Is The Shallows scary?

Moderately so — The Shallows mixes scares with other modes. As a survival film, it scored 6.0/10 for fear, 3.0/10 for atmosphere, and 6.5/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in The Shallows?

The Shallows has 9 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like The Shallows?

The Shallows 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.

Metadata and artwork from TMDB. Not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

survival

The Shallows

2016 · PG-13 · 1h 26m

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

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.

Plot summary via TMDB

Curator Score

6.5

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

Strongest on fear, light on gore and atmosphere.

Jump scares

The Shallows has 9 jump scares. Compare counts

Add your rating

6.5Overall

Fear6.0

Gore4.0

Atmosphere3.0

Genres

horrorthriller

Rate this film

Details

Budget$17M

Box office$119.1M

Directed by

Jaume Collet-Serra

Written by

Anthony Jaswinski

Cinematography

Flavio Martínez Labiano

Music

Marco Beltrami

Starring

Blake Lively as Nancy Adams · Óscar Jaenada as Carlos · Brett Cullen as Father · Janelle Bailey as Mother · Sedona Legge as Chloe Adams · Pablo Calva as Carlo's Son · Diego Espejel as Intoxicated Man · Ava Dean as Young Nancy

Production

Columbia Pictures, Ombra Films, Weimaraner Republic Pictures

Reviews

No reviews yet. Be the first.