10 Smartest Decisions In Recent Horror Movies

To your humble scribe, Andrew Traucki's The Reef is the very best shark movie not named Jaws.

So, when a sequel - The Reef: Stalked - swam its way to screens last summer, there was some hope that this second Reef picture would capture some of the nerve-shredding dread and tension of its predecessor. Unfortunately, Stalked proved to be somewhat of a disappointment in that regard. Still, the finale of this second Reef feature did feature a rather smart decision during its final act.

Completely unrelated to The Reef, this sequel centres on sisters Nic and Annie, and their friends Jodie and Lisa, as they find themselves out in the water and, err, stalked, by a great white shark. You see, this group had met up to mark the death of Nic and Annie's sibling Cath, who was killed by her abusive husband nine months ago.

By The Reef: Stalked's finale, Lisa has fallen victim to this shark, and our remaining trio are stranded in a small, knackered boat that's taking on water. It's here that Nic comes up with an extremely simple, but extremely effective plan. Realising that the only items on the boat with them are a mesh net and a machete, Nic lures in the apex predator, throws the net over it, and then eventually stabs the beast to death.