A new creature feature finally exposes hippos as nature's true murder machines

A new creature feature finally exposes hippos as nature's true murder machines

Sharks have long hogged the spotlight in horror cinema’s “animal attack” niche. We’ve gotten Thrash, Deep Water, and Chum in 2026 alone; last year gave us Fear Below, Dangerous Animals, Into The Deep, Beast Of War, and Hot Spring Shark Attack. This is an incomplete list that only skims the subgenre’s surface, a look at how deeply Jaws afflicted pop culture with galeophobia. Other killer animal movies, like Alexandre Aja’s Crawl,  have come and g…