Cyclone
Ciclon
An airplane goes down in the ocean during a storm and a few survivors find refuge on a small tour boat. Swept out to sea, these people slowly starve to death in the hot sun with barely any food or clean water. With no place to turn, the boat survivors resort to cannibalism to stay alive...that is ..until the rescue planes come to pick them up and the man eating sharks decide its time to eat as well.
Why it matters
A tense survival thriller that blends stranded-at-sea dread with a primal shark attack nightmare, Cyclone (1978) delivers a grim meditation on desperation and the fragile line between humanity and savagery.
- Early example of ocean-bound horror mixing man-versus-nature with cannibalism taboos—think Deliverance meets Jaws.
- Raw practical effects and sun-bleached cinematography amplify the relentless, suffocating heat and hunger.
- A slow-burn descent into madness anchored by committed performances—there’s no glamor here, just brutal survival.
- Shark attack sequences lean into late-70s creature feature tropes, offering a teeth-baring payoff for patient viewers.
Director
5 horror films in catalog
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
57
Slow Burn
17
Psychological
29
Supernatural
0
Creature
55
Disturbing
50
Fun Factor
50
Cerebral
0
Survival
83
Disaster
