FilmPG-13Survival Monster & Creature

The Shallows2016

Name: The Shallows
Genre: Survival, Monster & Creature
Released: 2016-06-24
Rating: 6.4

“What was once in the deep is now in the shallows.”

Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra

6.4

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 6.3Rotten Tomatoes 78%Metacritic 59TMDB 6.4

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Year

2016

Runtime

86 min

Box Office

Budget

$17,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$119,100,758

Domestic

$55,124,043

🏆 1 win & 15 nominations total

The premise

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.

Horror Vault's take

A solo surf trip to a breathtaking but remote Mexican beach turns into a desperate fight for life when medical student Nancy finds herself stalked by a massive great white shark. Stranded on a tiny outcrop of rock with the shore tantalizingly close, she must draw on every ounce of skill and willpower she has. What unfolds is a lean, nerve-shredding battle of attrition between woman and apex predator — one that doubles as a quietly emotional story about loss and the will to keep going.

Content: Shark Attack Violence, Bloody Injuries, Graphic Wound Treatment, Peril Involving Animals, Sustained Threat And Tension