So influential was Jaws on release that it’s first imitator appeared on the scene barely (pun intended) a year later.Switching out a rampaging Carcharodon carcharias
Tag: Killer Animals
The Shallows
After a somewhat lousy summer at the cinema during 2016, it turned out there was nothing better for blowing away the cinematic cobwebs than a
Deep Blue Sea
I have to admit, every time Hollywood hurls serious cash at an animal run amok movie, my pulse quickens. Since Jaws tore chunks out of
Jaws 3
I guess the simplest way of kicking off a review of the third movie of the Jaws Franchice would be to simply state the obvious:
47 Meters Down
Last year The Shallows proved that Hollywood can still make a quality killer shark movie without the added guff of tornados, exorcists, or the Syfy
Jaws: The Revenge
Even the first Jaws couldn’t be accused of documentary levels of realism; sharks rarely grow to that size, aren’t that smart and don’t go up
The Meg
And so with a massive splash and a shitload of teeth, we get Hollywood’s latest attempt to liberate the killer shark genre from the clutches
Anaconda
To quote Sir Mix-a-lot, surely one of the finest bards of our time: “My anaconda don’t want none less you got buns hun’.”Truly inspiring words
Piranha 3D
Not content in remaking a stone cold 70’s classic in The Hills Have Eyes and THEN (sort of) remaking a slice of J-Horror while simultaneously
The Last Shark
Anyone familiar with the genre cinema of Italy during the 70’s and 80’s know that the filmmakers of that time and place wouldn’t let pesky
Cujo
One of the greatest aspects of Stephen King’s writing is that the more out-there horror aspects of his stories mask the human stories that float
Jaws
You ever had (or asked) that fateful question? You know the one, the question that makes most people sweat or shrug because they either can’t
Alligator
In the years following the boffo box office of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, it was only natural for Hollywood to jump into the metaphorical swamps of
Jaws 2
Just how an impressively ordinary a movie Jaws 2 is, is quite the thing to behold. Following up one of the greatest blockbusters of all
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