The Reef

The Reef (2010)

Pray that you drown first.

A great white shark hunts the crew of a capsized sailboat along the Great Barrier Reef.

Date of release
2010-05-15
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (623)
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Director
Andrew Traucki
Collection
The Reef Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Australia

The Reef is a 2010 Australian survival horror film, written, directed and produced by Andrew Traucki in his second feature film. The film is about a group of friends who capsize while sailing to Indonesia and are stalked by a great white shark as they try to swim to a nearby island.

Production

The film is based on the true story of Ray Boundy, who was the sole survivor of a similar incident in 1983. The film's five-week shoot began on 12 October 2009 in Queensland's Hervey Bay, Fraser Island and Bowen Bay, with additional shark footage completed in South Australia. While in production, cameras were streaming the film online on its website on 5 November.

Rob Gaison, the chief executive of Tourism Tropical North Queensland, was concerned about the film being advertised as "based on a true story" which he felt could hurt the tourist industry for the area. Col McKenzie, the CEO of Association of Marine Park Operators, said that previous films about sharks near reefs attacking people such as Open Water had hurt the tourism industry.

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