10 Scariest Shark Movies You've Never Seen
2. Open Water 3: Cage Dive
Cage Dive is unique in how it takes the 'stranded in the ocean' angle and delivers its story through the approach of a found footage movie. By doing that, the viewer is there for every twitch of the water, for every failed hope of a rescue, and for the ultimate demise that awaits the picture's central trio.
Trying to convince TV executives they'd be perfect for an extreme reality TV series, brothers Josh and Jeff and Jeff's girlfriend Megan embark on a shark cage dive during their trip to Australia. When a rogue wave causes their boat to capsize, the three are stuck in the middle of the ocean with only a tiny life raft and their paranoia for company.
Sadly, Cage Dive - which had the Open Water label attached to it after being picked up by Lionsgate - swam under the radar, with some truly garish cover art not helping matters. If you take a chance on Gerald Rascionato's film, however, there's a genuinely good shark movie there - and it's a shark movie that's a scary proposition for so much of its runtime.