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The Eric Roberts Collection: Megalodon: The Frenzy (dir by Brendan Petrizzo)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

In 2023’s Megalodon: The Frenzy, the giant shark that keeps coming back …. well, it comes back again!  Actually, there’s more than one giant shark this time.  The ocean is not safe, not for tourists, not for beach partiers, not for scientists, not even for the Marines!

Fortunately, Lt. Commander Sharp (Eric Roberts) is in command of a battleship and he’s constantly encouraging his Marines to be prepared to sacrifice everything to stop the giant sharks.  While scientist Rylie Clark (Caroline Williams) attempts to figure out how to stop the sharks, Sharp barks out order to his crew.  His crew replies with “Oorah!”  I would have to check the official records to know for sure but there’s a distinct chance that this movie set the record for the most use of “oorah” over an 82 minute run time.

The true stars of the film are the giant sharks, of course.  That said, it’s nice to see Eric Roberts playing a good guy for once.  Of course, Eric does seem a little advanced in years to still be on active duty.  The mandatory retirement age for a flag officer is usually 64 but retirement can be deferred until 68 by Presidential order.  Eric Roberts was around 67 years old when he filmed this so I guess it pays to have a friend in Washington.  Well, no matter.  Eric gave his orders with authority and rallied his men and probably had the longest hair that you’re ever likely to see on an officer.

As for the sharks, they’re really big and they jump out of the water and eat people.  This is an Asylum film and the Asylum has always understood what people want when it comes to giant sharks.  Don’t take this film seriously and you’ll be fine.

Previous Eric Roberts Films That We Have Reviewed:

  1. Paul’s Case (1980)
  2. Star 80 (1983)
  3. Runaway Train (1985)
  4. To Heal A Nation (1988)
  5. Best of the Best (1989)
  6. Blood Red (1989)
  7. The Ambulance (1990)
  8. The Lost Capone (1990)
  9. Best of the Best II (1993)
  10. Love, Cheat, & Steal (1993)
  11. Voyage (1993)
  12. Love Is A Gun (1994)
  13. Sensation (1994)
  14. Dark Angel (1996)
  15. Doctor Who (1996)
  16. Most Wanted (1997)
  17. The Alternate (2000)
  18. Mercy Streets (2000)
  19. Tripfall (2000)
  20. Raptor (2001)
  21. Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534 (2001)
  22. Strange Frequency (2001)
  23. Wolves of Wall Street (2002)
  24. Border Blues (2004)
  25. Mr. Brightside (2004)
  26. Six: The Mark Unleased (2004)
  27. We Belong Together (2005)
  28. Hey You (2006)
  29. Depth Charge (2008)
  30. Amazing Racer (2009)
  31. The Chaos Experiment (2009)
  32. In The Blink of an Eye (2009)
  33. Bed & Breakfast (2010)
  34. Enemies Among Us (2010)
  35. The Expendables (2010) 
  36. Groupie (2010)
  37. Sharktopus (2010)
  38. Beyond The Trophy (2012)
  39. The Dead Want Women (2012)
  40. Deadline (2012)
  41. The Mark (2012)
  42. Miss Atomic Bomb (2012)
  43. The Night Never Sleeps (2012)
  44. Assault on Wall Street (2013)
  45. Bonnie And Clyde: Justified (2013)
  46. Lovelace (2013)
  47. The Mark: Redemption (2013)
  48. The Perfect Summer (2013)
  49. Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End (2013)
  50. Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire (2013)
  51. Self-Storage (2013)
  52. Sink Hole (2013)
  53. A Talking Cat!?! (2013)
  54. This Is Our Time (2013)
  55. Bigfoot vs DB Cooper (2014)
  56. Doc Holliday’s Revenge (2014)
  57. Eternity: The Movie (2014)
  58. Inherent Vice (2014)
  59. Road to the Open (2014)
  60. Rumors of War (2014)
  61. So This Is Christmas (2014)
  62. Amityville Death House (2015)
  63. Deadly Sanctuary (2015)
  64. A Fatal Obsession (2015)
  65. Las Vegas Story (2015)
  66. Sorority Slaughterhouse (2015)
  67. Stalked By My Doctor (2015)
  68. Enemy Within (2016)
  69. Hunting Season (2016)
  70. Joker’s Poltergeist (2016)
  71. Prayer Never Fails (2016)
  72. Stalked By My Doctor: The Return (2016)
  73. The Wrong Roommate (2016)
  74. Dark Image (2017)
  75. The Demonic Dead (2017)
  76. Black Wake (2018)
  77. Frank and Ava (2018)
  78. Stalked By My Doctor: Patient’s Revenge (2018)
  79. The Wrong Teacher (2018)
  80. Clinton Island (2019)
  81. Monster Island (2019)
  82. The Reliant (2019)
  83. The Savant (2019)
  84. Seven Deadly Sins (2019)
  85. Stalked By My Doctor: A Sleepwalker’s Nightmare (2019)
  86. The Wrong Mommy (2019)
  87. Exodus of a Prodigal Son (2020)
  88. Free Lunch Express (2020)
  89. Hard Luck Love Song (2020)
  90. Her Deadly Groom (2020)
  91. Top Gunner (2020)
  92. Deadly Nightshade (2021)
  93. The Elevator (2021)
  94. Just What The Doctor Ordered (2021)
  95. Killer Advice (2021)
  96. Megaboa (2021)
  97. Night Night (2021)
  98. The Poltergeist Diaries (2021)
  99. The Rebels of PT-218 (2021)
  100. Red Prophecies (2021)
  101. A Town Called Parable (2021)
  102. The Wrong Mr. Right (2021)
  103. Bleach (2022)
  104. Dawn (2022)
  105. My Dinner With Eric (2022)
  106. 69 Parts (2022)
  107. The Rideshare Killer (2022)
  108. The Wrong High School Sweetheart (2022)
  109. The Company We Keep (2023)
  110. D.C. Down (2023)
  111. If I Can’t Have You (2023)
  112. Aftermath (2024)
  113. Bad Substitute (2024)
  114. Devil’s Knight (2024)
  115. Insane Like Me? (2024)
  116. Space Sharks (2024)
  117. The Wrong Life Coach (2024)
  118. Broken Church (2025)
  119. Shakey Grounds (2025)
  120. When It Rains In L.A. (2025)

The Eric Roberts Collection: The Wrong High School Sweetheart (dir by David DeCoteau)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

In 2022’s The Wrong High School Sweetheart, Mea Wilkerson plays Danielle, a real estate agent who dated Danny (Alex Trumble) in high school.  (Dani and Danny!  How cute!)  Danielle and Danny broke up when Danny went off to college on a baseball scholarship.  Now, Danny has returned home and he’s eager to start things up again with Danielle.  Danielle’s wimpy fiancé, Tod (Doug Rogers), isn’t happy about that.

“You just had the wrong high school sweetheart,” Vivica A. Fox says once it’s become obvious that Danny is psychotic.  Vivica plays the high school principal.  For some reason, she is best friends with her former student, Danielle.  Vivica A. Fox appears in all of the “Wrong” films and she’s usually cast as an authority figure.  It almost always falls on her to say the film’s title.  Sometimes, she’s a bit judgmental.  If she says you “picked,” the wrong person, you know everything is your fault.  In this once, she makes it clear that Danielle is not to blame because she “just had” the wrong person in her life.  It’s always a fun to see Vivica in these films.

The “Wrong” films are almost always entertaining.  The Wrong High School Sweetheart certainly is.  David DeCoteau’s campy sensibility is uniquely suited to these films.  The Wrong High School Sweetheart features Danny chanting, “Stronger than steel/Hotter than the sun/Danny Brooks won’t stop/Til he gets the job done!” while exercising in his underwear.  Alex Trumble throws himself into the role of Danny and good for him.

As always with the “Wrong” films, some familiar faces show up in small roles.  Tracy Nelson plays a therapist.  And, of course, Eric Roberts shows up as a detective.  Hopefully, we’ll get a sequel called The Wrong Detective.

Previous Eric Roberts Films That We Have Reviewed:

  1. Paul’s Case (1980)
  2. Star 80 (1983)
  3. Runaway Train (1985)
  4. To Heal A Nation (1988)
  5. Best of the Best (1989)
  6. Blood Red (1989)
  7. The Ambulance (1990)
  8. The Lost Capone (1990)
  9. Best of the Best II (1993)
  10. Love, Cheat, & Steal (1993)
  11. Voyage (1993)
  12. Love Is A Gun (1994)
  13. Sensation (1994)
  14. Dark Angel (1996)
  15. Doctor Who (1996)
  16. Most Wanted (1997)
  17. The Alternate (2000)
  18. Mercy Streets (2000)
  19. Tripfall (2000)
  20. Raptor (2001)
  21. Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534 (2001)
  22. Strange Frequency (2001)
  23. Wolves of Wall Street (2002)
  24. Border Blues (2004)
  25. Mr. Brightside (2004)
  26. Six: The Mark Unleased (2004)
  27. We Belong Together (2005)
  28. Hey You (2006)
  29. Depth Charge (2008)
  30. Amazing Racer (2009)
  31. The Chaos Experiment (2009)
  32. In The Blink of an Eye (2009)
  33. Bed & Breakfast (2010)
  34. Enemies Among Us (2010)
  35. The Expendables (2010) 
  36. Sharktopus (2010)
  37. Beyond The Trophy (2012)
  38. The Dead Want Women (2012)
  39. Deadline (2012)
  40. The Mark (2012)
  41. Miss Atomic Bomb (2012)
  42. Assault on Wall Street (2013)
  43. Bonnie And Clyde: Justified (2013)
  44. Lovelace (2013)
  45. The Mark: Redemption (2013)
  46. The Perfect Summer (2013)
  47. Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End (2013)
  48. Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire (2013)
  49. Self-Storage (2013)
  50. Sink Hole (2013)
  51. A Talking Cat!?! (2013)
  52. This Is Our Time (2013)
  53. Bigfoot vs DB Cooper (2014)
  54. Doc Holliday’s Revenge (2014)
  55. Eternity: The Movie (2014)
  56. Inherent Vice (2014)
  57. Road to the Open (2014)
  58. Rumors of War (2014)
  59. So This Is Christmas (2014)
  60. Amityville Death House (2015)
  61. Deadly Sanctuary (2015)
  62. A Fatal Obsession (2015)
  63. Las Vegas Story (2015)
  64. Sorority Slaughterhouse (2015)
  65. Stalked By My Doctor (2015)
  66. Enemy Within (2016)
  67. Hunting Season (2016)
  68. Joker’s Poltergeist (2016)
  69. Prayer Never Fails (2016)
  70. Stalked By My Doctor: The Return (2016)
  71. The Wrong Roommate (2016)
  72. Dark Image (2017)
  73. The Demonic Dead (2017)
  74. Black Wake (2018)
  75. Frank and Ava (2018)
  76. Stalked By My Doctor: Patient’s Revenge (2018)
  77. The Wrong Teacher (2018)
  78. Clinton Island (2019)
  79. Monster Island (2019)
  80. The Reliant (2019)
  81. The Savant (2019)
  82. Seven Deadly Sins (2019)
  83. Stalked By My Doctor: A Sleepwalker’s Nightmare (2019)
  84. The Wrong Mommy (2019)
  85. Exodus of a Prodigal Son (2020)
  86. Free Lunch Express (2020)
  87. Hard Luck Love Song (2020)
  88. Her Deadly Groom (2020)
  89. Top Gunner (2020)
  90. Deadly Nightshade (2021)
  91. The Elevator (2021)
  92. Just What The Doctor Ordered (2021)
  93. Killer Advice (2021)
  94. Megaboa (2021)
  95. Night Night (2021)
  96. The Poltergeist Diaries (2021)
  97. The Rebels of PT-218 (2021)
  98. Red Prophecies (2021)
  99. A Town Called Parable (2021)
  100. Bleach (2022)
  101. Dawn (2022)
  102. My Dinner With Eric (2022)
  103. 69 Parts (2022)
  104. The Rideshare Killer (2022)
  105. The Company We Keep (2023)
  106. D.C. Down (2023)
  107. Aftermath (2024)
  108. Bad Substitute (2024)
  109. Devil’s Knight (2024)
  110. Insane Like Me? (2024)
  111. Space Sharks (2024)
  112. The Wrong Life Coach (2024)
  113. Broken Church (2025)
  114. Shakey Grounds (2025)
  115. When It Rains In L.A. (2025)