{"id":359280,"date":"2025-12-19T23:33:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T23:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/359280\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T23:33:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T23:33:44","slug":"world-war-ii-shark-thriller-beast-of-war-swims-onto-shudder-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/359280\/","title":{"rendered":"World War II Shark Thriller ‘Beast of War’ Swims Onto Shudder in January"},"content":{"rendered":"

A gory shark thriller set amidst World War II, Beast of War will stream exclusively on Shudder beginning January 16.<\/p>\n

The Australian film is written and directed by Kiah Roache-Turner (Wyrmwood, Sting).<\/p>\n

When their boat is sunk while crossing the Timor Sea during World War II, a young troop of Australian soldiers must find a way to survive the harsh seas on a quickly shrinking life raft.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of miles from anywhere, they must confront interpersonal conflicts, enemy attacks, and the advances of one very large, very hungry great white shark.<\/p>\n

Mark Coles Smith, Joel Nankervis, Maximillian Johnson, Lee Tiger Halley, Sam Parsonson, Tristan McKinnon, and Sam Delich star.<\/p>\n

Formation Effects handled the movie\u2019s special effects<\/a>, utilizing a mix of prosthetics, animatronics, puppetry, and CGI.<\/p>\n

Meagan Navarro wrote in her review<\/a>, \u201cA familiar historical account gets an invigorating reinterpretation in Beast of War, one that places equal weight on every single vital component, from the soldiers to the breathtaking animatronic shark.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roache-Turner is currently working on another World War II monster movie, Dogs of War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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