The true story behind open water is far more unnerving. Instead of a single massive, bloodthirsty, murdering shark as in the movie the shallows, there is a realistic premise. The original open water was based on the true story of tom and eileen lonergan were left behind by their diving party after diving off the great barrier reef in 1998. How open water became a horror franchise its filmmakers never. I believe that it was specifically based on the story of two divers named tom and eileen lonergan.
I could see how this couldve happened to someone out in the middle of the ocean, being left behind while being apart of a group of people who rented a boat to scuba dive. The true story behind open water is disturbing youtube. The new open water 3 trailer will ruin your favorite. How open water became a horror franchise its filmmakers. The sequel is, as mentioned previously, actually based on the short story adrift by koji suzuki. Cage dive on dvd october 10, 2017 starring megan peta hill, joel hogan, pete valley, mark fell.
However, there have actually been more than a few cases. If youve ever wanted to experience the thrill of swimming with the sharks without the risk of dismemberment, then you might want to take the plunge with open water 3. The story concerns an american couple who go scuba diving while on. Cage dive is the latest installment in a longstanding horror. The 25 best movies based on true stories on netflix april. I wanted the film to look authentic, but i made sure to get a. Sa shark movie picked up by major us studio adelaide now.
In 1998, tom and eileen lonergan disappeared off the great barrier reef after a diving company accidentally left them behind in sharkinfested. Nevertheless, kentis knew that the movie was having a tough time. In real life, tom and eileen lonergan, a married couple from baton rouge, were stranded in the coral sea part of the south pacific off the northeast coast of. In this intense thriller, three friends from california head to the rugged australian coast for a cagedive encounter with deadly great whites. Cage dive is a movie which blends the sheer tension and frights of jaws with modern hits like the shallows and rec. The plot follows two sisters who are invited to cage dive while on holiday in mexico. It drops you in the water with living apex predators in the most realistic and terrifying way. Cage dive is the first and only shark film shot entirely from the first person point of view. The film was financed by the husband and wife team of writerdirector chris. As a matter of fact, the movie is based on a true story. Three friends film an audition for an extreme reality show with sharks when things get deadly in open water 3. Most people know that i think, but i wonder how many have bothered to really learn about the events that inspired the film.
A catastrophic turn of events leaves them in baited water full of great white sharks, turning their recording into a blood chilling diary of survival. The true story behind the open water movie, however, is much scarier simply because no one knows what really happened to tom and. The boat and crew used in the film are from port lincoln, south australia. Three friends filming an audition tape for an extreme reality show take part in shark cage diving, only to be left in great white infested waters, turning their recording into life and death. Im a huge fan of chris kentis 2003 microindie hitchcockian thriller open water, which is based on the true story of two scuba divers who are accidentally stranded in shark infested waters after their tour boat has left. The best movies based on true stories on netflix 1 roma inspired by his childhood in 1970s mexico city, roma is the latest film from visionary. Based on a true story about scuba divers abandoned by. Video explores true story that inspired open water.
Which soon leaves them in great white infested waters, turning their recording into a. While the film appears to fall into the killer shark movie category, cage dive may stand above the crowd. Im a huge fan of chris kentis 2003 microindie hitchcockian thriller open water, which is based on the true story of two scuba divers who are accidentally stranded in shark infested waters. Based on a true story about scuba divers abandoned by their boat in the. The true story behind open water ihorror horror news. Jaws mightve broken the mold when it first debuted in the summer of 75, but nowadays shark movies are a dime a dozen. Gerald rascionato, gerald rascionato story by 1 more credit.
Cage dive, the film was acquired by grindstone entertainment. Lionsgate has announced that they will be releasing the shark horror film open water 3 cage dive on bluray and dvd formats on october 10th. Starring joel hogan, josh potthoff, megan peta hill, pete valley, mark fell, and christopher callen. The diver is a very experienced dive master, remained calm, and when the shark thrashed back outside the cage, the diver calmly swam back up and. Cage dive starts off with the laziest of found footage ideas right out of the blair witch project. The 2003 film was a critical darling and depicted the couple meeting their end being circled by sharks. Three friends, filming an audition tape for an extreme reality game show, take part in shark cage diving. Open water is a 2003 american survival horror thriller film. Cage dive was released in 2017, following the first films plot of being.
The story behind new film open water film the guardian. Despite kentis efforts to be ambiguous, the film still brought public attention back to the story of the. With joel hogan, josh potthoff, megan peta hill, pete valley. The film is already out on digital hd and on demand. Cage dive when a group of friends fail to lower the ladder of their boat, they find themselves stranded in the surrounding waters and struggle to survive. The synopsis below may give away important plot points.
The film begins with a warning that in 2015, an underwater camera was found at the bottom of the. Open water 3 cage dive swims onto home video this october. Based on the true story of two scuba divers accidentally stranded in shark infested waters after their tour boat has left. Watch the video for more about the disturbing true story behind open water. Diver survives after huge great white shark breaks into. Three friends from california are filming an audition tape for an extreme reality game show. The film is loosely based on the true story of tom and eileen lonergan, who in 1998 went out with a scuba diving group, outer edge dive company, on the great barrier reef, and were accidentally left behind because the diveboat crew failed to take an accurate headcount.
Eileen and tom lonergan decided to dive among the reefs of st. Cage dive, which is in theaters and available ondemand and on digital hd beginning august 11th from lionsgate. Cage dive hd movie backstabbing for beginners hd quality. Cage dive is the latest brutally effective shark horror. I only know about the first one as im australian and it made headlines everywhere here. The disturbing true story that inspired open water grunge. Three friends filming an audition tape for an extreme reality show, take part in shark cage diving, only to be left in great whiteinfested waters, turning their recording into life and. That was a film that lingered in the memory long after the lights went up, partly because it was based on a true story about a couple whose diveboat left them to perish in the middle of the sea. In this intense thriller, three friends from california head to the rugged australian coast for a cagedive encounter with deadly great whit. The film is claimed to be loosely based on the true story of tom and eileen. This was a great movie, based on a true story it makes me leery of going scuba diving.
Watch the trailer for found footage shark horror cage dive. Nope just an attempt to make money off of the first movie which was a loosely based on an actual event that occured in 1998 when a couple was accidentally left behind after someone miscounted the people aboard a scuba diving group. But still real bad and pretty uncomfortable to watch. The story concerns an american couple who go scuba diving while on vacation, only to find themselves stranded miles from shore in sharkinfested waters when the crew of their boat accidentally leaves them behind the film is claimed to be loosely based on the true story of tom and eileen lonergan, who in 1998 went out with a scuba.
Cage dive follows three friends from california who set out to film an. Now, distributors are rebranding cage dive as the third film in the. In this intense thriller, three friends from california head to the rugged australian coast for a cage dive encounter with deadly great whites. While on the dive, a catastrophic turn of events leaves them in baited water full of hungry great white sharks and turns their audition tape into a survival diary cage dive is slated for. Adrift quietly surfaced in 2006 as a film independent from the franchise, which means cage dive is technically a sequel. Cage dive is the latest installment in a longstanding horror series one that the original filmmakers never asked for. But after attracting a swarm of vicious sharks, their tour boat is destroyed by a massive rogue wave. From serial killers to unexplained supernatural experiences, here are the real and allegedly real inspirations behind 39 horror films. The writerdirector was inspired to create the film after hearing the reallife story of tom and eileen lonergan, who disappeared after a scuba. In this intense thriller, three friends from california head to the rugged australian coast for a cage dive encounter with deadly sharks.
Like other nightmarish experiences, tom and eileen lonergans dreadful fate turned into a film, open water. If you want to know more about the original story behind the first open water movie follow this link. Cage dive uses traditional filmmaking and the found footage technique to tell the story of three americans friends stranded inside a sharkviewing cage after a freak wave sinks their boat at. Fran from dodgeball is actually a total bombshell in real life.
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