When an insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, the police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the blood-thirsty beast.
- Released: 1975-06-18
- Runtime: 124 minutes
- Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thrillers
- Stars: Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Murray Hamilton, Lorraine Gary, Chris Rebello, Jay Mello, Jeffrey Kramer, Carl Gottlieb, Susan Backlinie, Jonathan Filley, Lee Fierro, Jeffrey Voorhees, Craig Kingsbury, Phil Murray, Fritzi Jane Courtney, Belle McDonald, Ted Grossman, Robert Nevin, Peter Benchley, Dorothy Fielding, David Engelbach, Joseph Oliveira, Beverly Powers, Ayn Ruymen, Christopher Sands, Rex Trailer, Joe La Creta, Denise Cheshire, Steven Spielberg
- Director: Steven Spielberg
Comments
- Alistair_Bugeja - 8 January 2023
Jaws, a lesson in good horror
Horror films aren't generally my cup of tea, however, Jaws is so much more than just a horror film. Apart from being a masterclass in tension building and horror Jaws humanizes victims making you feel empathetic and hopeful that somehow they'll survive seemingly obvious deaths.
The iconic sound track is a great example of just how truly well made this film is, instigating terror in whoever listens to it due to the story being so well built, the characters are all made to seem human making you, the viewer, genuinely scared for their safety whilst the shark is around. This feeling of deep rooted terror is instilled within you by having a premise of consequence established through the film and when suddenly all the three main characters are on a boat far off land and mere meters away from a shark, you're terrified, to say the least.
Speaking of the shark I would just like to mention how incredibly impressive it is given the time in which this film was made, the animatronic is incredibly realistic with the only honest criticism I can give being it seeming stiffer than a shark should be at times, but overall a hardly noticeable flaw.
However, I must address the bad points, although being an amazing film with incredible cinematography and production it does have issues, such as it's sexist tendencies and the constant shark fear mongering which most likely lead to over fishing of sharks.
Although excluding the previously mentioned issues, Jaws more than maintains itself 45 years after production and is definitely worth a watch by anyone but especially horror and thriller fans. - ForTheMostPart1999 - 8 November 2022
One of my most favorite older classics of all time
The first time I watched it, I literally couldn't stop seeing it repetitively. Especially for my age, this is certainly one h*ll of a good film. Spielberg directs something so incredible that it seems like no other director could make this film better. The music by John Williams is a hundred percent one of the best features about the movie as a whole, especially with the classic shark suspense track. The three lead actors of this unforgettable film (especially Scheider and Dreyfuss) all play some of my top favorite characters out of most films. The suspense and the engagement are both considerably well done as the film gets more terrifying and also as it gets more fun and interesting. There's no underwater horror film out there that can ever top this classic in which it practically started a new phenomenon of good fearful movie watching. Not just one of my favorite old classics, but one of my most favorites ever.
