Released: | 2007–2011, 2013– |
Maneater Series is the name, logo and line look given to a series of made-for-television natural horror films on DVD produced by RHI Entertainment for the Syfy Channel, and distributed by Vivendi Entertainment. The Maneater Series logo and line look were created under the direction of Danny Tubbs, the executive director of creative services of Vivendi Entertainment. The deal, made in October 2006, stipulated that the first ten films would premiere on the US-based channel in 2007,[1] but due to a pre-licensing agreement,[2] [3] the first six actually premiered in Canada on the video on demand channel Movie Central on Demand. Most of the early films in the series were filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.[4]
RHI has continued adding new films to the series, most of which are shown first on Syfy before being released to DVD. In 2013, the website was shut down due to technical difficulties. The series was put on hold after 2011 because of RHI's financial problems but was then revived in 2013 with Scarecrow.[5] Two more films were released in 2015.
As of 2023, all films in the series are available on the streaming service Tubi.
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Title | Subject matter | Television Premiere | DVD release | Writer | Director | Producer | |
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1 | Blood Monkey | Gorilla-like ape | January 27, 2008[6] | November 6, 2007[7] | George LaVoo Gary Dauberman | Robert Young | Charles Salmon |
2 | Grizzly Rage | Grizzly bear | June 7, 2007 | May 6, 2008[8] | Arne Olsen | David DeCoteau | Robert Halmi, Sr. Phyllis Laing |
3 | In the Spider's Web | Venomous spiders | August 26, 2007[9] | November 6, 2007 | Gary Dauberman | Terry Windsor | Charles Salmon |
4 | Maneater | Bengal tiger | September 8, 2007[10] | January 8, 2008[11] | Philip Morton | Gary Yates | Phyllis Laing |
5 | Something Beneath | Slime beast | October 21, 2007 | September 9, 2008 | Mark Mullin Ethlie Ann Vare | David Winning | Phyllis Laing |
6 | Croc | Saltwater crocodile | November 4, 2007[12] | February 5, 2008[13] | Ken Solarz | Stewart Raffill | Charles Salmon |
7 | Eye of the Beast | Giant squid | December 8, 2007[14] | April 1, 2008 | Mark Mullin | Gary Yates | Phyllis Laing |
8 | The Hive[15] | Army ants | February 17, 2008[16] | August 5, 2008 | T.S. Cook | Peter Manus | Charles Salmon |
9 | Black Swarm[17] | Wasps | March 13, 2008 | February 3, 2009[18] | Ethlie Ann Vare Todd Samovitz | David Winning | Irene Litinsky Ric Nish |
10 | Hybrid[19] | March 16, 2008[20] | July 8, 2008 | Arne Olsen | Yelena Lanksaya | Phyllis Laing | |
11 | Shark Swarm[21] | Great white sharks | May 25, 2008[22] | June 3, 2008[23] | David Rosiak Matthew Chernov | James A. Contner | Kyle Clark Patsy Fitzgerald Stephen Niver |
12 | Vipers[24] | Horned vipers | September 21, 2008 | September 23, 2008 | Brian Katkin | Bill Corcoran | Mary Anne Waterhouse |
13 | Swamp Devil[25] | Swamp monster | October 12, 2008 | April 9, 2009 | Gary Dauberman | David Winning | Irene Litinsky Ric Nish |
14 | [26] | Yeti | November 8, 2008 | January 13, 2009 | Rafael Jordan | Paul Ziller | Daniel Grodnik |
15 | Wyvern[27] | Wyvern | January 31, 2009 | August 18, 2009[28] | Jason Bourque | Steven R. Monroe | Kirk Shaw |
16 | Sea Beast[29] | Sea monster | March 14, 2009 | June 30, 2009[30] | Paul Ziller Neil Elman | Paul Ziller | Breanne Hartley |
17 | Carny | Jersey Devil | April 25, 2009 | March 23, 2010[31] | Douglas G. Davis | Sheldon Wilson | Irene Litinsky Sandrine Gros d'Aillon Nancy Boucher |
18 | Rise of the Gargoyles | Gargoyle | June 21, 2009 | September 8, 2009[32] | Andy Briggs | Bill Corcoran | François Sylvestre Andreea Stanculeanu |
19 | Malibu Shark Attack | Goblin Sharks | July 25, 2009 | August 16, 2011 [33] | Keith Shaw | David Lister | Dale G. Bradley Grant Bradley Richard Stewart Brian Trenchard-Smith |
20 | Sand Serpents | Prehistoric worms | July 11, 2009 | November 3, 2009 [34] | Raul Inglis | Jeff Renfroe | Ric Nish |
21 | Hellhounds | Hellhounds | July 19, 2009 | February 16, 2010[35] | Paul A. Birkett Jason Bourque | Ricky Schroder | Ric Nish |
22 | High Plains Invaders | Aliens | August 30, 2009 | April 6, 2010[36] | Richard Beattie | Kristoffer Tabori | Ric Nish |
23 | Behemoth | Kaiju | January 15, 2011 | April 5, 2011[37] | Rachelle S. Howie | W.D. Hogan | John Prince |
24 | Ferocious Planet | Beasts from a parallel dimension | April 9, 2011 | July 5, 2011 | Douglas G. Davis | Billy O'Brien | Mary Callery |
25 | Roadkill | Roc | April 23, 2011 | August 30, 2011 | Rick Suvalle | Johannes Roberts | Adrian Sturges |
26 | Scarecrow | Scarecrow | October 19, 2013 | February 25, 2014 | Rick Suvalle | Sheldon Wilson | Lacey Chabert |
27 | Shark Killer | Blacktip shark | June 16, 2015 | September, 2015 | Richard Beattie Sheldon Wilson | Sheldon Wilson | Lance Samuels Mary Anne Waterhouse |
28 | The Hollow | Curse | October 24, 2015 | 2016 | Rick Suvalle Sheldon Wilson | Sheldon Wilson | Jamie Goehring |