Dangerous Animals Trailer Unleashes Shark-Fueled Terror from Sean Byrne

Sean Byrne (The Loved Ones, The Devil’s Candy) is back—and this time, he’s dragging us into blood-soaked waters with Dangerous Animals. The official trailer just dropped, and it’s even more brutal, sun-drenched, and chaotic than we imagined.

In this high-stakes survival thriller, Yellowstone star Hassie Harrison plays Zephyr, a bold surfer who’s abducted by a deranged killer (Jai Courtney in full unhinged mode) with a twisted obsession: sharks and sacrifice. Trapped aboard a drifting boat, Zephyr must outthink a monster with a knife in one hand and a dorsal fin circling beneath.

It’s brutal. It’s beautiful. And it’s classic Byrne—gorgeously shot, tightly edited, and gleefully sadistic. The trailer teases a brutal cat-and-mouse showdown on the open water, with sharks as both metaphor and menace.

Also starring Josh Heuston (Dune: Prophecy), Dangerous Animals makes its exclusive theatrical debut June 6, 2025. Just in time for summer. Just in time to ruin your beach plans.

This is Open Water on acid. Byrne knows exactly how to escalate tension, and Harrison looks like a breakout Final Girl in the making. Don’t sleep on this one.

Dangerous Animals swims into theaters June 6 via IFC Films and Shudder.

Watch the trailer now and ask yourself: Would you survive the feed?

Director: Sean Byrnes

Written by: Nick Lepard

Cast: Jai Courtney, Hassie Harrison, Josh Heuston