Dangerous Animals

6/6/20251h 38m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ You're safer in the water. ~

Overview:

A savvy and free-spirited surfer is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer. Held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below.

Director:

Sean Byrne

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$2,000,000.00

Revenue:

$4,569,549.00

Key words:

shark attack
animal attack
tape
serial killer
creature
shark
held captive
survival horror
tape recording
killer shark
ritual sacrifice
animal horror
anxious
cautionary
female surfer
psychological horror
suspenseful
horror
sinister
bitter
assertive
audacious
callous
compassionate
defiant
demeaning
distressing
exhilarated
ominous
optimistic
pessimistic
scathing

Cast

Hassie Harrison

~ as ~

Zephyr

Jai Courtney

~ as ~

Bruce Tucker

Josh Heuston

~ as ~

Moses Markley

Rob Carlton

~ as ~

Dave

Ella Newton

~ as ~

Heather

Liam Greinke

~ as ~

Greg

Ali Basoka

~ as ~

Little Girl Lexi

Mike Goldman

~ as ~

Cop

Carla Haynes

~ as ~

Lexi's Young Mum

Dylan Eastland

~ as ~

Store Cashier

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Reviews (2)

CinemaSerf
Written 6 month(s) ago
6
I suppose if you are called “Zephyr” then you’re likely to be a bit of a free spirit, so when we meet this one (Hassie Harrison) we ought not to be surprised that she does pretty much what she likes when she likes. That includes having a one night stand with the rather drippy but fit-looking realtor “Moses” (Josh Heuston) before she absconds before pancakes to ride the waves. Thing is, she’s got no fin key so has to borrow one from the friendly “Tucker” (Jai Courtney) whom we already know is a bit of a wrong ‘un. Next thing, she awakens tied to a bed on a boat next to “Heather” (Ella Newton) with both ready to star in the ultimate in horror flicks sustained only by Vegemite sandwiches (on stodgy white bread, too!). With him holding all the cards, things don’t look too good for these two women but luckily “Zephyr” is a gutsy and resourceful young woman and meantime the hapless and pining “Moses” is concerned that she has gone missing-in-action and is trying to find out where she’s gone. Can fate be thwarted? Can he track down his chum in time? Hmmm. Well, sadly there just isn’t anything about this that leaves any doubt about the conclusion, and the episodic, start/stop/start again nature of the storytelling just strings us along with a series of implausible scenarios that pad it out with all the certainty of the undoubted denouement. Aided by some impressive underwater photography, this could have been quite a fun half hour if Sean Byrne had had the courage of his original convictions and just let the initial impetus do the work, but once the thing starts to repeat itself it just becomes a bit preposterous as serendipity takes just too great and frequent a role. Pity, it had potential.
Dean
Written 3 month(s) ago
10
What a great movie! It was super intense, not a single boring moment and most likely satisfying ending. I enjoyed this movie very much.