Maneater(2022)
2022 · Justin Lee · 86 min
A group of friends on vacation in a seeming island paradise are stalked by an unrelenting great white after an accident leaves them stranded and left for dead.
Mystery · Thriller · Horror
4.6126 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
1/5
Stays with you
How Maneater scares
Maneater is a cheap, cheerful shark thriller built for quick, easy scares rather than any real dread. The pacing moves fast once the group gets stranded, jumping between panic, brief calm, and sudden attacks so you're never bored but never truly unsettled either. It leans on physical danger, snapping jaws, churning water, people trying to survive, more than anything that gets in your head. This is popcorn horror for fans of B-movie shark flicks who want fun jolts and gnarly attack scenes, not something that stays with you after the credits.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Maneater rates psychological 2/5, visceral 4/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 1/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 1 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 55 of 100 — balanced
Supernatural vs Real-world: 90 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 20 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
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Starts as a breezy vacation setup before sliding into a steady string of shark attacks that keeps ratcheting up toward a frantic finish.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4.
How scary is Maneater?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Maneater rates 3/5 — solidly scary, balancing creeping dread with well-placed shocks. It attacks the body more than the mind — physical, in-your-face horror. Expect it to be moderately gory and fun-first. The dread fades once the credits roll.
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