Here is where i am confused by the introduction of a sequel to that film, appended with the numeral 2 and followed by a colon, after which we are given a subtitle. These sharks target two people daniel and susan who get left behind by their boat, and then the two end up being stranded in the middle of the ocean surrounded by the hungry predators. Open water diving allows you to get up close and personal with different species of sharks. Cage dive exclusive official trailer 2017 lionsgate shark horror movie hd 811 in theaters and on demand. Open water 2 full horror shark movie based on true story. Now, distributors are rebranding cage dive as the third film in the. Its about a shark caging expedition that gets toppled by a rogue wave, and the rest is an imitation of open water blair witch, done in embarrassingly bad found footage style. Based on the true story of two scuba divers accidentally stranded in shark. The true story behind open water ihorror horror news. Daniel and susan are a young couple who head to the bahamas for a scubadiving vacation. On my end of things, i love sharks, so it would seem that i love films that would feature sharks.
Open water is a film aimed at a realistic account of a couple left out in the ocean and the emotions, struggles, and challenges brought about by that situation. Open water may not be the finest survival horror film, but its an accomplished picture nonetheless that showcases a simple idea, yet the filmmakers were. Pages in category films about shark attacks the following 78 pages are in this category, out of 78 total. Aug 07, 2004 forget bruce the mechanical shark, star of steven spielbergs 1975 classic jaws. Three friends filming an audition tape for an extreme reality show take part in shark cage diving, only to be left in great white infested waters, turning their recording into life and death. Chartering a boat with several other divers, the couple decides to swim away. Open water is a 2003 indie dramathriller hybrid written and directed by chris kentis, starring daniel travis and blanchard ryan as a thirtysomething couple who find themselves stranded at sea when coming back from a scuba dive and realizing their boat has left without them.
Check out the new trailer starring joel hogan, josh potthoff, and megan peta hill. The greatest movie in this respect is 2003s open waterthe only shark flick that will make you cry. Fear of sharks in open water swimming marathon swimmers. For those unaware both of the previous open water films have involved people who find themselves out in the ocean, the boat gone, floating aimlessly in shark infested waters. How open water became a horror franchise its filmmakers.
Blanchard ryan and daniel travis in open water 2003 laura lau in open. For the lowbudget thriller open water, actors blanchard ryan and daniel travis were required to film on location. Chris kentis, thankfully using the less is more approach and shooting the film in an anticonventional form no artificial lighting, no backdrops, no cgi sharks, no large water tanks substituting for open sea for closeups, digital video, creates a visceral experience with this short movie that relies on so much since almost an hour is spent. Sep, 2019 the 2003 film was a critical darling and depicted the couple meeting their end being circled by sharks. Photodisc thinkstock the most extreme form of diving with sharks is to go all out and literally swim with them in their natural habitat. Nevertheless, open water and the reef did a sufficient job of making sharks scary again even though, after jaws, they never really stopped being scary. The sharks are the main antagonists in the 2003 film, open water. Not exactly the most exciting movies, but certainly atmospheric. Adrift called adrift in the uk, australia, and various other countries, and called open water 2 in germany is a 2006 psychological horror film filmed entirely in malta, starring eric dane, susan may pratt, richard speight, jr.
Open water is a 2003 american survival horror thriller film. The foundfootage approach injects new life into the popular shark film series and the entire genre. Men of courage is a deeply cheesy movie pinned to a mannequinlike. And the ending mildly surprised me, being a us film i wont say too much not to ruin it. Cage dive is the latest installment in a longstanding horror series one that the original filmmakers never asked for. Adrift was a standalone film that was released with franchise ties after the success of sharks attack in open water 3 cage dive trailer bloody disgusting. To some degree, open water is the victim of its own bid for authenticity. The tension between protagonists susan and daniel introduces an indie film edge to the storys central relationship. As the characters are crowded in by the predators, theres also this great, overwhelming sense that they have been abandoned. Three skiers stranded on a chairlift are forced to make lifeordeath choices. Based on the true story of a married couple who were lost at sea under the same circumstances.
Pages in category films about sharks the following 86 pages are in this category, out of 86 total. This movie is as true as jaws, although jaws actually has a shark. Susan apparently decides to commit suicide, as she stops trying to keep herself afloat, and allows herself to sink underwater by releasing air from her mouth. With joel hogan, josh potthoff, megan peta hill, pete valley. Aug 10, 2004 open water filmmakers wrangled budget, sharks filmmakers chris kentis and laura lau talk about their new film open water. As you might expect, things dont go according to plan. The director of open water explains how to survive and film a. The story concerns an american couple who go scuba diving while on vacation in the caribbean, only to find themselves stranded miles from shore in shark infested waters when the crew of. I admire that the actors got into the water with their costars but i didnt like the film. This one, open water, can be seen without wanting to throw your drink at your tv. If you are expecting extraordinary gigantic shark attacks this is not the movie you are looking for.
When i first slip into the water, the jaws theme song echoes in my head. Such is the scenario of open water, the surprise hit of this years sundance film festival. Oh, and lets not forget the tornadoes sharnado, ze classic. May 27, 2008 for 19 hours richard neely and allyson dalton clung to each other and to life, alone in a vast ocean, hoping that the search crews above would find them before the sharks below. When i first watched open water in college, years ago, i had recently taken an oceanography class where they praised the movie for the realism of the shark s behavior sharks dont stalk people. Open water and the reef are two movies that prove that the scariest shark flicks are the ones that rely on realism and dont use cgi. The 2003 movie open water claims to be based on the lonergans disappearance. Basically 90 minutes of them talking, panicking and waiting to be pulled under. For the low budget thriller open water, actors blanchard ryan and daniel. Films actors spend grueling hours swimming with live sharks.
A great white shark hunts the crew of a capsized sailboat along the great barrier reef. Independent filmmaker chris kentis directs the dramatic thriller open water, based on a true story. Her company runs this open tothepublic pelagic shark diving programthe first of its kind in the us. Jun 05, 2015 open water is a fictionalized version of the events. In open water, a new movie about a scubadiving couple that is mistakenly abandoned in the middle of the ocean, the school of menacing sharks is real.
How open water became a horror franchise its filmmakers never. Promotional posters claim the film is based on actual events. So did touching the void, the mountain climbing movie from earlier in 2004. Open water 2 full movie horror shark movie based on true story. They arrive and he has a young bimbo with him who traipses around the yacht practically naked. In the film, all names are changed, but there is a strong resemblance to the lonergans story. Deep secret also featured the story of the lonergans. Cage dive 2017 out of 4 jeff, josh and megan joel hogan, josh potthoff, megan pelta hill are three friends from california who take a trip to australia where they plan on trying out for a reality show. Jaws mightve broken the mold when it first debuted in the summer of 75, but nowadays shark movies are a dime a dozen. The sharks are scary, and the ocean is vast and indifferent, but the most effective parts of open water, which is ultimately too modest to be very memorable, evoke a.
The nighttime storm sequence is shot quite daringly and artfully. Not surprisingly, then, you can expect to see sharks eating people, blood swirling in the water, bloodygory wounds, and dead bodies. Jul 23, 2009 divingswimming with great white sharks filmed for the first time carcharias the great white 2000 duration. In 2003 lowbudget american film open water did surprisingly well, and while it was a simple, intelligently plotted thriller, it was so successful because it had sharks. Open water, which costars sharks, is the summer cinemas most efficient scaring machine. Mar 16, 2016 in 2003, lions gate released a low budget indie flick called open water. Filled with realistic images of sharks, a sense of dread, and the overwhelming understanding that anything could go wrong at any time, cage dive is a sneakpeek into the worst fears of anyone who has ever ventured out into open water. While there they decide to go cage diving with great white sharks but a freak wave tips over the boat and soon the three are stranded in the middle of the ocean. Sharks now run in shallow water come through for jurassic shark, sand sand sharks, yep and can become zombies zombie shar k. The characters are different, and even the setting is different with the movie taking place in the atlantic and being filmed in the bahamas, the virgin islands, the grenadines, and mexico. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. Skip the luau in hawaiisnorkel with sharks instead wired. The true story behind the movie open water the th floor. It gets under your defenses and sidesteps the its only a movie reflex and creates a visceral feeling that might as well be real.
The true story behind the open water movie, however, is much scarier simply because no one knows what really happened to tom and eileen lonergan. Real sharks too throughout filming they were fed tuna so that the lead actors wouldnt be attacked. Open water 3 starts off somewhat promisingly but ultimately fizzles out. The story concerns an american couple who go scuba diving while on vacation, only to find themselves stranded miles from shore in sharkinfested waters when the crew of their boat accidentally leaves them behind. This blair witchstyle installment of the open water franchise tells the story of three friends as they audition for a reality tv show by venturing into a shark cage. Susan blanchard ryan and daniel daniel travis are a busy married couple on an island vacation. The sharks, and the fear, were real forget that clunky mechanical shark in jaws. Blacktip sharks flock to south floridas warm coastal waters every winter, but watch this before.
Open water film wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. When a group of friends fail to lower the ladder of their boat, they find themselves stranded in the surrounding waters and struggle to survive. One of the friends is a young mother with an infant. Best shark movies of all time shark attack and ocean movies. I would call the film a blair witch project on the high seas, but that hardly does justice to kentiss originality and ingenuity. Films, television specials, and television episodes that feature sharks as central characters subcategories. Cage dive is technically a sequel to open water and open water 2 but has nothing to do with the characters in either. Go behindthescenes with more movies, at mens health. I take pride in the fact that we really wanted to treat the sharks differently than what ive seen in other films. There is a certain amount of misinformation reported in the media about open water swimming.
The moviesreleased in 2003 and 2010, respectivelyboth center on people who are left stranded in the open sea, without boats or any gear, and find themselves being stalked by sharks. After putting on her goggles, she looks under the surface, and sees several sharks circling her in the water and one seems to dart her way. In open water, the illfated couple start bickering within an hour of realizing theyre lost at. The lowbudget project opens in limited theatrical release and vod august 11, and its a curious outcome for what was a sensation at. The image of the wave hitting the boat is legitimately intimidating, and theres one jump scare that works. Although the movie may appeal to teens who think its a jawslike thriller, its likely to disappoint them when they find out there are no fancy special effects or horror movielike stylings.
When i first watched open water in college, years ago, i had recently taken an oceanography class where they praised the movie for the realism of the sharks behavior sharks dont stalk people. Apart from the sharks, which are authentically terrifying, the film feels altogether too much like a video of someone else. The water was shockingly warm all year and there had been numerous reports of bull sharks in water similar to what id been in and i had just written about the issue, no less. After 40 minutes of scuba diving you feel disoriented. The true story behind open water is far more unnerving than. After both movies were over, i felt the need to go outside and walk in the. You paddle round to see whether the boat is behind you, but there is nothing. Aug 06, 2004 the sharks are scary, and the ocean is vast and indifferent, but the most effective parts of open water, which is ultimately too modest to be very memorable, evoke a deeper terror, one that. Sharks attack in open water 3 cage dive trailer bloody.
Open water is definitely not for the shark tale crowd this is a very intense movie that is for adults only. Open water may not be the finest survival horror film, but its an accomplished picture nonetheless. This is the story of four friends who are invited to the yacht of an old friend. Disappearance of tom and eileen lonergan wikipedia. The story concerns an american couple who go scuba diving while on vacation, only to find themselves stranded miles from shore in shark infested waters when the crew of their boat accidentally leaves them behind. Dec 12, 2019 rather than being filled with epic shark attacks and the hunterhunted scenario typical with shark movies, open water instead keeps the camera fixed upon the two divers above water. Learn what it was like to film with sharks from the director of open water.
Open water s deliberate pace is bound up with its inclusion of many elements that are not common to other sharks murderhumanstype movies. The story behind new film open water film the guardian. The movie is based on the true story of an australian couple who went. Such is the scenario of open water, the surprise hit of this years. Elsewhere, a fishing crew cut open a newlycaught sharks stomach, finding a diving camera apparently that of daniel and susan. In open water, a new movie about a scubadiving couple that is mistakenly abandoned in the middle of the ocean, the school of menacing. Susan blanchard ryan and daniel daniel travis are a busy married couple on. Dolphins courtesy of wowsa, huntington beach, california. Ending spoiler for open water 2003, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. Experts at the inquest speculated that, drifting helplessly back and forth on the tides in the building heat of the tropical sun, the couple may have been driven delirious by dehydration and have voluntarily. Rarely, but sometimes, a movie can have an actual physical effect on you. I bought this together with shark attack, and the latter was a total dud. More than 40 years after jaws turned the fear of sharkinfested waters into a classic horror trope, the concept keeps giving rise to new iterations, most recently with liongates release of open water 3.
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