10 Best Horror Movie Creature Feature Movies Since 2010
3. The Reef
While 2016's The Shallows was a truly great shark film, there is one shark movie that just edges ahead of that picture when it comes to the best shark offerings since 2010.
Just making the cut by being released worldwide towards the end of 2010, that film is The Reef.
Loosely based on real events, writer/director Andrew Traucki delivered something special with his Australian-set shark picture. As five friends embark on a trip to deliver a yacht to Indonesia, things soon go array when this vessel hits part of the reef and starts to let in water. And just like that, the group soon find themselves faced with the tough question of whether to stay with the sinking ship or attempt to make a 12-mile swim to safety.
With the elements against them, things take a turn for the worse when these pals find themselves being followed by a great white shark. But what makes all this even more chilling, is the fact that the shark doesn't outright attack the group. Instead, this apex predator toys with its prey - swimming nearby to the group, brushing up against them at first, before finally making its move.