While some attempt to track and destroy the shark, others ignore the danger the shark presents completely.
Jawshas a 97% rating onRotten Tomatoes.
Steven Spielberg cemented himself as a true Hollywood talentwith a thrilling, terrifying, and brilliant adventure.
Another movie that entertainingly leaned into its own ridiculousnessisAnaconda.
Also likeBeast, it borrows elements from real-life stories, although the movie’s tale is fictional.
Of course, the difference here is that the main location is much smaller than in the previous movies.
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Burning Brighttakes a similar approach to this kind of genre story.
The film follows a young couple who embark on a camping trip in the Canadian wilderness.
Starring Jeff Roop and Missy Peregrym, the movie explores themes of survival and human vulnerability.
Steven Spielberg’s legendary tale of one man’s desperate battle with a killer Great White shark on his small seaside community. Faced with a mounting list of victims and a local authority dead-set against causing panic or destroying the tourist economy, he assembles a team to tackle the shark head-on.
The lion inBeastis a veracious enough enemy in any setting.
It’s easy for the audience to feel as lost as the campers.
Just asBeastis anchored by the performance of Idris Elba,Backcountryis anchored by the performance of Missy Peregrym.
The family element ofBeastadds a lot to the story.
The blend of adventure and psychological drama keeps viewers engaged as the characters face both external and internal challenges.
Beastcombines the typical animal attack movie with a survival movie.
When a documentary crew get captured by a snake hunter in the depths of the Amazon jungle, they find themselves forced to face the wrath of a giant green anaconda. The 1997 cult classic starring Jennifer Lopez, Jon Voight, Ice Cube, Eric Stoltz, Owen Wilson, and Jonathan Hyde spawned three sequels and a crossover with Lake Placid.
That adds a new wrinkle forBeast.
Most animal attack movies likeBeastdo not rely on the human elements to keep them going.
Along with being stalked by a bear, they begin to wonder how much they can trust each other.
When Haley finds her father seriously injured, they discover the hurricane is the least of their problems.
Suddenly, their home is besieged by a group of massive alligators looking for their next meal.
Another animal attack movie that features a family elementlikeBeastisCrawl.
It also features a natural disaster to bring in the animal, likeBurning Bright.
While that threat is worrisome enough, the flooding also brings several alligators.
It is fun seeing a daughter fighting to protect her father in this intense and terrifying thriller.
It makes for a heart-pounding ride from beginning to end.
Again,likeBeast, the movie is grounded by the performance of the lead.
Elba is a terrific actor to see in this pop in of movie.
His abilities are exactly what the group needs to even attempt to survive though.
A lion is not a house cat though asBeastand other movies like it make abundantly clear.
Another movie that did a great job of making lions a formidable threat isThe Ghost and the Darkness.
It also won the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing.
It’s rare to see movies in this particular subgenre be recognized by the Oscars.
This is one of the few movies likeBeastthat takes the audience a little further into the past.
It also won the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing.
It’s rare to see movies in this particular subgenre be recognized by the Oscars.
Beast is a survival thriller that stars Idris Elba as Dr. Nate Samuels.
Burning Bright follows Kelly and her autistic brother as they become trapped in their home with a dangerous tiger during a hurricane. With their lives at stake, the siblings must navigate the perilous situation while contending with the threat posed by the man-eating beast.
Backcountry is a 2015 survival thriller directed by Adam MacDonald. The film follows a young couple who embark on a camping trip in the Canadian wilderness. Their adventure turns perilous when they realize they are unprepared for the dangers posed by the wild, leading to a harrowing struggle against nature. Starring Jeff Roop and Missy Peregrym, the movie explores themes of survival and human vulnerability.
Based on the novel by Stephen King, Cujo is a horror film that centers on a St. Bernard that becomes the terror of a local town. When the friendly Cujo is bitten by a bat with rabies, Cujo begins to slowly change into something almost demonic as he begins to viciously attack those around him, leaving a mother and son trapped by an ever-growing threat.
The Edge (1997) features Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin as two men struggling to survive in the Alaskan wilderness after a plane crash. Directed by Lee Tamahori and written by David Mamet, the film explores themes of survival and human conflict against the backdrop of nature’s unpredictability. The blend of adventure and psychological drama keeps viewers engaged as the characters face both external and internal challenges.
Crawl is a horror thriller set during a Florida Hurricane. It follows a young woman named Haley who refuses to heed the mandatory evacuation order to search for her father, who went missing at the beginning of the storm. When Haley finds her father seriously injured, they discover the hurricane is the least of their problems. Suddenly, their home is besieged by a group of massive alligators looking for their next meal.
The Grey follows a group of oil workers who fend off a pack of hungry wolves in the Alaskan wilderness after a plane crash leaves them stranded in the Alaskan wilderness. The cast includes Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney, Dallas Roberts, Nonso Anozie, and Joe Anderson.
The Ghost and the Darkness is a 1996 film directed by Stephen Hopkins, starring Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas. The film is based on the true story of two man-eating lions in Tsavo, Africa, who terrorized the workers constructing a railway bridge in 1898. Val Kilmer plays the engineer tasked with overseeing the construction, and Michael Douglas portrays a seasoned hunter brought in to deal with the lions.
