Swamp Shark is a 2011 American horror film

Horror film

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

 directed by Griff Furst

Griff Furst

Griff Furst is an American actor and film director. Furst has appeared in 36 television and film productions. He also directed seven films, including Movin' In and Wolvesbayne...

 and starring Kristy Swanson

Kristy Swanson

Kristen Nöel "Kristy" Swanson is an American actress best known for playing Buffy in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she also played Catherine "Cathy" Dollanganger in the movie version of the V.C...

, D. B. Sweeney

D. B. Sweeney

Daniel Bernard "D. B." Sweeney is an American actor.-Early life:Sweeney was born on Long Island, New York and raised in Shoreham by an educator father and a municipal government employee mother. He attended Shoreham-Wading River High School and both Tulane and New York University...

, Robert Davi

Robert Davi

Robert John Davi is an American actor and singer. He has played such roles as Vietnam veteran and Special Agent Johnson in Die Hard, the villainous Jake Fratelli in The Goonies, and Al Torres in Showgirls...

, Jason Rogel

Jason Rogel

Jason Rogel is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Leo on the ABC Family sitcom, State of Georgia, starring Raven-Symoné and Loretta Devine. He recently starred as Martin in the SyFy original movie, Swamp Shark, opposite Kristy Swanson and DB Sweeney...

, Sophia Sinise, Richard Tanne

Richard Tanne

-Early life:Richard Tanne grew up in Livingston, New Jersey and later attended the prestigious film conservatory at SUNY Purchase in Westchester, New York.-Career:...

, and Jeff Chase

Jeff Chase

Jeff Chase is an American film and television actor.Chase was born Jeffrey L. Sniffen in Paterson, New Jersey. He married Kimberly Chase on January 5, 1991, and now lives in Clermont, Florida. Chase has one son, Cory Chase, born in 1998...

. The film was produced by Kenneth M. Badish and Daniel Lewis and was written by Eric Miller, Charles Bolon, and Jennifer Iwen. It is a Syfy

Syfy

Syfy , formerly known as the Sci-Fi Channel and SCI FI, is an American cable television channel featuring science fiction, supernatural, fantasy, reality, paranormal, wrestling, and horror programming. Launched on September 24, 1992, it is part of the entertainment conglomerate NBCUniversal, a...

 Channel original picture. The film premiered in the U.S. on the Syfy

Syfy

Syfy , formerly known as the Sci-Fi Channel and SCI FI, is an American cable television channel featuring science fiction, supernatural, fantasy, reality, paranormal, wrestling, and horror programming. Launched on September 24, 1992, it is part of the entertainment conglomerate NBCUniversal, a...

 Channel on June 25, 2011. In Germany, it was shown on RTL II

RTL II

RTL II is a privately owned, commercial, general-interest German television channel.It was founded as a second-generation commercial broadcaster in 1993. It quickly became infamous for its perceived "trash programming", comprising lots of soft porn as well as shows such as Peep and many...

 on October 16.

Cast

• Kristy Swanson
  Kristy Swanson
  Kristen Nöel "Kristy" Swanson is an American actress best known for playing Buffy in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she also played Catherine "Cathy" Dollanganger in the movie version of the V.C...
  
   as Rachel Bouchard
• D. B. Sweeney
  D. B. Sweeney
  Daniel Bernard "D. B." Sweeney is an American actor.-Early life:Sweeney was born on Long Island, New York and raised in Shoreham by an educator father and a municipal government employee mother. He attended Shoreham-Wading River High School and both Tulane and New York University...
  
   as Tommy Breysler
• Robert Davi
  Robert Davi
  Robert John Davi is an American actor and singer. He has played such roles as Vietnam veteran and Special Agent Johnson in Die Hard, the villainous Jake Fratelli in The Goonies, and Al Torres in Showgirls...
  
   as Sheriff Watson
• Richard Tanne
  Richard Tanne
  -Early life:Richard Tanne grew up in Livingston, New Jersey and later attended the prestigious film conservatory at SUNY Purchase in Westchester, New York.-Career:...
  
   as Tyler
• Jeff Chase
  Jeff Chase
  Jeff Chase is an American film and television actor.Chase was born Jeffrey L. Sniffen in Paterson, New Jersey. He married Kimberly Chase on January 5, 1991, and now lives in Clermont, Florida. Chase has one son, Cory Chase, born in 1998...
  
   as Jason 'Swamp Thing' Bouchard
• Jason Rogel
  Jason Rogel
  Jason Rogel is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Leo on the ABC Family sitcom, State of Georgia, starring Raven-Symoné and Loretta Devine. He recently starred as Martin in the SyFy original movie, Swamp Shark, opposite Kristy Swanson and DB Sweeney...
  
   as Martin
• Sophie Sinise as Krystal Bouchard
• Wade Boggs
  Wade Boggs
  Wade Anthony Boggs is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He spent his 18-year baseball career primarily with the Boston Red Sox, but also played for the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Devil Rays...
  
   as Deputy Stanley
• Dylan Ramsey
  Dylan Ramsey
  Dylan Ramsey is a young Canadian actor and film producer, known for his portrayals of dark dramatic and comedically eccentric characters of diverse ethnicity...
  
   as Scott
• Charles Harrelson as Noah
• Natacha Itzel as Sarah
• Thomas "TAH" Hyde III as Marcus
• Leigh Hennessy
  Leigh Hennessy
  Leigh Hennessy was raised in Lafayette, Louisiana. She holds the record, according to the Guinness World Records, for winning the most US national championships for women. She has more recently had a career as an actress and stunt performer in the U.S...
  
  (Stunt Coordinator)