Whalefall
Directed by Brian Duffield
Following the death of his father, Jay Gardiner goes diving off the central Coast of California in search of his remains, but is swallowed by a massive sperm whale. While trapped inside its belly with only one hour of oxygen left, Jay comes to realize that the hard-earned lessons his father imparted may be the key to his escape. From TMDB
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60 of 245 · most liked firstIf you go up to the box office and say "one adult for the movie where the whale eats a guy, please" they have to give it to you. There's no law that says you have to say Whalefall or whatever it's called.
positive · AI labelView post →I have thalassophobia (fear of large things underwater) but the silly kind where I’m obsessed with seeking it out and I pretend that it’s a bit. Anyway the trailer for Whalefall came on before our movie and I remembered it is NOT a bit
neutral · AI labelView post →‘WHALEFALL’ debuts with 83% on Rotten Tomatoes. The film follows a scuba diver who gets swallowed by a sperm whale and only has 60 minutes to escape. Read our review: bit.ly/DFWhale
neutral · AI labelView post →New poster for ‘WHALEFALL’. The film follows a scuba diver who gets swallowed by a sperm whale and only has 60 minutes to escape. In theaters on October 16.
neutral · AI labelView post →Austin Abrams continues his impressive streak in ‘WHALEFALL’, selling the pure horror of getting swallowed alive by a giant whale to the fullest. Find out more in our review... discussingfilm.net/2026/10/14/w...
neutral · AI labelView post →Images from the WHALEFALL (film) press tour, London > NYC > LA
neutral · AI labelView post →When the trailer for WHALEFALL dropped, I recalled the story of Michael Packard, who did *actually* get trapped inside a whale in 2021 So I called him with 2 questions: Does he have PTSD? And if not, would he want to come see this movie with me? My latest on a living Jonah & the power of stories:
neutral · AI labelView post →WHALEFALL was one of the worst books I've read and I will not be seeing the movie but I do kinda want the $50, 65oz whale popcorn bucket
negative · AI labelView post →‘WHALEFALL’ sees a scuba diver trapped in a sperm whale's tummy, but is it worth trying to see him escape? Find out in our review… discussingfilm.net/2026/10/14/w...
neutral · AI labelView post →only a few more days until the "is Whalefall a horror movie?" discourse begins!
neutral · AI labelView post →WHALEFALL: Having not read the book yet, I didn’t realize it was a Cancer Dad movie, and I wish I hadn’t seen it in 4DX; it sucks to be in grief sobs while I’m being shaken around and having water splashed in my face. That stuff is very hard for me to watch. (1)
negative · AI labelView post →I love that a studio made a movie where a guy gets squished by nasty whale guts. I do not love that the movie in question is mostly about a mean dad Doing His Best. Me on Whalefall: www.avclub.com/whalefall-re...
neutral · AI labelView post →I am scared for the level of undersea hyperfixation WHALEFALL is going to unlock in @harmonycolangelo.bsky.social considering if she's not watching some insane martial arts movie at 9:30am, she's watching videos like this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3RK...
neutral · AI labelView post →"I’ve spackled a protective patina of irony onto the top of this review because Whalefall is, to its credit, almost goofily earnest in places. This is only nominally a movie about a man swallowed and half-digested by a whale."
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie review Whalefall 🐋 It’s bonkers, claustrophobic, ridiculous squeamish, and fun.
positive · AI labelView post →. @brianduffield.bsky.social’s #Whalefall isn’t solely a visceral survival film. It’s dealing w/ unresolved, suffocating & toxic grief caused by a father who has difficulty communicating unconditional love. Lost my dad 3 months ago & he was that to my brothers. I was a blubbering mess throughout
positive · AI labelView post →This is the busiest movie week for me this year. YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING, WHALEFALL, YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER, THE DEVILS, STREET FIGHTER, and I'm interested in that MUSK documentary too. Something's gonna get dropped (probably MUSK). Yes, I'd rather see STREET FIGHTER over MUSK.
neutral · AI labelView post →I had a dream last night that the new Whalefall movie was secretly a comedy with animated characters and I was so upset I started writing an angry review and then I woke up.
neutral · AI labelView post →Does “Whalefall” look good? Absolutely not. Will I still see it? Absolutely yet. I haven’t been able to resist a movie about deep sea creatures eating people yet.
neutral · AI labelView post →Stephanie and I had an absolute blast at the sneak peek screening of WHALEFALL, and it was great to hear Brian Duffield discuss the film afterward. The movie is a nerve-shredding blast but also incredibly moving and heartfelt. Austin Abrams gives a tour de force performance.
positive · AI labelView post →You know what would make the Whalefall movie even better? If it had a movie tie-in song by someone like Eminem or Pitbull that played over the credits and has it's own music video, and one of the main lines in the song is the singer saying "IT'S A WHALEFALL!"
neutral · AI labelView post →Into BBC Broadcasting House to review The Cherry Orchard with Kristin Scott Thomas and Stephen Mangan, the movie Whalefall and the new novel from Elif Shafak. Front Row BBC Radio 4 7.15pm
neutral · AI labelView post →Whalefall is an extremely well made stupid film. It's the kind of Very Emotionally Profound Movie that makes me laugh. I lost it when the very silly hero befriended a jelly fish, a la Wilson from Castaway.
neutral · AI labelView post →I reviewed WHALEFALL, which instilled in me a fear of the ocean that I never had before. Austin Abrams, your rein as Boy of the Moment is stronger than ever!! www.inverse.com/entertainmen...
positive · AI labelView post →Tickets acquired to see the Canadian premiere of "Whalefall" Oct. 14.
neutral · AI labelView post →New trailer for the film I was working on earlier in the year. Lots of my shots in this one! #whalefall https://youtu.be/Dw-5ZGapGTQ
positive · AI labelView post →Whalefall | Official Teaser | In Theaters October 16.
neutral · AI labelView post →I wanted to call this: “Whalefall May Be Hard to Swallow, But It’s an Emotional Krill Ride.” Anyway, my review of a film where Austin Abrams endures a gauntlet of non-stop body horror while processing his daddy issues - for the second time in two months! - is at @thewrap.com.
neutral · AI labelView post →Professor Joy Reidenburg was the academic consultant for new action thriller film "Whalefall", and that's some legit consulting-- she sure knows her cetacean anatomy! (As she posted on FB, the name of the rescue boat in the story is The Ride N'Berg!)
neutral · AI labelView post →WHALEFALL: I am so happy this movie exists and so sad it didn't work for me. Like, the fact that a "trapped in a whale" survival thriller is hitting theaters is wild? The production design of whale guts is wilder? But it lost me in the third act. A "just roll with it" movie I stopped rolling with.
neutral · AI labelView post →@tetzoo.bsky.social Have you seen the sperm whale popcorn bucket for the upcoming film Whalefall? Definitely a major development in the history of plastic whales.
neutral · AI labelView post →Whalefall | Official Trailer | In Theaters October 16.
neutral · AI labelView post →At the Whalefall screening at @tadfilmfest.bsky.social! A little chaotic but finally seated, yay! I love this book so much and I have high hopes for the movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Make a movie about being trapped inside a whale & naturally, we’re gonna ask you which film you’d watch if you were trapped inside a whale . . . 🐳 Brian Duffield joins us tomorrow on the AC Podcast to discuss his upcoming film WHALEFALL + program the film festival of his life!
neutral · AI labelView post →WHALEFALL is an outstanding movie but I got no critical perspective on it. Cancer Dad movies always fuck me up without fail. I’ll definitely be reading the book. When I’m ready for it. It may be a minute.
positive · AI labelView post →In the past hour I've seen the TV ad for the WHALEFALL movie about 10 times. On the same network. I don't feel so gnarly about sharing my Kickstarter twice a day.
neutral · AI labelView post →Austin Abrams in that Whalefall movie looks really good I might have to tap in
positive · AI labelView post →Zach Cregger and Brian Duffield are teaming up to bring Siren Head to the big screen. Zach Cregger (Weapons, Barbarian, Resident Evil) and Brian Duffield (No One Will Save You, Whalefall) are teaming up to bring Siren Head to the big screen, with Duffield set to direct the film for Warner Bros. And according to Cregger, there’s already a “super cool” story behind the viral monster. “But look, Siren Head, I think that the story that we have is super cool, and so whether it was an internet meme…
neutral · AI labelView post →got a special screening of a new movie called “Dolby Channel Test” after saying past the end credits of Whalefall lol in all seriousness, it’s like seeing something you weren’t supposed to but you were special enough to witness something only you would appreciate
positive · AI labelView post →Seeing movies in the theater in 2026 like it’s my job. #76 - Whalefall Worst Escape Room EVER good movie, though
positive · AI labelView post →Definitely see this in the biggest theater you can find. You're gonna love it. Massive congrats to my friend, director Brian Duffield, who did a masterful job with this film, and the amazing writer, Daniel Kraus, who birthed this insane idea and co-wrote the script. Opens this weekend. #whalefall
positive · AI labelView post →It's hard to describe WHALEFALL, a movie I liked, because the phrase that keeps coming to mind is "goofily earnest torture porn." But ... it works? The movie works! Very tense! Incredibly earnest! The world needs more earnestness. I dug it. www.thebulwark.com/p/whalefall-...
positive · AI labelView post →"Whalefall"? Is it a movie all about that one scene from Hitchhiker's?
neutral · AI labelView post →I can't believe WHALEFALL is a real movie that got made
neutral · AI labelView post →Haven't seen particularly strong reviews for the Whalefall movie. Doesn't surprise me, I didn't love the book. The trailer made it seem exciting, but don't they always? 😐
negative · AI labelView post →This week on #MovieCrypt: Our WHALEFALL coverage continues with the man in the (proverbial) belly of the beast….Brian Duffield returns! Dive deep into the process and get psyched for this truly experiential film with us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where you pod! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →. @brianduffield.bsky.social & @danielkraus.com’s suspenseful survivalist thriller/ harrowing forgiveness journey #Whalefall got me good. This exceptional book-turned-film gave me profound insight into my siblings’ relationship w/ my recently deceased dad. My review: freshfiction.tv/whalefall-re...
positive · AI labelView post →I think the worst part of Whalefall becoming a movie is now I have to see a lot of takes about how Whales Don't Do That because everyone is taking it as a very literal thriller premise instead of a "just go with me here, I've got some emotions to explore, but from inside a whale"
neutral · AI labelView post →This is what happens when Disney's marketing team missed having a final trailer ready to send out with Forgotten Island (even if that film flopped) but releases so few movies now that it was either this or putting it in front of Whalefall. Football fans LOVE mother-daughter bonding fantasies!
neutral · AI labelView post →When that movie "Whalefall" crosses over into the DC Universe.... #dccomics #comicbooks #wonderwoman #moviesky
neutral · AI labelView post →I have just seen the trailer for a film called 'Whalefall', in which a diver gets swallowed whole by a large sperm whale and then has to escape the whale's digestive tract. What it mostly showed me is that I never ever need to see 'Whalefall', because ewww.
negative · AI labelView post →New poster for ‘WHALEFALL’. The film follows a scuba diver who gets swallowed by a sperm whale and only has 60 minutes to escape. In theaters October 16. #Whalefall
neutral · AI labelView post →Pretty sure your film is influenced primarily by Whalefall (2023)
neutral · AI labelView post →Looks like Whalefall is a whale of a time. Reviews point to hidden complexities in the script, but until I see it, cetacean is needed. But the cinematography is apparently killer, the acting is minke condition and the film helps you overcome the blues.
neutral · AI labelView post →‘WHALEFALL’ opens with an 83% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The film follows a scuba diver searching for his father’s remains who gets swallowed by a sperm whale and has just one hour to escape. In theaters October 16. #Whalefall
neutral · AI labelView post →I think I’ve cracked the trailer of Whalefall- the sperm whale gets rid of the human from its body, then killer whales attack the sperm whale, kill it and then, only then does the sperm whales body become a whale fall. #whalefall #movie #spermwhale #hollywood #pov
neutral · AI labelView post →editing The Whale and Whalefall into one disgusting movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Wait... Whalefall is a real movie with a real major theatrical release!? I thought I was just behind on an Internet joke.
neutral · AI labelView post →Three weeks until the #Whalefall film drops and you can inoculate yourself to the impending trauma by listening to three queers going through it for you (the trauma, not a whale)
neutral · AI labelView post →‘Whalefall’ Director Brian Duffield Previews This Fall’s Newest Most Anticipated Spectacle. Survival thriller film about a scuba diver swallowed alive by a sperm whale.. > The filmmaker says of shooting the film that's set inside a whale: "Every crew member said that it was the hardest thing they've ever done."
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