Due to the sheer amount of money Netflix has to play with (last year it spent around $18bn on content) and the ever-increasing number of subscribers it must satiate, the streamer often acts as a home for the unwanted goods of others, a digital island of misfit toys. At one stage, shark thriller Beneath the Storm was being primed for a theatrical release by Sony, shot back in 2024. The following year it was renamed Shiver and slated for an August premiere. Cut to 2026 and it’s now known as Thrash, unceremoniously off-loaded to Netflix instead. While this might not...