Maneater (series)
Encyclopedia
Maneater Series is the name, logo and line look given to a series of made-for-television natural horror film
s on DVD produced by RHI Entertainment
for the Sci Fi Channel, now called Syfy
, and distributed by Vivendi Entertainment. The Maneater Series logo and line look were created under the direction of Danny Tubbs Executive Director, Creative Services Vivendi Entertainment. Per the deal, made in October 2006, the first ten films would premiere on the US based channel in 2007, however the first six films in the series actually premiered in Canada on the video on demand
channel Movie Central on Demand
first due to a pre-licensing agreement. Most of the early films in the series were filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Since it was original started, however, RHI has continued adding new films to the series, most of which continue to premiere first on Syfy before being released to DVD.
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
s on DVD produced by RHI Entertainment
RHI Entertainment
RHI Entertainment , formerly known as Hallmark Entertainment, is an American producer of television movies and miniseries, founded in 1979 by Robert Halmi Jr. and Robert Halmi Sr. as Robert Halmi Incorporated....
for the Sci Fi Channel, now called Syfy
Syfy
Syfy , formerly known as the Sci-Fi Channel and SCI FI, is an American cable television channel featuring science fiction, supernatural, fantasy, reality, paranormal, wrestling, and horror programming. Launched on September 24, 1992, it is part of the entertainment conglomerate NBCUniversal, a...
, and distributed by Vivendi Entertainment. The Maneater Series logo and line look were created under the direction of Danny Tubbs Executive Director, Creative Services Vivendi Entertainment. Per the deal, made in October 2006, the first ten films would premiere on the US based channel in 2007, however the first six films in the series actually premiered in Canada on the video on demand
Video on demand
Video on Demand or Audio and Video On Demand are systems which allow users to select and watch/listen to video or audio content on demand...
channel Movie Central on Demand
Movie Central
Movie Central is a Canadian English language Category A premium television service. Movie Central is designated to operate west of the Ontario-Manitoba border, including the territories...
first due to a pre-licensing agreement. Most of the early films in the series were filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Since it was original started, however, RHI has continued adding new films to the series, most of which continue to premiere first on Syfy before being released to DVD.
Films in series
# | Title | "Man eater" | Television Premiere | DVD release | Writer | Director | Producer |
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1 | Blood Monkey | Chimpanzees | January 27, 2007 | November 6, 2007 | George LaVoo Gary Dauberman |
Robert Young Robert Young (director) Robert William Young is a British television and film director.Young was born in Cheltenham, and in the 1980s and early 1990s, established himself as a leading director of British TV drama. In the 1970s, he directed Vampire Circus and Hammer House of Horror... |
Charles Salmon |
2 | In the Spider's Web In the Spider's Web In the Spider's Web is 2007 American made-for-television natural horror film produced by RHI Entertainment and directed by Terry Winsor. It aired on various video on demand channels, before officially premiering in the United States on the Sci Fi Channel on August 26, 2007. It is the second film in... |
Venomous Spiders | August 26, 2007 | November 6, 2007 | Gary Dauberman | Terry Windsor | Charles Salmon |
3 | Maneater Maneater (film) Maneater is a 2007 American television natural horror film directed by Gary Yates and produced by RHI Entertainment, starring Gary Busey, Ty Wood, and Ian D. Clark. The film aired on various video on demand channels, before officially premiering in the United States on the Sci Fi Channel on... |
Bengal Tiger Bengal Tiger The Bengal tiger is a tiger subspecies native to the Indian subcontinent that in 2010 has been classified as endangered by IUCN... |
September 8, 2007 | January 8, 2008 | Philip Morton | Gary Yates Gary Yates (director) Gary Yates is a film director from Winnipeg, Manitoba.Yates has worked on Canadian television since the early 1990s and recently completed a number of feature films starring actor Kevin Pollack, including Niagara Motel and Seven Times Lucky , which was nominated for five Genie Awards.Gary Yates... |
Robert Halmi, Sr Robert Halmi, Jr. Phyllis Laing Gary Howsam Gilles Paquin Michael J. Taylor |
4 | Croc Croc (film) Croc is a 2007 made-for-television natural horror film produced by RHI Entertainment that premiered in Canada on the video-on-demand channel Movie Central On Demand in July 2007. It aired in the United States on the Sci Fi Channel on November 4, 2007. It is the third title in the ten-film... |
Saltwater Crocodile Saltwater Crocodile The saltwater crocodile, also known as estuarine or Indo-Pacific crocodile, is the largest of all living reptiles... |
November 4, 2007 | February 5, 2008 | Ken Solarz | Stewart Raffill Stewart Raffill Stewart Raffill is an American director and writer of many films.Raffill's The Philadelphia Experiment, won the "Best Film" award of the 1985 Fantafestival. While You Were Waiting, won the Silver Award in the Short Dramatic category of the 2002 Atlantic City Film Festival. In 2009, he directed... |
Charles Salomon Robert Halmi, Sr. Robert Halmi, Jr. |
5 | Eye of the Beast | Giant Squid Giant squid The giant squid is a deep-ocean dwelling squid in the family Architeuthidae, represented by as many as eight species... |
December 8, 2007 | April 1, 2008 | Mark Mullin | Gary Yates | Phyllis Laing Robert Halmi, Sr. Robert Halmi, Jr. Michael J. Taylor |
6 | Grizzly Rage Grizzly Rage Grizzly Rage is a 2007 Canadian made-for-television natural horror film produced by RHI Entertainment that premiered in Canada on the video-on-demand channel Movie Central On Demand on June 7, 2007. It aired in the United States on the Sci Fi Channel on September 16, 2007... |
Grizzly Bear Grizzly Bear The grizzly bear , also known as the silvertip bear, the grizzly, or the North American brown bear, is a subspecies of brown bear that generally lives in the uplands of western North America... |
June 7, 2007 | May 6, 2008 | Arne Olsen | David DeCoteau | Robert Halmi, Sr. Phyllis Lain |
7 | The Hive The Hive (film) The Hive is a 2008 Science fiction made-for-television film, directed by Peter Manus and written by T.S. Cook. Starring Tom Wopat, Kal Weber and Mark Ramsey, the film follows a group of scientists who must deal with a swarm of man-eating ants feeding on the population, but eventually discover that... |
Army Ants Army Ants Army Ants are a discontinued fantasy toy soldier line from Hasbro in much the same venue as the M.U.S.C.L.E. and Monster in My Pocket lines. It featured an army of humanoid ants.... |
February 17, 2008 | August 5, 2008 | T.S. Cook | Peter Manus | Charles Salmon Robert Halmi Sr. Robert Halmi Jr. |
8 | Black Swarm Black Swarm Black Swarm is a 2008 Canadian suspense film directed by David Winning. Actor Robert Englund plays a mysterious beekeeper who has a secret to hide in the small town of Black Stone. The movie was filmed in Montreal and surrounding small towns in July and August 2007... |
Wasps | March 13, 2008 | February 3, 2009 | Ethlie Ann Vare Todd Samovitz |
David Winning David Winning David Winning is a Canadian and American dual Citizen film and television director, screenwriter, producer, editor, and occasional actor. Although Winning has worked in numerous film and TV genres, his name is most commonly associated with science fiction, thrillers and drama.-Biography:Winning... |
Irene Litinsky Jesse Prupas Michael Prupas Ric Nish Robert Halmi Jr. Robert Halmi Sr. |
9 | Hybrid Hybrid (film) Hybrid is a 2007 telefilm by Syfy.... |
Werewolves and Wolves | March 16, 2008 | July 8, 2008 | Arne Olsen | Yelena Lanksaya | Phyllis Laing Robert Halmi Sr. Robert Halmi Jr. Gary Howsam Gilles Paquin Michael J. Taylor |
10 | Shark Swarm Shark Swarm Shark Swarm is a film created by RHI Entertainment as part of the Maneater film series. It premiered on the Sci Fi Channel on May 25, 2008. Directed by James A. Contner and written by Matthew Chernov and David Rosiak, the film stars Daryl Hannah, John Schneider and Armand Assante... |
Great White Sharks | May 25, 2008 | June 3, 2008 | David Rosiak Matthew Chernov |
James A. Contner James A. Contner James Atwater Contner is an American television and film director and cinematographer. His work includes episodes of such television series as Miami Vice, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and Star Trek: Enterprise... |
Kyle Clark Stephen Niver Larry Levinson Robert Halmi, Jr. Kevin Bocarde Patsy Fitzgerald Nick Lombardo Lina Wong |
11 | Vipers Vipers (film) Vipers is a 2008 film directed by Bill Corcoran. It stars Tara Reid and Corbin Bernsen. It premiered on the Sci Fi Channel on September 21, 2008, and was released on DVD on September 23, 2008. The name of the film was inspired by the Co/Ed softball team of the same name, playing games in the... |
Horned Vipers | September 21, 2008 | September 23, 2008 | Brian Katkin | Bill Corcoran | Mary Anne Waterhouse Michael Shepard Matthew O'Connor |
12 | Yeti Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon is a 2008, made-for-television horror film broadcast on the Sci Fi Channel on June 9, 2008. Starring Carly Pope, Peter DeLuise, Ona Grauer, and Crystal Lowe, the film centers around a group of people whom, after crashing their plane into the Himalayan Mountains,... |
Yeti Yeti The Yeti or Abominable Snowman is an ape-like cryptid said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal, and Tibet. The names Yeti and Meh-Teh are commonly used by the people indigenous to the region, and are part of their history and mythology... |
November 8, 2008 | January 13, 2009 | Rafael Jordan | Paul Ziller | Martin J. Barab Aaron Barnett Dana Dubovsky Eric Gozlan Michael Greenfield Daniel Grodnik Richard Iott Mark L. Lester Wendy Kay Moore |
13 | Swamp Devil Swamp Devil Swamp Devil is a 2008 Canadian horror film directed by David Winning and stars Bruce Dern, Cindy Sampson and Nicolas Wright.-Plot:Melanie Blaine returns to their homeland in a small town called Gibbington because here her father, a former sheriff, suspected because of multiple murders is cruel and... |
Swamp Monster Swamp monster Swamp monsters have been a staple of comics for years. From the 1940s to the present many murk-dwellers have made their muddy mark in comics. Swamp creatures are humanoid creatures similar to fish or resembling living piles of swamp mire. They live underwater and occasionally come to the surface,... |
October 12, 2008 | April 9, 2009 | Gary Dauberman | David Winning David Winning David Winning is a Canadian and American dual Citizen film and television director, screenwriter, producer, editor, and occasional actor. Although Winning has worked in numerous film and TV genres, his name is most commonly associated with science fiction, thrillers and drama.-Biography:Winning... |
Irene Litinsky Michael Prupas Ric Nish Robert Halmi Jr. Robert Halmi Sr. |
14 | Wyvern Wyvern (film) Wyvern is a 2009 American made-for-television horror film produced by RHI Entertainment that premiered in the United States on the Sci Fi Channel on January 1, 2009. Written by Jason Bourque and directed by Steven R. Monroe, the film is part of the "Maneater" film series produced under an agreement... |
Wyvern Wyvern A wyvern or wivern is a legendary winged reptilian creature with a dragon's head, two legs , and a barbed tail. The wyvern is found in heraldry. There exists a purely sea-dwelling variant, termed the Sea-Wyvern which has a fish tail in place of a barbed dragon's tail... |
January 31, 2009 | August 18, 2009 | Jason Bourque | Steven R. Monroe Steven R. Monroe Steven R. Monroe is an American film director and writer.-As Director:*Ogre *Storm Cell *Wyvern *Ice Twisters *Mongolian Death Worm *MoniKa -As Writer:*Mongolian Death Worm... |
Oliver De Caigny Peter von Gal Kirk Shaw Keith Shaw Shannon McA'Nulty Lindsay MacAdam Paul Hertzberg Breanne Hartley Lisa Hansen |
15 | Sea Beast Sea Beast Sea Beast, also known as Troglodyte, is a Canadian 2009 Horror/Sci Fi movie starring Miriam McDonald, Daniel Wisler, Brandon Jay McLaren and Corin Nemec. It was released to DVD on June 30, 2009.-Plot:... |
Troglodytes | March 14, 2009 | June 30, 2009 | Paul Ziller Neil Elman |
Paul Ziller | Breanne Hartley Oliver De Caigny Peter von Gal Kirk Shaw John Prince Shannon McA'Nulty Lindsay MacAdam Paul Hertzberg Lisa Hansen |
16 | Sand Serpents Sand Serpents -Cast:*Jason Gedrick as Lieutenant Richard Stanley*Tamara Hope as Captain Jennifer Henle*Elias Toufexis as Private Andrews*Sebastian Knapp as Private Oscar Kaminsky*Michelle Asante as Private Susan Eno*Chris Jarman as Sergeant Wilson*Imran Khan as Amal... |
Prehistoric Worms | July 11, 2009 | November 3, 2009 | Raul Inglis | Jeff Renfroe | Ric Nish |
17 | Malibu Shark Attack Malibu Shark Attack Malibu Shark Attack is 2009 TV film, directed by David Lister and produced for the Syfy channel. It is the 17th film in the Maneater Series.-Synopsis:... |
Prehistoric Goblin Sharks | July 25, 2009 | August 16, 2011 | |||
18 | Rise of the Gargoyles | Gargoyle Gargoyle In architecture, a gargoyle is a carved stone grotesque, usually made of granite, with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building thereby preventing rainwater from running down masonry walls and eroding the mortar between... |
August 28, 2009 | Sepetember 8, 2009 | Andy Briggs | Bill Corcoran | François Sylvestre Andreea Stanculeanu Michael Prupas Robert Halmi Sr. |
19 | High Plains Invaders High Plains Invaders High Plains Invaders is a 2009 science fiction television film that aired on Syfy. The film stars James Marsters.-Plot:A man goes to a small Colorado town to be hanged for his crimes in 1892... |
Aliens Extraterrestrial life Extraterrestrial life is defined as life that does not originate from Earth... |
August 30, 2009 | April 6, 2010 | Richard Beattie | Kristoffer Tabori | Irene Litinsky Michael Prupas Ric Nish Robert Halmi Jr. Robert Halmi Sr. |
20 | Hellhounds | Hellhounds | July 19, 2009 | February 16, 2010 | Paul A. Birkett Jason Bourque |
Rick Schroder | Ric Nish Robert Halmi Jr. Robert Halmi Sr. Michael Prupas |
21 | Carny Carny (2009 film) Carny is a 2009 horror film about the Jersey Devil. The film stars Lou Diamond Phillips. In Australia, the film is called Jersey Devil.... |
Jersey Devil Jersey Devil The Jersey Devil is a legendary creature or cryptid said to inhabit the Pine Barrens of Southern New Jersey, United States. The creature is often described as a flying biped with hooves, but there are many variations... |
April 25, 2009 | March 23, 2010 | Douglas G. Davis | Sheldon Wilson | Michael Prupas Sandrine Gros d'Aillon Nancy Boucher |
22 | Behemoth Behemoth (film) -Plot :Two military agents are taking readings on Mount Lincoln near the town of Ascension. There is a quake and the woman dies with marks on her face. The man also dies though the two agents don't see it. Elsewhere, a man is injured in a work crew and dies for no apparent reason... |
Behemoth Behemoth Behemoth is a mythological beast mentioned in the Book of Job, 40:15-24. Metaphorically, the name has come to be used for any extremely large or powerful entity.-Plural as singular:... |
January 15, 2011 | April 5, 2011 | Rachelle S. Howie | W.D. Hogan | John Prince |
23 | Ferocious Planet Ferocious Planet Ferocious Planet is a 2011 television film co-produced by Syfy and MNG films. It was filmed on location in Ireland. It is the 23rd film in the Maneater series.-Plot:... |
Beasts from parallel dimension | April 9, 2011 | July 5, 2011 | ? | ? | ? |
24 | Roadkill Roadkill (2011 film) Roadkill is a 2011 telefilm. It was released on DVD on August 30, 2011. It stars Stephen Rea and Kacey Barnfield. The film was shot on location in Ireland.-Plot:... |
Roc Roc A roc or rukh is an enormous legendary bird of prey, often said to be white.-Eastern origins:... |
April 23, 2011 | August 30, 2011 | ? | ? | ? |