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, but due to a pre-licensing agreement, 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.
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. Two more films were released in 2015.
Films #TitleSubject matterTelevision PremiereDVD releaseWriterDirectorProducer 1 Blood Monkey Gorilla-like ape January 27, 2008 November 6, 2007 George LaVooGary DaubermanRobert Young Charles Salmon 2 Grizzly Rage Grizzly bear June 7, 2007 May 6, 2008 Arne OlsenDavid DeCoteau Robert Halmi, Sr.Phyllis Laing 3 In the Spider's Web Venomous spiders August 26, 2007 November 6, 2007 Gary Dauberman Terry Windsor Charles Salmon 4 Maneater Bengal tiger September 8, 2007 January 8, 2008 Philip MortonGary Yates Phyllis Laing 5 Something Beneath Slime beast October 21, 2007 September 9, 2008 Mark MullinEthlie Ann VareDavid Winning Phyllis Laing 6 CrocSaltwater crocodile November 4, 2007 February 5, 2008 Ken Solarz Stewart Raffill Charles Salmon 7 Eye of the Beast Giant squid December 8, 2007 April 1, 2008 Mark Mullin Gary Yates Phyllis Laing 8 The Hive Army ants February 17, 2008 August 5, 2008 T.S. Cook Peter Manus Charles Salmon 9 Black Swarm Wasps March 13, 2008 February 3, 2009 Ethlie Ann VareTodd Samovitz David Winning Irene LitinskyRic Nish 10 Hybrid WerewolvesWolves March 16, 2008 July 8, 2008 Arne Olsen Yelena Lanksaya Phyllis Laing 11 Shark Swarm Great white sharks May 25, 2008 June 3, 2008 David RosiakMatthew Chernov James A. Contner Kyle ClarkPatsy FitzgeraldStephen Niver 12 Vipers Horned vipers September 21, 2008 September 23, 2008 Brian Katkin Bill Corcoran Mary Anne Waterhouse 13 Swamp Devil Swamp monster October 12, 2008 April 9, 2009 Gary Dauberman David Winning Irene LitinskyRic Nish 14 Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon Yeti November 8, 2008 January 13, 2009 Rafael Jordan Paul Ziller Daniel Grodnik 15 Wyvern Wyvern January 31, 2009 August 18, 2009 Jason Bourque Steven R. Monroe Kirk Shaw 16 Sea Beast Sea monster March 14, 2009 June 30, 2009 Paul ZillerNeil Elman Paul Ziller Breanne Hartley 17 Carny Jersey Devil April 25, 2009 March 23, 2010 Douglas G. Davis Sheldon Wilson Irene LitinskySandrine Gros d'AillonNancy Boucher 18 Rise of the Gargoyles Gargoyle June 21, 2009 September 8, 2009 Andy Briggs Bill Corcoran François SylvestreAndreea Stanculeanu 19 Malibu Shark Attack Goblin Sharks July 25, 2009 August 16, 2011 Keith Shaw David Lister Dale G. BradleyGrant BradleyRichard StewartBrian Trenchard-Smith 20 Sand Serpents Prehistoric worms July 11, 2009 November 3, 2009 Raul Inglis Jeff Renfroe Ric Nish 21 Hellhounds Hellhounds July 19, 2009 February 16, 2010 Paul A. BirkettJason Bourque Ricky Schroder Ric Nish 22 High Plains Invaders Aliens August 30, 2009 April 6, 2010 Richard Beattie Kristoffer Tabori Ric Nish 23 Behemoth Kaiju January 15, 2011 April 5, 2011 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 BeattieSheldon Wilson Sheldon Wilson Lance SamuelsMary Anne Waterhouse 28 The Hollow Curse October 24, 2015 2016 Rick SuvalleSheldon Wilson Sheldon Wilson Jamie Goehring
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