Maneater (film series)

Maneater (film series)
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Release dates	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, 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 2013 with Scarecrow.^[5] Since then it has been quiet and after the release of Scarecrow under the banner of SyFy Original Movie the future of the series are unknown.

Films in series

#	Title	"Maneater"	Television Premiere	DVD release	Writer	Director	Producer
1	Blood Monkey[1]	Monkeys	January 27, 2007[6]	November 6, 2007[7]	George LaVoo Gary Dauberman	Robert Young	Charles Salmon
2	Grizzly Rage[1]	Grizzly bear	June 7, 2007	May 6, 2008[8]	Arne Olsen	David DeCoteau	Robert Halmi, Sr. Phyllis Laing
3	In the Spider's Web[1]	Venomous spiders	August 26, 2007[9]	November 6, 2007	Gary Dauberman	Terry Windsor	Charles Salmon
4	Maneater[1]	Bengal tiger	September 8, 2007[10]	January 8, 2008[11]	Philip Morton	Gary Yates	Robert Halmi, Sr Robert Halmi, Jr. Phyllis Laing Gary Howsam Gilles Paquin Michael J. Taylor
5	Something Beneath	Primeval Beast	October 21, 2007	September 9, 2008	Mark Mullin Ethlie Ann Vare	David Winning	Robert Halmi, Sr Robert Halmi, Jr. Phyllis Laing Gary Howsam Gilles Paquin Michael J. Taylor
6	Croc	Saltwater crocodile	November 4, 2007[12]	February 5, 2008[13]	Ken Solarz	Stewart Raffill	Charles Salomon Robert Halmi, Sr. Robert Halmi, Jr.
7	Eye of the Beast[1]	Giant squid	December 8, 2007[14]	April 1, 2008	Mark Mullin	Gary Yates	Phyllis Laing Robert Halmi, Sr. Robert Halmi, Jr. Michael J. Taylor
8	The Hive[15]	Army ants	February 17, 2008[16]	August 5, 2008	T.S. Cook	Peter Manus	Charles Salmon Robert Halmi Sr. Robert Halmi Jr.
9	Black Swarm[17]	Wasps	March 13, 2008	February 3, 2009[18]	Ethlie Ann Vare Todd Samovitz	David Winning	Irene Litinsky Jesse Prupas Michael Prupas Ric Nish Robert Halmi Jr. Robert Halmi Sr.
10	Hybrid[19]	Werewolves Wolves	March 16, 2008[20]	July 8, 2008	Arne Olsen	Yelena Lanksaya	Phyllis Laing Robert Halmi Sr. Robert Halmi Jr. Gary Howsam Gilles Paquin Michael J. Taylor
11	Shark Swarm[21]	Great white sharks	May 25, 2008[22]	June 3, 2008[23]	David Rosiak Matthew Chernov	James A. Contner	Kyle Clark Stephen Niver Larry Levinson Robert Halmi, Jr. Kevin Bocarde Patsy Fitzgerald Nick Lombardo Lina Wong
12	Vipers[24]	Horned vipers	September 21, 2008	September 23, 2008	Brian Katkin	Bill Corcoran	Mary Anne Waterhouse Michael Shepard Matthew O'Connor
13	Swamp Devil[25]	Swamp monster	October 12, 2008	April 9, 2009	Gary Dauberman	David Winning	Irene Litinsky Michael Prupas Ric Nish Robert Halmi Jr. Robert Halmi Sr.
14	Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon[26]	Yeti	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
15	Wyvern[27]	Wyvern	January 31, 2009	August 18, 2009[28]	Jason Bourque	Steven R. Monroe	Oliver De Caigny Peter von Gal Kirk Shaw Keith Shaw Shannon McA'Nulty Lindsay MacAdam Paul Hertzberg Breanne Hartley Lisa Hansen
16	Sea Beast[29]	Sea monster	March 14, 2009	June 30, 2009[30]	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
17	Carny	Jersey Devil	April 25, 2009	March 23, 2010[31]	Douglas G. Davis	Sheldon Wilson	Michael Prupas 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 Michael Prupas Robert Halmi Sr.
19	Sand Serpents	Prehistoric worms	July 11, 2009	November 3, 2009 [33]	Raul Inglis	Jeff Renfroe	Ric Nish
20	Hellhounds	Hellhounds	July 19, 2009	February 16, 2010[34]	Paul A. Birkett Jason Bourque	Rick Schroder	Ric Nish Robert Halmi Jr. Robert Halmi Sr. Michael Prupas
21	High Plains Invaders	Aliens	August 30, 2009	April 6, 2010[35]	Richard Beattie	Kristoffer Tabori	Irene Litinsky Michael Prupas Ric Nish Robert Halmi Jr. Robert Halmi Sr.
22	Behemoth	Behemoth	January 15, 2011	April 5, 2011[36]	Rachelle S. Howie	W.D. Hogan	John Prince
23	Ferocious Planet	Beasts from parallel dimension	April 9, 2011	July 5, 2011	Douglas G. Davis	Billy O'Brien	Mary Callery
24	Roadkill	Roc	April 23, 2011	August 30, 2011	Rick Suvalle	Johannes Roberts	Adrian Sturges
25	Scarecrow	Scarecrow	October 19, 2013	February 25, 2014	Rick Suvalle	Sheldon Wilson	Lacey Chabert
26	Shark Killer	Blacktip shark	June 16, 2015	September, 2015	Richard Beattie Sheldon Wilson	Sheldon Wilson	Derek Theler Erica Cerra Paul du Toit

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