves fast enough that it never outstays its welcome. Stream Sharknado (2013) online on iFILM.