Well my Sharkathon has been and gone and I am happy
to report that just like the previous ‘Friday the 13th Movie Marathon’ it was a
massive success, more so as twice as much was raised for charity this time! The
marathon started at 6 am on Wednesday the 25th of July and finished
on the 26th at 8 am I watched all 17 of the listed movies, breaking
my previous record! My sincere heartfelt thanks to everyone that sponsored me
via the website or through the sponsor forms we raised £467 and all of it goes to the Alzheimer’s Society a worthwhile charity that helps
advance research and improve the lives of people with dementia some of you may
know this was a personal mission for me as I lost both my grandmother and grandfather to this
horrible condition this year. I would also like to thank everyone that
helped spread the word be it through the media or by simply pressing the
‘share’ button it’s not easy to raise awareness for these charitable events and
a big thank you to all the encouraging messages I received throughout the
day! I would like to thank my mother for
helping to raise additional funds through our sponsorship forms and Beth for being
by my side for (most) of the day making coffee and replenishing popcorn! As
promised, I posted photographs of my progress during the day on Facebook, login
the start time of each movie here they are as they happened!
06:00 Ghost Shark (2013) “Dont. Get. Wet.” |
07:25 Dinoshark (2009) “Frozen for 150million years- now he’s hungry...” |
09:05 Mega Shark Vs Crocosaurus (2010) “Death has a new set of teeth” |
12:55 Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017) “The apocalypse has teeth!” |
14:25 Shark Exorcist (2016) “Satan has Jaws” |
15:20 Megalodon (2002) “History’s most fearsome predator has resurfaced!” |
16:40pm Swamp Shark (2010) “Fresh water. Fresh meat.” |
18:10 Sharktopus (2010) “50% shark. 50% octopus. 100% deadly” |
19:40 Sharktopus Vs Pteracuda (2014) “Time for the shark to hit the fan" |
21:20 House Shark (2018) “You’re gonna need a bigger house!” |
23:30 Sharkenstein (2016) “Man’s greatest monster is back!” |
00:50 Jurassic Shark (2012) “Dinosaur from the deep” |
01:55 Raiders Of The Lost Shark (2015) “Even Indiana Jones can’t get out of this one!” |
02:51 Ice Sharks (2016) “As the ice melts, the danger comes to the surface” |
04:15 Sand Shark (2011) “Just when you thought you were safe out of the water...” |
05:45 Super Shark (2011) “Bikinis, bullets & big bites” |
07:05 2-Headed Shark Attack (2011) “1 body, 2 heads & 6,000 teeth!” |
S4C’s Heno presenter Elin
Fflur joined me for the Sharkathon!
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Introduction by presenter, Angharad Mair, “During
the show tonight we heard about the Kraken, a creature from the sea, thankfully
sharks have not been sighted on the shorelines of Wales, despite the recent warm
weather but there is a guy from Nefyn holding a ‘Sharkathon’, where he will be watching
shark movies for 24 hours and Elin went along to watch a few with him!”
Item starts with a shot of Nefyn Beach, then stock
footage of a great white!
(Voice over)
“When I think of sharks in movies naturally the first one that spring to
mind is Jaws, a film that terrified me many years ago. But this is the kind of
film that Arfon Jones from Nefyn delights in watching and to be honest he is
rather obsessed with these horror and sci-fi movies.”
Cut to various shots from around the studio.
(Voice over) “And in his home in Nefyn I had I had
quite a surprise, seeing that he had devoted an entire room to movies and
comics!”
Arfon: “Here’s the studio come on in”
Elin Fflur:
“WOW Arfon! (Laughs) I don’t know what to say! It’s absolutely unbelievable!
The term in English is ‘Film Buff’ someone who is obsessed with movies, I think
I can say without doubt you are a film buff aren’t you?
Arfon: “Oh yes! I can’t deny it look around me! Yes,
I am obsessed and I am a film buff I adore horror and sci-fi. When I was 13 I
had a summer job at a business that sold vintage comics and I started collecting
them myself. I have all manner of comics, Batman, various Marvel comic titles,
Topper, Beezer and I collect the annuals as well.”
(Voice
over) “Arfon is a full time illustrator
and he creates, yes you guessed it Illustrations relating to horror, sci-fi
movies and comics.”
Arfon:” I
have made contacts throughout the world, commissioning comics and books. I
illustrated the comic series called ‘Slaughterhouse Farm, a comic that was made
in Wales, I once illustrated a book for Sir Patrick Moore and I also
illustrated the poster for Zombies from Ireland a movie which was filmed here
in North Wales.”
Elin:” And throughout your career you have met many
of your heroes. You have an interesting
wall here in the house”
Arfon:” Yes, I have my ‘Wall of Fame’, people such
as Stan Lee, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elvira, Bruce Campbell and Buzz Aldrin the
second man on the moon.”
(Voice over) “But today he is in his element
watching movies through the day to raise money for charity.
Elin:”This challenge of watching movies straight
through for 24 hours is something you’ve set yourself before.”
Arfon:” Yes, last time I watched all 12 of the
Friday the 13th movies for Children in Need”
Elin:” And you have set yourself the same challenge
this year, so what is the theme this time Arfon, and why are you doing it?"
Arfon:”Sharks, and I am collecting money for the
Alzheimer’s Society in honour of my grandparents whom we lost this year.”
Elin:” Ok Arfon so I am going to watch a movie with
you this afternoon, so what have you chosen for me?”
Arfon:”Sharkenstein! From 2016”
Elin:” ....Ok it sounds horrible, is it horrible?”
Arfon:”I
hope so!” *Arfon offers her some popcorn
Elin;”But there is popcorn.”
*Elin puts on
a shark hat and Arfon puts the film on.
Once again, my sincere thanks to all that sponsored the event!
© Arfon Jones 2018. All images are copyrighted throughout the world.