Dangerous Animals

"You're safer in the water."

2025 1h 38m EN

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★6.5TMDB · 745

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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.

“You're safer in the water.”

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Cast

Hassie Harrison
Zephyr
Jai Courtney
Bruce Tucker
Josh Heuston
Moses Markley
Rob Carlton
Dave
Ella Newton
Heather
Liam Greinke
Greg
Ali Basoka
Little Girl Lexi
Mike Goldman
Cop

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sean Byrne
Writers: Nick Lepard
Languages: English
Countries: Australia, United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom

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MONEY

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Shot for just $2.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Made its money back 4.6× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released last year.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 4 countries: Australia, United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Sean Byrne, shot by Shelley Farthing-Dawe. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Michael Yezerski. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Kasra Rassoulzadegan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Hassie Harrison and Jai Courtney and Josh Heuston carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Sean Byrne directs. Shelley Farthing-Dawe behind the camera. Michael Yezerski scores. Kasra Rassoulzadegan cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Australia, United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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1Shot for just $2.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Made its money back 4.6× over at the box office.
3Released last year.
4International production across 4 countries: Australia, United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom.
5Directed by Sean Byrne, shot by Shelley Farthing-Dawe. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Michael Yezerski. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Kasra Rassoulzadegan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Hassie Harrison and Jai Courtney and Josh Heuston carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "You're safer in the water.".
10IMDB entry: tt32299316 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 15 themes, including "shark attack", "animal attack", "tape", "serial killer".

The technical file

Cinematography: Shelley Farthing-Dawe
Original score: Michael Yezerski
Editing: Kasra Rassoulzadegan
Production design: Pete Baxter
Costume design: Marion Boyce
Makeup / hair: Zeljka Stanin
VFX supervisor: Andrew Mason
Sound: David White
Stunt coordinator: Paul Phillips
Runtime: 98 min · 1h 38m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $2,000,000
Box office: $9,207,791
Return: 460% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Dangerous Animals (2025)

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CinemaSerf2025-06-12
★ 6/10
I suppose if you are called “Zephyr” then you’re likely to be a bit of a free spirit, so when we meet this one (Hassie Harrison) we ought not to be surprised that she does pretty much what she likes when she likes. That includes having a one night stand with the rather drippy but fit-looking realtor “Moses” (Josh Heuston) before she absconds before pancakes to ride the waves. Thing is, she’s got no fin key so has to borrow one from the friendly “Tucker” (Jai Courtney) whom we already know is a bit of a wrong ‘un. Next thing, she awakens tied to a bed on a boat next to “Heather” (Ella Newton) with both ready to star in the ultimate in horror flicks sustained only by Vegemite sandwiches (on stodgy white bread, too!). With him holding all the cards, things don’t look too good for these two women but luckily “Zephyr” is a gutsy and resourceful young woman and meantime the hapless and pining “Moses” is concerned that she has gone missing-in-action and is trying to find out where she’s gone. Can fate be thwarted? Can he track down his chum in time? Hmmm. Well, sadly there just isn’t anything about this that leaves any doubt about the conclusion, and the episodic, start/stop/start again nature of the storytelling just strings us along with a series of implausible scenarios that pad it out with all the certainty of the undoubted denouement. Aided by some impressive underwater photography, this could have been quite a fun half hour if Sean Byrne had had the courage of his original convictions and just let the initial impetus do the work, but once the thing starts to repeat itself it just becomes a bit preposterous as serendipity takes just too great and frequent a role. Pity, it had potential.
Dean2025-08-30
★ 10/10
What a great movie! It was super intense, not a single boring moment and most likely satisfying ending. I enjoyed this movie very much.