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Well Go USA Entertainment has premiered the trailer for Australian director Kiah Roache-Turner’s new feature “Beast of War”, which marks his latest horror feature after “Wyrmwood,” “Nekrotronic,” “Wyrmwood: Apocalypse”, and “Sting”.
Set in 1942, the story follows a group of young Australian soldiers stranded at sea after their warship is destroyed in a Japanese air attack.
As they struggle to survive on a single life raft, a new terror emerges in the form of a massive, relentless great white shark.
The film draws inspiration from the real-life sinking of the HMAS Armidale during the evacuation of troops from Timor. One wounded ordinary seaman, Edward “Teddy” Sheean, strapped himself to an anti-aircraft gun and shot down at least one plane before the ship sank.
Of the 149 men on board, 100 died either in the attack or later at sea from exposure, thirst, and shark attacks.
Roache-Turner reportedly combines CG with with a half-ton animatronic model to bring the shark to life in the film. The title will get a U.S. theatrical and digital release on October 10th.