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Dangerous Animals

Dangerous Animals

Horror · Thriller · 2025

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.

Movie details

Dangerous Animals

“You're safer in the water.”

2025 Horror · Thriller 1h 38m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.5 / 10

Community rating

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.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Dangerous Animals?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

Taste neighbourhood

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Sean Byrne

Written by

Nick Lepard

Hassie Harrison

Hassie Harrison

Zephyr

Jai Courtney

Jai Courtney

Bruce Tucker

Josh Heuston

Josh Heuston

Moses Markley

Rob Carlton

Rob Carlton

Dave

Ella Newton

Ella Newton

Heather

Liam Greinke

Liam Greinke

Greg

A

Ali Basoka

Little Girl Lexi

Court is in session

Put Dangerous Animals on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Big-Idea Head

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Sentimental Softie

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.