![]() ![]() The subgenre has, at its best, found ways to step away from its inspiration, and this century has produced some truly compelling, thrilling spins on the form. ![]() It’s also undergone some curious mutations. Since then, the shark movie has had its ups and downs in popularity. Though there were films about sharks prior to Jaws, the shark film as a subgenre effectively begins with Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece. It worked once, right, so why couldn’t it work again? ![]() Others were even less coy about trying to play Jaws’ game and decided to go with a killer shark. The years after Jaws conquered the box office in 1975 saw an onslaught of man-versus-killer-animal films like Tentacles (killer octopus), Piranha (killer fish), Grizzly (killer bear), Alligator (killer ’gator), and Orca (killer killer whale). That’s bound to happen when you’re not just one of the most successful movies of all time, but also the movie that invented the modern blockbuster. Photo: Vulture, Lionsgate, Columbia Pictures, and Warner Bros.Īny hit movie is bound to inspire imitators, but few have inspired as many as Jaws. ![]()
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