Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Am I Missing Something?

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Apparently filmed in colour but the print that I just had the misfortune to sit through was in black and white, though I doubt that had it been in colour that it would have been any better. I just found it pretty inept and boring. The microphone makes several appearances, acting is as wooden as the boats in the film and a few of the supposedly Pacific islanders are obviously western women. Some nice scenes of Hawaii though.

63 minutes have hardly ever felt so long. The original title of the film was simply 'Shark Reef' but 'She Gods' were added by insistence by AIP. Roger Corman himself said, that he has no idea what or who is 'She God', so the title is misleading. 'She Gods of Shark Reef' was filmed back to back with 'Naked Paradise' in Hawaii mostly because Roger Corman wanted to get maximum use out of the locations.Two brothers (Bill Cord and Don Durant), whom one is wanted for manslaughter and smuggling, are washed ashore after shipwreck on the island inhabited only by women. Two beefcakes and many gorgeous women in short skirts. The men are not welcomed on the island and one of the girls (Lisa Montell) is blamed for saving the men thus bringing down the wrath of god (as we learn, that is not the titular 'She God'). The brothers need to escape from the island, one wants to save the girl, other wants to steal the pearls.The lacking of dialogue, proper plot or coherent story in all levels reveals how rushed that particular production was. Corman has said, that this was his most enjoyable experience making movies, but I guess he never thought that it might not be so enjoyable to audiences. 'She Gods of Shark Reef' is one Corman film that anyone could (or even should) pass. At least herewriter can't recommend that particular piece of exploitation.

As soon as I saw "Directed by Roger Corman," I knew I was in for a rough ride. Though it clocks in at just 63 minutes, SHE-GODS OF SHARK REEF seemed longer than FANNY AND Alexander. (Yes, I do watch good movies on occasion.)Filmed in Hawaii, it follows brothers Chris (Bill Cord) and Lee (Don Durant). Lee is on the run from the law after killing a security guard in a failed heist. Chris, being a loyal sibling (and not overly sensible), aids and abets his brother's escape by boat. They encounter a storm and are shipwrecked on an island inhabited by mostly nubile Polynesian lasses, who spend their time diving for pearls and engaging in odd rituals. Chris becomes romantically entangled with Mahia (Lisa Montell), who just happens to be the next sacrifice to the shark god the island women worship. Needless to say, our man Chris ain't about to let that happen to the girl he loves! Meanwhile, Lee gets it into his head to steal the women's cache of pearls. When all is said and done, Lee is eaten by what must be the smallest killer shark in history, while Chris and Mahia leave the island together.The film is in color—rare for '50s-era Corman. For some reason, though, the production process never allowed for more than three color tones at a time. Other items that caught my attention: during the scenes on the reef, the ocean's roar damned near drowns out the dialogue; a dead shark will never seem alive, no matter how hard you push it through the water; one of the shark scenes is repeated later in the film; I think the stock footage of lightning used here also turned up in the opening of "Gilligan's Island"; and for fans of 1950s beefcake, the two male leads spend the entire film bare- chested.To Corman's credit, he drew passable performances from his cast of unknowns. And the footage of the Hawaiian Archipelago is quite lovely, despite the color limitations noted above. SHE-GODS OF SHARK REEF is not bad enough to be entertaining, nor is it good enough to be watchable. But at least it didn't bring out the visceral hate that Corman's NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST aroused in me.

One way of looking at this movie is that it's one of the worst to come from its time and place. In this context, we see two young, good-looking hunks, both outlaws, who end up stranded on a tropical island inhabited by primitive hot white women who all speak broken English and cling to weird taboos and traditions, such as believing the sharks are gods, or some such nonsense.Another way of looking at this movie is that clever editing could have turned it into a touching story about two men who, while vacationing in Hawaii near the Hospital for Brain Damaged Women, discover just how attracted they are to each other soon after one of them tries to stop being gay by dating one of the native women. In this sense, one could consider this movie a well done piece of cinema history, especially since it was ahead of its time on the topic of civil rights.It is by imagining the latter scenario that this movie can be made entertaining enough to sit though. If you watch this by taking everything at face value, this flick is way too boring to finish. I'd say the only major motivation anyone would have to watch this movie is if they'd purchased some sort of boxed set that includes this, which is, incidentally, the only reason I watched it.The full synopsis goes like this: Two young, well-built dudes end up stranded on a Hawaiian beach and decide to never wear shirts again. They encounter a civilization of aforementioned broken English-speaking women led by a psychotic mother matron character who is obsessed with local tradition, which involves human sacrifice to appease the shark god. This means feeding a few of the young hotties to a mid-sized shark that may or may not be alive.One of the guys, Chris (Bill Cord) eventually falls in love with one of the native babes, Mahia (Lisa Montell), much to the irritation of Chris's ambiguously gay partner, Jim (Don Durant). Since the mother matron (Jeanne Gerson) is a nasty old woman who hates men, she decides to have Mahia sacrificed to the shark god to make herself feel better about neither Chris nor Jim finding her attractive.SHE GODS OF SHARK REEF: it's not the worst thing I've ever seen, but it's far from the best. The good news is that this sucker is, I do believe, public domain. Those who might search for it could possibly locate it online for free.