12 Days of Terror

12 Days of Terror

The True Story of the New Jersey Man-Eater.

Directed by Jack Sholder

Produced by Discovery, Fox Television Studios

200486 min5.5 / 10

A historically grounded thriller about a series of shark attacks that terrorized a New Jersey beach community in 1916, balancing period atmosphere with visceral threat and social anxiety.

July of 1916 was a time of record heat, a polio epidemic, and a World War in Europe. But beachgoers in New Jersey are threatened by a even greater terror: a shark that has suddenly developed a taste for human flesh. Starting July 1st and lasting over a period of 12 days, the unidentified shark kills four people and seriously injures a fifth before the attacks stop, and threatens New Jersey's thriving tourist industry. Based on true events, and one of the inspirations behind Peter Benchley's Jaws.

Questions people ask

  • Is 12 Days of Terror scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is 12 Days of Terror violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Is 12 Days of Terror sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.

  • Is 12 Days of Terror easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Does 12 Days of Terror end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

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Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity21

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise8

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love8

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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