Chum (2026)

Tina and Tom arrive in Malta for their destination wedding, hoping for a picturesque start to their marriage. However, the couple is already experiencing significant friction, driven by unaddressed secrets and Tom's lack of support for Tina's anxieties. Trying to keep up appearances, Tom's enthusiastic best man, Rick, organizes a post-wedding celebration: a three-hour private catamaran excursion on the Mediterranean Sea. Tina, who is terrified of the ocean and does not know how to swim, is pressured into attending. The wedding party on the excursion includes Tina and Tom, Rick, their close friends Rachinda and Brittany, and Tina's cynical, unsupportive younger sister, Sadie. The boat is captained by a local skipper, Captain Daniels. Once the group is far from shore, a massive, bloodthirsty great white shark targets the catamaran, repeatedly ramming the hull.

During the chaotic initial assault, Captain Daniels is severely injured, and the boat sustains critical damage, taking on water. With the radio damaged and the vessel slowly sinking, the wedding party is left stranded in the open sea. As the shark circles the wreckage, picking at the sinking boat, the group's panic escalates.

Eventually, a rugged fisherman named Roy arrives in his own vessel, seemingly drawn by the distress. He assists the panicked survivors onto his boat, leaving the sinking catamaran behind. The group initially believes they have been saved, but Roy's demeanor quickly grows erratic and sinister. It is soon revealed that Roy is not a random rescuer, but a grief-stricken widower on a deranged mission. Five years earlier, his own wife was killed by the exact same shark while they were celebrating their marriage.

Driven mad by the loss, Roy has spent years hunting the beast. Roy takes the group hostage, announcing his true intentions. He refuses to take them back to the mainland; instead, he plans to use the wedding party as human bait—or "chum"—to draw the shark out so he can finally exact his revenge.

Roy reveals his true intentions and holds the wedding party hostage on his vessel. Roy begins orchestrating scenarios to get the guests into the water to draw the shark's attention. The captain and several members of the wedding party are either pushed or fall overboard during the struggle. Once in the water, they are swiftly attacked and devoured by the shark.

The dwindling survivors desperately attempt to fight off Roy while avoiding the water. During the chaos, characters are impaled and severely injured in their attempts to disarm the fisherman. In a final bid for survival, Tina confronts both Roy and the shark. Despite her fear of the water and inability to swim, she attempts to kill the shark herself, utilizing a weapon in a direct callback to an earlier conversation. The film concludes with a final inner monologue from Roy, reflecting on the loss of his wife and his total descent into madness and murder in the open ocean.