Dan Trachtenberg Archives

10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

Rating: ★★★

Mar 19, 2016Trapped in a Survival Shelter/Mysterious Catastrophe

Sequel in name only to Cloverfield, this takes place in a survival shelter where an unspecified catastrophe has happened outside but we cannot be certain what or even if anything at all. Okay but films like Take Shelter and The Divide did this much better

Director: Dan Trachtenberg

Actors: John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr

Category: Science Fiction

19 March 201611 November 2025 by Roog

Prey (2022)

Rating: ★★★

Aug 13, 2022Native Americans Hunted by Alien Sportsman

The seventh film in the Predator franchise. This received some of the best reviews of any film in the series and comes with the unique idea of pitting Native Americans up against a Predator

Director: Dan Trachtenberg

Actors: Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers, Dane DiLiegro, Michelle Thrush, …

Category: Science Fiction

13 August 202215 January 2026 by Roog

Predator: Killer of Killers (2025)

Rating: ★★

Jun 14, 2025Predator Animation Anthology

The Predator series continues. Dan Trachtenberg, the director of Prey, makes an animated offering that tells three stories of encounters between human and Predator in different eras of history

Director: Dan Trachtenberg

Actors: Lindsay LaVanchy, Damian Haas, Andrew Morgado, Doug Cockle, …

Category: Science Fiction

14 June 202517 January 2026 by Roog

Predator: Badlands (2025)

Rating: ★★½

Jan 17, 2026Alien Huntsman on a Death Planet

The ninth Predator film. This changes the mix quite considerably from the usual alien huntsman vs human prey formula we have had so far. It also offers a return to the Alien universe, although not quite what we expect

Director: Dan Trachtenberg

Actors: Elle Fanning, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, Rohinal Nayaran, Mike Homik, …

Category: Science Fiction

17 January 202617 January 2026 by Roog