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‘Dangerous Animals’ Exclusive Clip – No One Can Hear the Screams on Captain Tucker’s Boat
The ocean is unleashing a new predator this summer with Dangerous Animals, and our exclusive clip introduces the prey as they wake to the horrifying realization they’ve been kidnapped.
Dangerous Animals is now swimming in theaters as of today, June 6.
In the summer horror movie, “Trapped on a killer’s boat with hungry sharks circling below, a surfer must outwit a predator more dangerous than the ocean itself—will she escape, or become the next offering to the deep? Sean Byrne returns with his third visceral feature.”
Hassie Harrison (“Yellowstone”), Jai Courtney (The Suicide Squad), and Josh Heuston (“Heartbreak High”) lead the cast of Sean Byrne’s shark movie Dangerous Animals.
The clip below introduces Hassie Harrison’s Zephyr as she wakes to discover she’s chained to a bed on Captain Tucker’s boat. Worse, she’s not alone; fellow captive Heather (Ella Newton) is already familiar with Captain Tucker’s routine.
Captain Tucker (Jai Courtney) is a memorable villain. Byrne previously said of Courtney’s performance, “He fully got in the head of all of that psychologically. But to do that and not destroy the fun of it. He’s physically very intimidating as well. In a way, I felt like I was working with Mike Tyson or something. He’s this massive unit. I couldn’t even get my arms around him, but he’s just so strong, too.”
Add this summer horror movie to your watchlists. I wrote in my review, “Byrne manages to walk right up to the line of nihilism without ever losing a sense of humor or humanity, making for a rewarding, triumphant experience that feels earned. It also features a star-making turn from Hassie Harrison, and Jai Courtney’s instantly memorable turn as a villain for the ages, which just seals Byrne’s latest as one of the year’s must-see movies. It all makes for one ferocious subversion of shark horror.”
Nick Lepard wrote the screenplay for Dangerous Animals, which comes courtesy of Brouhaha Entertainment, LD Entertainment, Oddfellows Entertainment, and Range Media Partners.
A bedtime lullaby soothes an unsettling newborn in our exclusive clip from Nightborn, from Hatching filmmaker Hanna Bergholm.
The dark fable makes its debut on Shudder on July 31.
Seidi Haarla (Compartment No. 6) and Rupert Grint (Knock at the Cabin, “Servant”) star as new parents in Nightborn, and this exclusive clip highlights mom’s harrowing transition into motherhood.
In Nightborn, “With dreams of starting a perfect family, Saga and her British husband Jon move to the isolated house where she spent much of her childhood, deep in the Finnish forest. But as soon as their baby is born, despite the reassurance of all around her, Saga knows there’s something terribly wrong with her son. As their marriage starts to crack, Jon struggles to support his wife, but only Saga suspects the terrible truth about her newborn.”
Pamela Tola, Pirkko Saisio, Rebecca Lacey and John Thomson also star.
Bergholm teased of her maternal horror movie, “In Nordic countries, there’s a long-standing mythology of trolls living in the forests. In ancient times, people truly believed that trolls inhabited the woods and had a kind of control over nature. And in Nightborn, the forest reflects Saga’s emotions and the animalistic, primitive physical side of humankind.”
“Hanna Bergholm’s audacious sophomore follow up to Hatching delivers tension and shocking moments surrounding parenthood and self discovery — with a touch of humor,” said Emily Gotto, senior vice president of acquisitions and production at Shudder. “We are thrilled to share Nightborn with audiences.”