00:00Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the 10 most blood-curdling
00:11beasts to haunt the high seas on the silver screen.
00:19Number 10, The Megalodons, The Meg 2, The Trench.
00:23You really want to die, don't you?
00:25The only thing worse than one super-sized man-eating shark is a pack of them.
00:33In The Meg 2, The Trench, humanity's meddling cracks open a deep-sea gateway.
00:38Thanks to unbridled greed, multiple megalodons are unleashed into the open ocean.
00:42These prehistoric nightmares are faster, hungrier, and more destructive than ever.
00:55They casually chomp through boats, submarines, and jet skis like chew toys.
01:11The film doesn't hold back on the carnage.
01:13The Megs wreak havoc during a beachside bloodbath that feels part creature feature, part theme
01:18park disaster.
01:23They're apex predators with screen presence.
01:25When it comes to terrifying movie sharks, sometimes more really is more.
01:29Come on, you ugly bastard.
01:31You think that after a summer terrorized by a man-eating great white, Amity would have learned its lesson.
02:00Sadly, no.
02:02Just three years later, Jaws 2 dials back the mystery and doubles down on mayhem.
02:07A new great white is unleashed on the shores of Amity Island, seemingly with a serious grudge.
02:12This one goes after teenagers with abandon, like an underwater slasher.
02:15While it lacks the subtle terror of its predecessor, this sequel shark makes up for it with brute force
02:34and body count.
02:43The killer fish is back, and it's mad as hell.
02:46Clearly, Amity needed a shark-sized restraining order from God.
03:00Number 8, Open Water Sharks, Open Water.
03:07Sometimes the scariest shark movies are the ones that feel real, because they cleave close
03:10to the truth.
03:12Open Water is a minimalist nightmare based loosely on a true story.
03:15Like the film, two scuba divers were accidentally left behind during a group dive in Australia
03:20in 1998.
03:21The film imagines their final hours, stranded, drifting, and slowly surrounded by sharks.
03:35There are no jump scares, no monster music.
03:46There's only mounting terror and ever more fins joining the party.
03:49The sharks aren't oversized or mutated.
03:51They're real, and that's what makes it so scary.
03:54It's death by exposure, exhaustion, and inevitability.
03:57Open Water is proof positive that you don't always need a special effects team to feel
04:02dread.
04:12Number 7, Bait Shop Sharks, Bait 3D.
04:18Most shark movies are about arrogant humans who think they run the world.
04:21They get disabused of those notions with brutal reminders of who controls the water.
04:31But in Bait 3D, the humans aren't entirely to blame.
04:34After all, who expects to be eaten by a shark in a parking garage or a supermarket aisle?
04:39Do you see it anywhere?
04:41Yeah, I see it, but I'm keeping it a secret from you because I want you to be surprised.
04:45A freak tsunami flips the script, delivering the shark to its prey like a reverse Uber Eats.
04:51Now trapped in a flooded store with a great white on the loose, survivors must improvise
04:55with whatever's on the shelves.
04:56And this shark isn't just hungry.
04:58It's relentless, silent, and lethal.
05:01The film is gory, claustrophobic, and way more fun than it has any right to be.
05:18Number 6, The Megalodon, The Meg.
05:30If you need sonar to see the whole shark, you're not in a horror flick.
05:40You're in a disaster movie.
05:42I'm in trouble.
05:43The Meg resurrects a 75-foot long Megalodon, one of history's most terrifying apex predators.
06:01Thanks to human interference, it escapes a hidden deep sea trench and heads straight for the surface.
06:06This beast doesn't just eat humans, it devours whales like hot dogs.
06:13It tears through ships and helicopters like tissue paper.
06:16Everything in its path is a floating snack pack.
06:19Yes, it's a CGI spectacle, but when something that big breaches the water, you feel it in your spine.
06:24It takes an action star contractually obligated to win every fight to take it down.
06:40Number 5, Cage Dive Sharks, 47 meters down.
06:56This is amazing.
07:04There's another one!
07:05Oh my god, it's huge.
07:06Oh my god, look at our sea!
07:08Getting in a shark cage is supposed to make you feel safer.
07:11In 47 meters down, it seals its inhabitants' fate.
07:14I just don't feel safe in this cage.
07:17At least we got to see some sharks!
07:19Two Sisters Vacation takes a sharp nosedive when their cage sinks and plummets to the ocean floor.
07:24They are stuck 47 meters below the surface, surrounded by great whites.
07:28Trapped with limited oxygen, rising panic, and circling predators, they face a fight for survival and sanity.
07:35The sharks here are savage, but patient.
07:37They lurk just outside the cage's bars, monitoring every move, waiting for any mistake.
07:42The film uses the atmosphere to heighten the tension.
07:45Tight spaces, pitch black water, and a ticking clock make these sharks even scarier than they would be on their own.
07:51Hello, is anyone there?
07:53Please someone answer me!
07:54No!
07:55No!
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08:19I do not!
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08:25Oh!
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08:33mutated. It appears as nature intended, a perfect killing machine. Filmed using actual shark
08:51footage, the movie ditches CGI in favor of raw authenticity. The result is relentless dread,
08:57with every ripple and shadow carrying the threat of a silent strike.
09:03Pull me up! Pull me up!
09:10Get me up! Pull me up! Pull me up!
09:19Number 3. The Shallow Shark. The Shallows.
09:26You'd think being just 200 yards or so from shore would mean safety. It's about two football fields after all.
09:32An experienced swimmer could cross that distance in a few minutes, but in The Shallows, Blake Lively plays a surfer stranded on a rock with a massive great white circling.
09:41That's the third time I got you. 32 seconds from the wheel to the rock.
09:48This shark isn't just hungry, it's pissed.
10:01It seems preternaturally smart, sadistically brutal, and utterly unrelenting. The 200 yards of open water becomes a horrific pressure cooker. Each swim for survival becomes a deadly game of timing and pain.
10:13The film's slick visuals and nerve-wracking suspense make this one of the most stylish entries in the shark horror genre.
10:22Number 2. Super Sharks. Deep Blue Sea.
10:23Number 2. Super Sharks. Deep Blue Sea.
10:27How long have they been synchronized like this?
10:28How long have they been synchronized like this?
10:29Sharks are scary, but it's scary.
10:30The film's slick visuals and nerve-wracking suspense make this one of the most stylish entries in the shark horror genre.
10:36Number 2. Super Sharks. Deep Blue Sea.
10:45How long have they been synchronized like this?
10:55Sharks are scary. When at sea, the only advantage that humans have is intelligence. A shark that can outsmart you is downright terrifying.
11:03In Deep Blue Sea, a team of scientists think it's a good idea to genetically enhance mako sharks to boost brain function.
11:09They want to create a cure for Alzheimer's. Instead, they create monsters with IQs high enough to hunt with strategy and kill with flair.
11:21These makos aren't mindless eating machines. They lure, trap, and dismantle their human prey like it's a tactical mission.
11:28One by one, the crew gets picked off. Their research lab turns into a slowly sinking death trap.
11:37With exploding glass, flooded corridors, and one of horror's greatest surprise deaths, Deep Blue Sea has it all.
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12:19Number 1. Bruce. Jaws.
12:39He's the reason millions of people still hesitate to swim in open water.
12:43Nicknamed Bruce by the crew, the mechanical shark in Jaws redefined horror.
12:48Guys, you guys okay over there?
12:50It's a fire!
12:52It may come as no surprise, but the giant mechanical shark suffered one malfunction after another in the open water.
13:10But that's no problem for the master of cinema.
13:12You're gonna need a bigger boat.
13:14Spielberg leans into suspense over Spectacle, letting dread simmer just beneath the waves.
13:19And it works!
13:20That's a twenty-footer.
13:24With only minutes of actual screen time, Bruce's presence is unforgettable.
13:45The fins slicing through water, the music pulsing like a heartbeat.
13:48More than a monster, Bruce became a pop culture icon.
13:51Its toothy grin ushered in the era of the summer blockbuster.
13:55Which movie moments involving terrifying denizens of the deep haunt your dreams?
14:19Tell us in the comments below.
14:21One minute they were having a wonderful time, and the next...
14:27You have no idea what could have caused this?
14:29I don't know what could have done that.
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