
Dangerous Animals(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.


“What was once in the deep is now in the shallows.”
While surfing on a secluded beach, Nancy finds herself in the feeding grounds of a great white shark. Though stranded only 200 yards from shore, survival proves to be the ultimate test of wills, requiring all of her ingenuity, resourcefulness, and fortitude.

Blake Lively
Nancy Adams

Óscar Jaenada
Carlos

Brett Cullen
Father

Janelle Bailey
Mother

Sedona Legge
Chloe Adams

Pablo Calva
Carlo's Son
Diego Espejel
Intoxicated Man
Ava Dean
Young Nancy

Chelsea Moody
Young Mom
Angelo Josue Lozano Corzo
Surfer 1
The Shallows is a horror, drama, thriller film released in 2016 exploring themes of surfing, surfer, island, mexico, shark attack, animal attack. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, it stars Blake Lively, Óscar Jaenada, Brett Cullen. While surfing on a secluded beach, Nancy finds herself in the feeding grounds of a great white shark. Though stranded only 200 yards from shore, survival proves to be the ultimate test of wills, requiring all of her ingenuity, resourcefulness, and fortitude.
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