Is Deep Blue Sea scary?

Moderately so — Deep Blue Sea mixes scares with other modes. As a survival film, it scored 6.0/10 for fear, 5.0/10 for atmosphere, and 6.2/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in Deep Blue Sea?

Deep Blue Sea has 10 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like Deep Blue Sea?

Deep Blue Sea is tagged as survival, creature feature on Watch Darkly. The film's page lists similar horror films selected by curated scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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Deep Blue Sea

1999 · R · 1h 45m

Bigger. Smarter. Faster. Meaner.

Researchers on the undersea lab Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease. But there's an unexpected side effect: the sharks got smarter, faster, and more dangerous. After a big storm damages their remote research facility, they must fight for their lives.

Plot summary via TMDB

Curator Score

6.2

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

Leans into fear and gore.

Jump scares

Deep Blue Sea has 10 jump scares. Compare counts

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6.2Overall

Fear6.0

Gore6.0

Atmosphere5.0

Genres

adventurescience-fictionhorrorcomedyactionthriller

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Details

Budget$60M

Box office$164.6M

Directed by

Renny Harlin

Written by

Wayne Powers, Donna Powers, Duncan Kennedy

Cinematography

Stephen F. Windon

Music

Trevor Rabin

Starring

Saffron Burrows as Dr. Susan McAlester · Thomas Jane as Carter Blake · LL Cool J as Preacher · Samuel L. Jackson as Russell Franklin · Jacqueline McKenzie as Janice Higgins · Michael Rapaport as Tom Scoggins · Stellan Skarsgård as Jim Whitlock · Aida Turturro as Brenda Kerns

Production

Groucho III Film Partnership, Riche-Ludwig Productions, Village Roadshow Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures

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