Bait
A flooded Queensland supermarket becomes a claustrophobic hunting ground when tsunami-borne great whites turn a group of trapped survivors into prey.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Graphic
- frantic
- claustrophobic
- campy
- late night horror
- b movie marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the inventive shark-in-a-supermarket premise enjoyable for genre audiences but considered the characters and execution underdeveloped.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The central survivors are trapped inside a flooded supermarket while great white sharks circle through its submerged aisles.
A coastal tsunami and twelve-foot sharks combine into the film's deliberately exaggerated survival premise.
Shoppers and workers must negotiate fear, danger, and competing survival priorities in a sealed flooded store.
The plot and keywords explicitly emphasize shark attacks, gore, drowning, and blood during the survivors' escape attempts.
Films like Bait, and why
The Shallows
shares contained survival horror, aquatic predators, escalating suspense, and a resourceful protagonist under pressure
Crawl
shares flood disaster peril, confined survival horror, hungry animals, and relentless environmental danger
Deep Blue Sea
shares shark attack horror, escalating marine suspense, gore, and genre-driven survival stakes
The Wave
shares disaster spectacle, trapped civilians, flooding, and frantic survival action
Movie Details
- Director
- Kimble Rendall
- Release Date
- 2012-09-05
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Rating
- 5.7 / 10 (826)
Cast
- Xavier Samuel
- Richard Brancatisano
- Sharni Vinson
- Phoebe Tonkin
- Julian McMahon
- Alex Russell
- Cariba Heine
- Lincoln Lewis
- Alice Parkinson
- Dan Wyllie
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel
- 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 Bait about?
- A flooded Queensland supermarket becomes a claustrophobic hunting ground when tsunami-borne great whites turn a group of trapped survivors into prey.
- What is Bait like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Bait as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Bait violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Bait as graphic.
- What did critics think of Bait?
- Critics broadly found the inventive shark-in-a-supermarket premise enjoyable for genre audiences but considered the characters and execution underdeveloped.
- Which films are like Bait?
- Films with a similar feel include The Shallows, Crawl, Deep Blue Sea, and The Wave.
- How long is Bait?
- Bait runs 93 minutes.
- Where can I watch Bait?
- In United States, Bait streams on MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel.
