Blog — The Daily Jaws

Never fully away from the public’s consciousness, every shark film since, has owed a huge amount to Jaws, but of course we are now living in an age where perhaps sharks are not the feared beast they were in the summer of 1975. So often the laughing stock of cinema, shark movies have settled comfortably in the realm of B-movie fodder, with straight-to-SyFy shark movies being the most commonplace. However, the aforementioned The Shallows restored some credibility to the genre, and proved it could still be a draw on the big screen.

The Daily JawsAugust 3, 2017shark movies, reviewsComment

Jaws The Revenge aka 'Jaws Poor'

The Revenge is what most fans and film critics of the original would like to have on this third and (to date) final sequel to Jaws which was the final theatrical film directed by Joseph Sargent, perhaps most famous for The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, which featured a pre-Jaws Robert Shaw on bad guy duties. Whilst Revenge is series cannon most would probably like to see it fired out of one.

The Daily JawsJuly 17, 2017JawsTheRevengeComment

DEATH BECOMES THEM: TOP DEATHS IN THE JAWS SERIES

Ah, poor Chrissie. The opening night time attack is up there with the shower seen from Psycho, sharing with it the vulnerablenessof being naked, and even after all this time it still packs a punch like a train.

The Daily JawsJuly 12, 2017jawsComment

Why JAWS Is My Greatest Movie Of All Time

My memories of Jaws continue to grow as I have grown older. The first time I saw the film in a cinema was at a special midnight screening, where a drunk stood up half hour into the film and said ‘this is the film with the big fish’ and walked out, I’m not sure, but I’m guessing he though the Jaws would refer to a film of a more adult nature.

The Daily JawsJune 20, 2017jawsComment

Does JAWS Need To Be Remade?

"...if a single film can deliver all that forty-plus years on, does it really deserve a remake? If it can still terrify audiences upon their first viewing, do we really need it rebooted and told in a more modern environment?"

The Daily JawsJune 14, 2017jaws, steven spielbergComment

Vote Vaughn

In the UK its election time (again) and of course last year it was the Presidential election in the US. So, in this time of media savvy, truth-bending, baby-kissing, sharp-suited political types, who best to turn the Jaws spotlight on than Mayor Larry Vaughn?

The Daily JawsJune 9, 2017Comment

Jaws: The Horror Film That's Really an Epic Drama

Even as a child, I never thought of Jaws as a horror film, but rather an drama. That's not to say that I didn't find it terrifying the first time I watched it (even in its edited-for-television version that was much less bloody and left out a couple of severed limbs). It's just that horror films lose their edge after their original viewing. Audiences know when the scares are coming, and in a genre reliant on catching you off guard, such movies have trouble living up to their original screenings. Jaws, on the other hand, is like a fine wine (or Clint Eastwood's directing). It improves with age.

The Daily JawsJune 7, 2017jawsComment

JAWS BOND

Bond, James Bond. He gets the gadgets and the girls but the bad guys get the swanky lairs and deadly creatures that they use to despatch staff who have outlived their usefulness. That range of creatures includes everything from tarantulas to crocodiles, to piranhas and of course, sharks.

The Daily JawsJune 2, 2017Comment