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‘Dangerous Animals’ – Bloody Disgusting Presents Early Screenings of Sean Byrne’s New Shark Thriller
One of the most anticipated horror films this year is Dangerous Animals, the latest splash from Australian filmmaker Sean Byrne (The Loved Ones,The Devil’s Candy). Although the Jai Courtney-led thriller doesn’t chomp into theaters until June 6th, Bloody Disgusting has the early ticket for those willing to wade in the film’s shark-infested waters.
On Thursday, May 29th, we’re presenting special sneak screenings across the US. With the exception of Dallas and Houston, all screenings start at 7 PM local. Do you see your local theater listed? RSVP below and see what Meagan Navarro called in her 4.5 skull review: “one ferocious subversion of shark horror” and “one of the year’s must-see movies.”
Austin – AMC Barton Creek Square 14
Philadelphia – AMC Cherry Hill
Phoenix – Harkins Arizona Mills
San Diego – AMC Mission Valley
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.
Watch the trailer below that gives a closer look at Jai Courtney’s Tucker, a serial killer with a rather unique modus operandi. Filmmaker Sean Byrne recently previewed his upcoming feature in Bloody Disgusting’s Summer Preview, where he teased more about Courtney’s unforgettable turn.
“That’s how the spider catches the fly,” Byrne said of Tucker’s disarming qualities. “He’s got to be charismatic to get people on the boat, but then equally terrifying. But yet, still somehow capture the damaged child inside; and Jai and I spoke a lot about just the opportunity within horror. Villains can just own the stage in a way. The way that Kathy Bates does in Misery, Christian Bale in American Psycho, and Jack Nicholson in The Shining, and really having fun.”
Byrne continued, “But it also has got to be a nuanced performance. I’d always been a fan of Jai’s, and just a really solid actor. I had this feeling that there was this weird character actor inside him that wanted to explode, and I think it’s my favorite performance of his. I mean, I’m biased, but I really feel like it’s one of those iconic villains. And in a way, he does see himself as the shark.”
Nick Lepard wrote the screenplay for Dangerous Animals, which comes courtesy of Brouhaha Entertainment, LD Entertainment, Oddfellows Entertainment, and Range Media Partners.
The buried origins of the cinema zombie will be explored in upcoming documentary Black Zombie, and Deadline reports that Kino Lorber has picked up the doc for U.S. release.
Kino Lorber will release Black Zombie in theaters later this year.
From writer and director Maya Annik Bedward, Black Zombie digs beneath the blood-soaked spectacle of modern horror to uncover the zombie’s buried and unsettling origins.
Long before it became associated with flesh-eating ghouls, the zombie was a living metaphor for slavery: not a monster, but the ultimate victim of colonial power.
Deadline further details, “Director Maya Annik Bedward traces the evolution of the zombie from colonial Haiti to contemporary Hollywood, reconsidering iconic films like White Zombie, Night of the Living Dead, and The Serpent and the Rainbow alongside archival footage, vérité scenes, and interviews with cultural historians, artists, and genre legends including Yves-Grégory Francois, Mambo Labelle Déesse, Slash, Tom Savini, and Zandashé Brown. Part cultural reckoning, part horror remix, Black Zombie exposes how a figure born from enslavement, spiritual belief, and resistance was transformed into one of pop culture’s most profitable monsters.”
“I’m thrilled to partner with Kino Lorber on the release of Black Zombie,” said Maya Annik Bedward. “The film explores the power of images to shape our understanding of history, culture, and race, making it especially meaningful to work with a distributor so deeply engaged with cinema’s past and present. Their passion for films that challenge, illuminate, and expand our understanding of the world makes them an ideal partner for bringing this story to audiences across the U.S.”
Kino Lorber’s Karoliina Dwyer adds, “The zombie is one of the most iconic images in cinema, and you’ll never look at them the same after watching Black Zombie. Maya Annik Bedward has crafted a fascinating, deeply researched documentary that unearths the long-buried Haitian origins of the genre, interrogating colonial, political, and Hollywood history to powerful and illuminating effect. We’re so proud to bring this documentary to U.S. audiences this fall.”
Executive producers for the documentary include music legend Slash.
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