Movies like Chum

“Chum (2026) is a 2020s US-Malta horror that stages maritime containment as a formal problem of proximity and exposure. It frames a dual dramatic engine—external predation and internal human malice—using frontal composition, graphic matches, and shallow-focus portraiture to keep threat both visible and deferred. The film clarifies its necessity: formal rigor intensifies moral ambiguity so that trust becomes the decisive variable in survival.”