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"Sharknado" Craze: Flying Sharks Coming Out Of Nowhere

For those wondering, Sharknado is an actual movie with sharks in it, and it may be a strong contender for the most ridiculous movie ever made, but Sharknado caused a Twitter tidal wave and even won over critics when it aired in the US on Thursday. Here's all you need to know about it

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Sharknado creates storm on Twitter - literally

The disaster thriller was a trending topic on Twitter as it inspired amazed messages to reflect viewer amusement at the film's jaw-dropping premise.

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Sharks from the sky! Aubrey Peeples is unaware that a killing machine appears to be hurtling towards her - singing a merry song by the looks of things - in a scene from Syfy's Sharknado

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The film, in which a freak weather system sucks thousands of sharks out of the ocean and hurls them at the terrified residents of Los Angeles, became a phenomenon on social media networks. At one point during the screening on the Syfy channel over 5,000 people a minute posted messages on Twitter.

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A new film genre appeared to have been created and fans suggested further hybrid disaster movies such as Tarantulavalanche, Lizzard Blizzard, and Hippoquake.

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And while the movie received just two stars on Imdb, several reviewers judged it as what it was intended to be - a camp and gory old school monster B-movie.

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How the Twitter went into meltdown over Sharknado as writers scrambled to churn out a sequel

Furore: Twitter blew up with talk of a Sharknado sequel

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Ladies love Sharknado: Olivia Wilde and Elizabeth Banks took Mia Farrow's lead

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Sensation: Will Wheaton angles for a role in the sequel as writer Damon Lindelof offers to write it

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The search for a sequel: Twitterers new favourite hobby is thinking of sequel ideas

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Enter the SHARKNADO!

Enter the SHARKNADO!

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Exit the SHARKNADO!

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The trailer for the film became an instant internet hit earlier this week and the full installment proved to be a schlock sensation that has been branded 'hilarious', 'awesome' and even 'genius'

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'Glee' star Cory Monteith found dead in his hotel room, last tweeted about Sharknado

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