WHALEFALL
202620th Century Studios · 106 MIN · 2026-10-16
WHALEFALL
2026
ROT SCORE
SYNOPSIS
A diver (Austin Abrams) heads out off California's central coast to find his late father's remains and gets swallowed whole by a sperm whale. Yeah. Now he's stuck in its belly with about an hour of oxygen left, and his only way out is everything his dad (Josh Brolin) ever taught him. Brian Duffield directs, adapting Daniel Kraus's 2023 novel. For fans of Fall, The Shallows, or 127 Hours.
SUBGENRES
Score Breakdown
GENRE SITES
| SOURCE | RAW SCORE | NORMALIZED / 100 |
|---|---|---|
| Bloody Disgusting | 4.5 / 5 | 90.0 |
| Dread Central | 3.5 / 5 | 70.0 |
| Daily Dead | 2.5 / 5 | 50.0 |
| Nightmare on Film Street | N/A | — |
| Certified Forgotten | 4 / 5 | 80.0 |
| JoBlo | 6 / 10 | 60.0 |
| GENRE SITES AVG | 70.0 | |
MAINSTREAM SOURCES
RT Critic + RT Audience are averaged together and count as 50% of this bucket. All other sources share the remaining 50% equally.
| SOURCE | RAW SCORE | NORMALIZED / 100 |
|---|---|---|
| RT Critic | 71% | 71.0 |
| RT Audience | 81% | 81.0 |
| Letterboxd | 3.26 / 5 | 65.2 |
| IMDb | 6.8 / 10 | 68.0 |
| Metacritic Critic | 59 / 100 | 59.0 |
| Metacritic User | 6.9 / 10 | 69.0 |
| Slash Film | 8 / 10 | 80.0 |
| IGN | 8 / 10 | 80.0 |
| The Film Stage | N/A | — |
| Collider | 9 / 10 | 90.0 |
| Roger Ebert | 3.5 / 4 | 87.5 |
| RT AVG (50% of bucket) | 76.0 | |
| MAINSTREAM AVG | 75.4 | |
FORMULA WEIGHTS
| SOURCE | NORMALIZED | BASE WT | ACTUAL WT | CONTRIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satan's Boardroom | — | 10% | — | — |
| Genre Sites | 70.0 | 50% | 55.6%* | 38.9 |
| Mainstream Sites | 75.4 | 40% | 44.4%* | 33.5 |
| Broad Excellence Bonus | — | — | — | +2.3 |
| ROT SCORE | 100.0% | 75 | ||
* Satan's Boardroom was unavailable. Weight redistributed proportionally across available sources.
Bonus awarded for strong agreement across multiple buckets.