Shark Movies

I periodically get on kicks where I like to watch movies with similar themes: Camp movies (Meatballs, Friday the 13th, Sleepaway Camp, Little Darlings, etc.), Faye Dunaway movies (Supergirl, The Eyes of Laura Mars, etc.) and so on. Lately, with Spring and Summer approaching, I've been jonesing for some killer shark movies. Of course, the one that started it all, Jaws is a given, but I've also included some of the posters for other killer shark movies you may or may not have heard of. I remember seeing Great White in the theater shortly before the folks at Universal had it strongarmed out of the theaters for being too similar to Spielberg's film, and passing itself off as its sequel.

Fun Jaws/Shark Facts:

• Jaws was originally going to be directed by Alfred Hitchcock (with Charlton Heston as Police Chief Brody)
• To make the real sharks look bigger a midget diver was hired for Hooper's cage sequence.
• The mechanical sharks were named 'Bruce' after Spielberg's lawyer Bruce Ramer.
• The shark's final death cry is sampled from 'The Creature from the Black Lagoon' and was also used as the death cry of the truck in Spielberg's earlier movie 'Duel'.
• At the height of seventies 'Sharkmania' ice cream stands started selling flavours such as 'Jawberry', 'Finilla' and 'Sharklate'.

• Megalodon: The largest shark to ever lurk the depths of out oceans: 220,000 lbs. and capable of growing over an estimated 70 feet long. Some reconstructed jaws of megalodon measure 10ft. by 11ft. This is larger than a garage door.
• Fossilized Megalodon Teeth
• Shark Attack: Blog Archives