We have had man (and woman) swallowing whales on the site already today. Now it is the turn of the sharks. A full trailer is now out for Dangerous Animals. Of course, because this is the entertainment industry, they think they are being clever by posing the question – does the title mean the sharks, or the people?
The story follows Zephyr, a rebellious surfer, who is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer (Jai Courtney) and held captive on his boat.
She must figure out how to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding – outwitting a predator more dangerous than the ocean itself. Will she escape, or become the next offering to the deep?
Dangerous Animals will premiere as part of the Directors’ Fortnight lineup later this month at the Cannes Film Festival. It is the third film for writer/director Sean Byrne following the highly acclaimed The Loved Ones in 2009 and The Devil’s Candy in 2015.
Dangerous Animals will be the first Australian feature film to screen at the program since Zak Hilditch’s These Final Hours in 2014.
In February 2025, IFC Films and Shudder acquired the U.S. distribution rights, so the movie is set to be theatrically released in the United States on 12 June 2025.
It was filmed last year on the Gold Coast, Queensland.
Hassie Harrison, Josh Heuston, Ella Newton, James Munn, and Rob Carlton co-star.