But after attracting a swarm of vicious sharks, their tour boat is destroyed by a massive rogue wave. Three friends, filming an audition tape for an extreme reality game show, take part in shark cage diving. Cage dive is the latest installment in a longstanding horror. I only know about the first one as im australian and it made headlines everywhere here. Starring joel hogan, josh potthoff, megan peta hill, pete valley, mark fell, and christopher callen.
If you want to know more about the original story behind the first open water movie follow this link. Diver survives after huge great white shark breaks into. How open water became a horror franchise its filmmakers never. 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 new open water 3 trailer will ruin your favorite. Most people know that i think, but i wonder how many have bothered to really learn about the events that inspired the film. The story concerns an american couple who go scuba diving while on. Based on a true story about scuba divers abandoned by their boat 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. Cage dive follows three friends from california who set out to film an. The film was financed by the husband and wife team of writerdirector chris. 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. Instead of a single massive, bloodthirsty, murdering shark as in the movie the shallows, there is a realistic premise.
The true story behind open water ihorror horror news. From serial killers to unexplained supernatural experiences, here are the real and allegedly real inspirations behind 39 horror films. How open water became a horror franchise its filmmakers. Gerald rascionato, gerald rascionato story by 1 more credit. The boat and crew used in the film are from port lincoln, south australia. But still real bad and pretty uncomfortable to watch. 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. The film is already out on digital hd and on demand.
Cage dive is a movie which blends the sheer tension and frights of jaws with modern hits like the shallows and rec. 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 cagedive encounter with deadly great whites. I believe that it was specifically based on the story of two divers named tom and eileen lonergan. This was a great movie, based on a true story it makes me leery of going scuba diving. Based on the true story of two scuba divers accidentally stranded in shark infested waters after their tour boat has left.
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. Three friends film an audition for an extreme reality show with sharks when things get deadly in open water 3. 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. Fran from dodgeball is actually a total bombshell in real life. 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. Watch the video for more about the disturbing true story behind open water. Cage dive is the latest brutally effective shark horror. 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. As a matter of fact, the movie is based on a true story.
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. 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. 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. The plot follows two sisters who are invited to cage dive while on holiday in mexico. The sequel is, as mentioned previously, actually based on the short story adrift by koji suzuki. The writerdirector was inspired to create the film after hearing the reallife story of tom and eileen lonergan, who disappeared after a scuba. Cage dive was released in 2017, following the first films plot of being. Gerald, the found footage approach to this story makes the viewer feel like. Cage dive starts off with the laziest of found footage ideas right out of the blair witch project. Despite kentis efforts to be ambiguous, the film still brought public attention back to the story of the.
The film begins with a warning that in 2015, an underwater camera was found at the bottom of the. When the winch system holding the cage breaks and the cage plummets to the ocean floor with the two girls trapped inside, they must find a way to escape. Watch the trailer for found footage shark horror cage dive. Jaws mightve broken the mold when it first debuted in the summer of 75, but nowadays shark movies are a dime a dozen. Sa shark movie picked up by major us studio adelaide now. 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. 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 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. The 25 best movies based on true stories on netflix april. Like other nightmarish experiences, tom and eileen lonergans dreadful fate turned into a film, open water. While the film appears to fall into the killer shark movie category, cage dive may stand above the crowd. The true story behind open water is disturbing youtube. In this intense thriller, three friends from california head to the rugged australian coast for a cage dive encounter with deadly sharks.
Cage dive is the latest installment in a longstanding horror series one that the original filmmakers never asked for. With joel hogan, josh potthoff, megan peta hill, pete valley. Cage dive, the film was acquired by grindstone entertainment. I wanted the film to look authentic, but i made sure to get a. Adrift quietly surfaced in 2006 as a film independent from the franchise, which means cage dive is technically a sequel. The film is claimed to be loosely based on the true story of tom and eileen.
Open water is a 2003 american survival horror thriller film. Cage dive hd movie backstabbing for beginners hd quality. Which soon leaves them in great white infested waters, turning their recording into a. The 2003 film was a critical darling and depicted the couple meeting their end being circled by sharks. Based on a true story about scuba divers abandoned by.
Video explores true story that inspired open water. Open water 3 cage dive swims onto home video this october. The story behind new film open water film the guardian. Cage dive on dvd october 10, 2017 starring megan peta hill, joel hogan, pete valley, mark fell.
Cage dive is the first and only shark film shot entirely from the first person point of view. Cage dive, which is in theaters and available ondemand and on digital hd beginning august 11th from lionsgate. Eileen and tom lonergan decided to dive among the reefs of st. The synopsis below may give away important plot points. It drops you in the water with living apex predators in the most realistic and terrifying way. 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.
In 1998, tom and eileen lonergan disappeared off the great barrier reef after a diving company accidentally left them behind in sharkinfested. The true story behind the open water movie, however, is much scarier simply because no one knows what really happened to tom and. 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. Three friends from california are filming an audition tape for an extreme reality game show. In this intense thriller, three friends from california head to the rugged australian coast for a cagedive encounter with deadly great whit. Nevertheless, kentis knew that the movie was having a tough time. 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.
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