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Digital Artist Gives Modern Day, Live Action Makeover to Characters from “Street Sharks”
One of my favorite toy lines growing up as a ’90s kid was Mattel’s “Street Sharks,” a line of badass humanoid shark creatures that were also the stars of their own animated series. In the series, which ran from 1994 to 1997, a group of human beings are turned into shark hybrids thanks to the power of a “gene-slammer,” and naturally, they become crime fighters.
In other words, it was basically Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Only with sharks.
It’s now been over 20 years since the “Street Sharks” had any sort of presence in the pop culture landscape, but ’90s kids like myself certainly haven’t forgotten about them. In fact, there are many fans out there who have long been begging for the animated series/toy line to spawn a live-action film, which is only fair considering the Turtles have several films now.
Alas, nothing seems to be in the works at this time. But digital artist George Evangelista was recently tasked with imagining the characters in live action, and he came through for fans.
Check out Evangelista’s live-action makeovers of Ripster and Jab below!
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‘Dead Mail’ Exclusive Images: SXSW Horror Movie Begins With a Blood-Stained Postal Box Delivery
One of the genre films we’re looking forward to checking out at SXSW this year is Dead Mail, written and directed by Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy and premiering on March 9.
Meagan Navarro will be reviewing Dead Mail for Bloody Disgusting as part of her SXSW coverage, and she writes in her preview for the upcoming fest: “Dead Mail leans heavily into the ’80s analog aesthetic, delivering a unique crime thriller unafraid to get offbeat with its dark narrative. Expect its characters to be as atypical as Dead Mail‘s sense of style.”
In the SXSW 2024 horror film…
“On a desolate, Midwestern county road, a bound man crawls towards a remote postal box, managing to slide a blood-stained plea-for-help message into the slot before a panicking figure closes in behind him. The note makes its way to the county post office and onto the desk of Jasper, a seasoned and skilled “dead letter” investigator, responsible for investigating lost mail and returning it to its sender. As he investigates further, Jasper meets Trent, a strange yet unassuming man who has taken up residence at the men’s home where Jasper lives.
“When Trent unexpectedly shows up at Jasper’s office, it becomes clear he has a vested interest in the note, and will stop at nothing to retrieve it…”
Sterling Macer, Jr., John Fleck, Susan Priver, Micki Jackson, Tomas Boykin, and Nick Heyman star in Dead Mail. Preview the film with an exclusive image gallery below.
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