Move over Monopoly and Uno, a new “survival thriller” is on the way and it’s basically a horror take on Hungry Hungry Hippos

Monopoly, Clue, and Uno are just some of the tabletop games that are currently being used as source material for new movies. Now, another unlikely film has been announced: a horror flick that is as close as we’ll get to a Hungry Hungry Hippos adaptation – and it’s already started filming in Malta.

While writer-director James Nunn (Tower Block, Shark Bait) hasn’t outright said that his new outing takes inspiration from the Hasbro and Milton Bradley creation, the fact that it’s called Hungry, and centers on a group of tourists trying to fend off a violent, man-eating hippo, has understandably led genre fans to arrive at the conclusion.