Mauler
A cash-strapped group’s dark-web challenge becomes a savage siege inside a murder house ruled by a towering religious killer.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Graphic
- claustrophobic
- foreboding
- visceral
- late night horror viewing
- slasher marathon
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Five friends enter a dark web contest promising $25,000, making money and public spectacle the engine of the ordeal.
The protagonists enter a creepy murder house and must survive inside its threatening environment.
The killer is explicitly described as a religious maniac pursuing the friends with lethal intent.
The seven-foot-tall attacker and his sledgehammer create a stark, physical horror iconography.
Films like Mauler, and why
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
shares survival horror, slasher violence, and a group of young people trapped with a relentless killer
You're Next
shares contained survival horror, brutal home-invasion tension, and an ensemble fighting for escape
Unfriended: Dark Web
shares dark-web spectacle, sadistic violence, and young protagonists forced into a deadly endurance scenario
Movie Details
- Director
- Terence Bernie Hines
- Release Date
- 2025-05-20
- Runtime
- 79 min
- Rating
- 3.0 / 10 (3)
Cast
- Tanya Champoux
- Sarah Siverson
- Sebastian Betancur
- Breck Cuddy
- Kate Noel
- Liz Angela
- Jayden Stith
- Skyylar Perdomo
- Spencer Frankeberger
- Adam Arabshahi
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Mauler about?
- A cash-strapped group’s dark-web challenge becomes a savage siege inside a murder house ruled by a towering religious killer.
- What is Mauler like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Mauler as brisk, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Mauler violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Mauler as graphic.
- Which films are like Mauler?
- Films with a similar feel include The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, You're Next, and Unfriended: Dark Web.
- How long is Mauler?
- Mauler runs 79 minutes.
- Where can I watch Mauler?
- In United States, Mauler streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
