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Blu Review: Beast of War (2025)

December 9, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

Shark movies are a dime a dozen, so when one comes around that actually works, it’s worth celebrating. That would be Aussie horror film Beast of War (2025), which despite a certain amount of narrative familiarity and tropey characters, still manages to impress, in large part because the shark in question is animatronic and it looks freaking amazing.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews, Physical Media Reviews Tagged With: Joel Nankervis, Kiah Roache-Turner, Mark Coles Smith, Sam Delich, shark, well go usa

Serial Killer Meets Sharks in Sean Byrne’s ‘Dangerous Animals’ [Review]

June 4, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

When director Sean Byrne delivers a new film, it’s something of an event. The Aussie creator has only made two other films, 2009’s The Loved Ones and 2017’s The Devil’s Candy (both well received), but he’s not exactly churning them out.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: ella newton, Hassie Harrington, Jai Courtney, Josh Heuston, Nick Lepard, Sean Byrne, shark

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I am a freelance film and television journalist based in Toronto, Canada.

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