Whalefall (2026) – Review

Picture the scene: I am merely a child and I’m fairly sure the year is 1986. I am perched in front of a miniscule television

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Below – Season 1, Episode 6: The Unfathering Deep (2026) – Review

It’s been quite the choppy journey for Netflix’s aquatic thriller, Below. Much like the ever-changing nature of the sea, the show opted to chuck in

Below – Season 1, Episode 5: Little Pot Rock (2026) – Review

I’m not sure if the giant squid at the centre of Below has the ability to alter its colours much like some other members of

Below – Season 1, Episode 4: The Ocean Will Have Us All (2026) – Review

To say that Below has a Jaws fixation is putting things rather mildly, but while it’s poisoned townsfolk subplot steadily builds, Netflix’s nautical outing finally

Below – Season 1, Episode 3: Sir John Franklin (2026) – Review

As we dive into the third installment of Netflix’s killer squid show, we find Below taking something of a breather between strokes. After an episode

Below – Season 1, Episode 1: Come Home Year (2026) – Review

I’ve always fancied a bit of aquatic horror ever since first watching Jaws at a formative age, so the notion of Netflix putting out a

Hungry (2026) – Review

When it comes to watching some form of wildlife suddenly go wild and tear humans apart, it seems that virtually the entire animal kingdom has

Deep Water (2026) – Review

It’s strangely heartening that Renny Harlin is having something of a resurgence of late – it’s just a shame that it’s not particularly a good

The Devil’s Mouth (2026) – Review

I once announced that the rise of more polished, serious, killer shark movies were far more preferable than the cheap, low budget, cartoon slop that

It Came From Beneath The Sea (1955) – Review

Not every creature that assaulted the earth came from the inky depths of space suring the fifties; in fact, if you’ve read the title of

Above & Below – Official Trailer

The trailer has been released for Above & Below. 30 feet below. 10 minutes of oxygen. 1 apex predator. Friends embark on a dream vacation

Thrash (2026) – Review

Could it be that the new home for ridiculous, camp shark movies is Netflix? Obviously as the tidal wave of streaming content surges on, killer

Coyotes (2025) – Review

Cinema’s thirst for co-opting and demonising everything in the animal kingdom that walks, crawls, swims or slithers and turning them into voracious engines of man

Killer Whale (2026) – Review

Maybe filmmakers need to give aquatic predators a rest for a bit. While the past few years have seen some commendable attempts to put a

Primate (2025) – Review

Despite being absolutely fucking terrifying creatures, there’s a sense the cinema has inly really scratched the surface with the killer ape movie. Oh, I’ll grant

Anaconda (2025) – Review

In my mind, remakes, when done well, are only truly good for three things: retconing a franchise whose sequels have gone too far; totally updating

Great White Waters (2025) – Review

If there’s one thing I find fascinating about genres, is that not only do their popularity switch and vary over time, but the genres, and

Beast Of War (2025) – Review

Is it me, or does the killer shark movie finally seem to be entering a period of creativity that goes beyond shamelessly ripping off Jaws,

Bambi: The Reckoning (2025) – Review

Whether you want to accept it or not, the Twisted Childhood Universe (aka. the Poohniverse) isn’t going anywhere. After kicking off in 2023 with the

Anaconda (2024) – Review

When word recently broke that Paul Rudd and Jack Black were starring in a bizarre, meta, comedy version of the 90s, cult, creature feature, Anaconda,

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