Killer Whale

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Killer Whale

R

Jan 2026

1h 29m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Hold your breath as you witness revenge rise from the deep. After a life-shattering tragedy, Trish tries to comfort her best friend, Maddie, by taking her on a spectacular adventure in a private lagoon halfway across the world. Their peaceful retreat soon becomes a terrifying fight to stay alive when the ocean's most bloodthirsty predator seeks vengeance for a brutal life in captivity. Virginia Garner and Mel Jarnson star in a thrill ride of a movie that will leave you breathless.

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Critics Consensus

Larded up with too much blubber and not enough bite to justify the tedium, this disappointing survival thriller is beached upon arrival.

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Catherine Bray

Guardian

May 13

2/5

There are a couple of decent plot twists and reveals, but not enough to stop you from checking out until the next bit with the whale comes up.

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Meagan Navarro

Bloody Disgusting

Jan 15

1.5/5

If you’ve seen 47 Meters Down or Lionsgate’s Fall, which also stars Virginia Gardner, this straightforward aquatic thriller adheres to the exact same formula with very little in the way of deviation.

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William Bibbiani

TheWrap

Jan 14

Almost nothing [Brechin] could do would spin this everyday hay into gold, but she can remind us why we keep hay around in the first place.

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Tyler Smith

Battleship Pretension

Jun 15

And so Killer Whale takes its place among the lesser of the more recent Jaws imitators, hovering somewhere below Beast of War and above the god-awful The Black Demon.

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David Griffiths

Subculture Entertainment

Jun 8

2/5

Why a film shot in Queensland has to green screen the beach I will never know. The only thing worse than the dodgy CGI and obvious green screen is the woeful screenplay.

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Louisa Moore

Screen Zealots

May 27

A killer whale horror movie should either leave you thrilled or laughing along with the madness, where this one mostly just drifts along before beaching itself completely.

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Alexandria Nicole M

2d

I WANNA SEE THIS MOVIE SOOOOOO BAD, I can’t find it on Fandango but I will keep looking for it😁

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David H

@RT75133849 Jun 27

Ter-ri-ble! Direct nominee for one of the worst, most cliched movies I’ve seen. Watch it if you want to see how bad it is. Film schools take note - this is how not to make a movie :(

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Kaleah K

@RT62933161 Jun 26

I signed up just to leave a review and say how bad it was

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Alan T

@123mereview Jun 26

Would not recommend this movie sorry 😞 acting is meh, plot was bad, CGI is worse. A big rip of 'The Shallow.' So many cringe moments...skip this one guys.

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Amanda T

@RT24651711 Jun 25

Just twelve minutes in I regretted pressing play....the whole diner scene was cringe at best not to mention the boyfriends terrible acting and toxic hero complex over a necklace that got him killed I couldn't bring myself to waste anymore time on this... I highly recommend passing on this movie. Do not waste your time I don't even no how this rubbish ended up in my recommend viewing on Netflix or why Netflix even bothered to run this on its platform.

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Jim F

@Jim641 Jun 24

Don't, just don't even .... This must be a tax write off , that can only be the only reason this movie was made. Who was the director? Maybe a 5 year old girl 🤔

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Synopsis

Hold your breath as you witness revenge rise from the deep. After a life-shattering tragedy, Trish tries to comfort her best friend, Maddie, by taking her on a spectacular adventure in a private lagoon halfway across the world. Their peaceful retreat soon becomes a terrifying fight to stay alive when the ocean's most bloodthirsty predator seeks vengeance for a brutal life in captivity. Virginia Garner and Mel Jarnson star in a thrill ride of a movie that will leave you breathless.

Director: Jo-Anne Brechin
Producer: Steve Jaggi, Kylie Pascoe, Lionel Hicks
Screenwriter: Katharine E. McPhee
Distributor: Lionsgate
Production Co: Jaggi Entertainment
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Australian English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 16, 2026, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 16, 2026
Runtime: 1h 29m