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Deep Blue Sea1999

Name: Deep Blue Sea
Genre: Horror, Monster & Creature, Sci-Fi Horror, Survival
Released: 1999
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane, LL Cool J, Samuel L. Jackson, Jacqueline McKenzie

“Bigger. Smarter. Faster. Meaner.”

Directed by Renny Harlin

IMDb 5.9RT Critics 60%Metacritic 54TMDB 6.0

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Trailer

Year

1999

Runtime

105 min

Box office

Budget

$60,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$164,648,231

Domestic

$73,648,142

🏆 2 wins & 4 nominations total

Synopsis

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.

The Fear Score take

A submerged pressure cooker where the water rises and the predators think. Deep Blue Sea trades slow-burn dread for relentless aquatic siege, drowning you in flooding corridors and open blue nowhere to run. The fear is kinetic and claustrophobic: cold, fast, and always circling just beneath your feet.