Tag: Sharks

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

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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

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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

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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,

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Fear Below (2025) – Review

I can’t help but think that the killer shark movie has swum into some fairly stagnant waters. Thanks to the unlimited opportunities afforded by streaming

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Dangerous Animals (2025) – Review

The killer shark movie has been swimming in circles for quite a while now as endless movies (usually straight to streaming) from all around the

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Into The Deep (2025) – Review

Once upon a time, I used to lament the fact that the killer shark movie had gotten so stupid, we could never hope to get

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The Reef: Stalked (2022) – Review

Whether you’ve noticed or not, Andrew Traucki has been diligently been hurling apex predators at hapless holiday goers for quite a while now, starting with

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The Last Breath (2024) – Review

Here’s a shark related fact that feels nicely apt: sharks are constantly losing teeth on the fly, so they are constantly regrowing an endless supply

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Something In The Water (2024) – Review

There’s no shame in wanting your movie to emulate other movies, especially when films in question are pretty bloody brilliant; but the latest shark attack

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Under Paris (2024) – Review

I love noticing weird little parallels that lurk just under the surface, don’t you; I mean, for example, just take Under Paris: Xavier Gens’ new

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Mako (2021) – Review

What with streaming services opening up more and more opportunities to get your movie seen on a wider scale, more countries seem to be pumping

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No Way Up (2024) – Review

Low budget killer shark movies seem to descend onto streaming services these days with the swarming ferocity of a feeding frenzy as each cash-strapped title

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Deep Fear (2023) – Review

In the dark, blue depths of the killer shark movie, there is a dorsal thin line between a movie about sharks eating people and movie

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Meg 2: The Trench (2023) – Review

If one thing bugged me about 2018’s The Meg, it was the fact that the movie was frustratingly inconsistent when it came to letting the

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Deep Blue Sea 3 (2020) – Review

When you consider that one of my many, major peeves about Deep Blue Sea 2 – the massively belated, low budget follow up to Renny

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Deep Blue Sea 2 (2018) – Review

Surely the whole point of a cheap jack, cash in, direct to video sequel is to capitalize on the success of the first, theatrical movie

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Open Water (2003) – Review

Back in 1999, a film was released that took not just the horror genre, but how such films were made and marketed altogether, and turned

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The Reef (2010) – Review

In the swirling wake left by 2003’s Open Water, filmmakers realised that by utilising modern camera technology with old school guerilla filmmaking, your killer shark

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47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019) – Review

Back in 2017, the orginal 47 Meters Down helpfully warned us of the dangers of cage diving when Matthew Modine is running the show and

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