Netflix Drops 'Thrash' – 80‑Minute Shark Thriller
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- Thrash: Netflix’s 80‑minute shark thriller, co‑produced with Chomp, streams on the platform.
- Phoebe Dynevor: plays Lisa, a pregnant mother who gives birth amid the shark‑infested flood.
- Tommy Wirkola: the Norwegian writer‑director stages inventive underwater set pieces, including a basement chase with a great white.
- Hurricane Henry: the storm escalates from Category 2 to a monster cyclone, flooding Annieville, S.C., and unleashing bull sharks.
- Bull sharks: the film’s antagonists, smaller and faster than great whites, drive the slasher‑style violence.
- Djimon Hounsou: appears as the marine‑biologist uncle, offering scientific commentary on the disaster.
Why it matters: Netflix adds an 80‑minute, low‑budget shark thriller that expands its genre slate and offers viewers a quick, adrenaline‑filled horror experience. The film’s unique angle—a pregnant heroine battling sharks in a hurricane‑flooded town—provides a fresh hook that could attract a niche audience, but its reliance on familiar Jaws‑style tropes may limit critical appeal.
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