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Dive into the thrilling world of shark cinema with Captain Steve Coates on Bucket of Chum: The Shark Movie Podcast ! From iconic classics like Jaws and Deep Blue Sea to hidden gems such as Virus Shark , Graveyard Shark , and the outrageous Post Apocalyptic Commando Shark , Steve reviews and riffs on them all. Join Steve each we
Captain Steve hosts Bucket of Chum, a tv show with 120 episodes published.
Who would you rather meet in the water? A great white shark or, Jai Courtney? All these questions and more are answered in this week's episode on one of the best movies of 2025, DANGEROUS ANIMALS. A serial killer uses hi
This month's JAWS50 takes us into a movie starring Richard Dreyfuss (Jaws) and Scout Taylor-Compton (Halloween). Some super bad guys, make these people dive down for some stuff, but there's sharks in the way, and then...
THIS EPISODE IS CURSED! This was recorded some time ago, and never released because I thought it was bad. Turns out I was just sick and wasn't as bad as I thought. Even editing it for this release, I was sick. But here i
Spooky Sharktober has come to an end! This week, I asked BAD MOVIES WORSE PEOPLE to join me, and finish a journey we started ages ago, and finish this franchise off. This sequel comes TEN YEARS after the original! How do
Week 3 of SPOOKY SHARKTOBER This week I look into one of the entries for the CAMP BLOOD franchise, CAMP BLOOD: CLOWN SHARK (2024) directed by our favourites, Mark Polonia and Jeff Kirkendall. When a killer clown is put d
SPOOKY SHARKTOBER episode 2 is here! This week I look at a sequel to one of my favourite movies from the first year of the podcast. OUIJA SHARK 2 finds us mere months after the first one, and this time we've got singing
SPOOKY SHARKTOBER STARTS NOW! I'm kicking this month off with a Polonia Brother's Shark take on The Mummy! MUMMY SHARK (2024) finds a group of researchers and government employees digging up the past, that was better lef
OCTOPUS AUGUST CONTINUES This week I dive in to the sequel (?) of last week's movie and check out OCTOPUS 2: RIVER OF FEAR (2001). In this installment we head to New York City where people are mysteriously disappearing,
Octopus August starts now! I kick off the month with, OCTOPUS (2000). A movie that doesn't know whether it's a creature feature, spy thriller or something else. But don't worry, they manage to get in a sneaky JAWS refere
Join me, Captain Steve, as I celebrate 100(ish) episodes of Bucket of Chum: The Shark Movie Podcast! I talk about the past, present and future of the podcast, and you can get to know me better! We'll also be going over s
Peter Benchley's novel JAWS was adapted into one of the greatest movies ever put to film. But this wasn't the only time he dipped his toes into the world of aquatic horror. He's written a few novels in the aquatic horror
MONTH OF ACTION continues this week with Halle Berry's 2012 action adventure shark movie DARK TIDE! Directed by John Stockwell (Into The Blue, Blue Crush) A rich douche takes his son for an adventure he doesn't want to g
Month of Action Continues this week with the true story of the USS Indianapolis. Stuck at sea for 5 days, and no one coming to the rescue as they're picked off by sharks because the government and military suck. Also, it
It's finally here. I and a slew of other podcaster are celebrating the MONTH OF ACTION! B-Action and Gimme Back My Action and Horror Movies have recruited us all to a month of non-stop heart pounding action movies. I kic
With the amount of butthurt about JAWS reviews from last week's episode on either end of the spectrum, I thought I'd make things fair and read some stellar 5 Star (and some 1 Star) reviews of 1995's Jaws knockoff spectac
JAWS is celebrating 50 years since it came out, and while there's those of us that LOVE the movie, what about the people who don't (and are wrong for it)? Well this week, we dive deep into the 1 star reviews on Letterbox
Open wide and receive my chum! I'm back with shark movie reviews! This week I take a trip to Malibu which is ruined by god damn goblin sharks and dumbasses, and a love triangle for the ages. Can all the bikini babes and
Week 3 of GRIZZLY MAY! This week I dig my incy tincy finger nails into 1977's CLAWS! A JAWS knockoff this is not! It's not even a GRIZZLY knockoff. Although marketed as a GRIZZLY sequel in Canada and Mexico, this movie s
GRIZZLY MAY continues with director William Girdler's follow up to GRIZZLY (1976), DAY OF THE ANIMALS (1977)! Starring Leslie Nielson, Christopher George and Richard Jaeckel, the ozone layer is fubar, and the animals get
This month, it's all about the BEAR necessities. Now that that joke is out of the way, it's GRIZZLY MAY! Naturally I start the month off with one of the first and probably best JAWS clones out there, GRIZZLY (1976) which
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