Aquaman Director Explains The True Horror Of The Trench
The Aquaman movie has no shortage of villains, with both Black Manta and Ocean Master to contend with. But it’s the grotesque swarms of the Trench that will give people nightmares - which is exactly what director James Wan was after. Of all the ways that Aquaman perfectly adapts the comics, the tribe of Atlantis that “regressed” into the hideous, man-eating Trench is among the most faithful. Appearing as they do in the comics, and with an identical backstory, the Trench of the film are introduced as an endless, writhing mass of teeth absolutely filling the blackness of the ocean’s bottom....