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
Tag: Sharks
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Last Shark (1981) – Review
Anyone familiar with the genre cinema of Italy during the 70’s and 80’s know that the filmmakers of that time and place wouldn’t let pesky
Jaws (1975) – Review
You ever had (or asked) that fateful question? You know the one, the question that makes most people sweat or shrug because they either can’t
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