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- DirectorJohn LafiaStarsAlly SheedyLance HenriksenRobert CostanzoA genetically engineered dog escapes from the science facility where it was created. A family takes it in unaware of its deadly instincts which soon emerge. The scientist who created the dog tries to find it before its too late.Tibetan Mastiff. USA
Girl is murdered in first few minutes by an animal.
Quint = Lance Henriksen angry with the local authorities about their inaction - DirectorHarry KerwinWayne CrawfordStarsWayne CrawfordJason EversRoberta LeightonLittle coastal town is being terrorized by deadly Barracudas.Barracuda. USA
Big Chemical tries to hush the story of pollution causing fish to attack people - DirectorRené Cardona Jr.StarsSusan GeorgeHugo StiglitzAndrés GarcíaTwo shark hunters flirt with an attractive British lady while hunting down a large tiger shark terrorizing the Mexican East coast.Tiger shark. Mexico
No naked woman, swimming alone, shark attack until 35mns in, but a serial killer shark.
More of a 70's lets-not-fall-in-love yaught-sex love triangle film than Jaws is - DirectorWilliam GreféStarsRichard JaeckelJennifer BishopBuffy DeeA Vietnam veteran with a psychic connection to sharks discovers their exploitation by the local aquarium and begins an underwater reign of terror to avenge them. The movie action scenes were shot using real sharks.Mako sharks controlled by the shark telepathy of a scuba diver. USA
Horrid. And odd - DirectorMichael AndersonStarsRichard HarrisCharlotte RamplingWill SampsonA hunter squares off against a killer whale seeking vengeance for the death of its mate.Killer Whale, USA
Awesome orca revenge film! - DirectorLamberto BavaStarsMichael SopkiwValentine MonnierGianni GarkoA marine biologist, a dolphin trainer, a research scientist, and a local sheriff try to hunt down a large sea monster, a shark/octopus hybrid, that is devouring swimmers and fishermen off a south Florida coast.Shark with tentacles. Italy
Minimal amount of the monster until the end. Some poorly explained side plot with breasts and murder.
Very underrated (at 2/10) - DirectorSergio MartinoStarsBarbara BachClaudio CassinelliMel FerrerTourists on a tropical island anger an island god, who turns himself into a giant alligator and stalks them.Alligator. Italy
Camera angles of below the alligator attacking a boat. Awful close shots of different styrofoam monster attack up close.
Absolutely underrated. - DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsGregory HarrisonArkie WhiteleyBill KerrAs a vicious wild boar terrorizes the Australian outback, the husband of one of the victims is joined by a hunter and a farmer in a search for the beast.Wild boar. Australia
Excellent!
Scenes right out of Jaws, most notably the protagonist on a wooden perch as the monster attacked - DirectorJeong-won ShinStarsKwon Bum-taekYoo-i HaJang Hang-seonA black comedy about the events that are set into motion in a town after a man-eating boar goes on a rampage.Wild boar. South Korea
Dumb but fun SK monster movie clearly inspired by American movies - DirectorLewis TeagueStarsDee WallaceDaniel Hugh KellyDanny PintauroCujo, a friendly St. Bernard, contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.Rabid dog. USA
Worth revisiting - DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsCharles BronsonJack WardenWill SampsonAt the closing of 1874 a haunted, dying Wild Bill Hickok teams up with a grieving Crazy Horse to hunt a murderous albino buffalo.Buffalo. USA
First half is a western then turns into Jaws - DirectorLarry FessendenStarsBonnie DennisonDaniel ZovattoJon OrsiniSix high school seniors celebrating in the middle of a lake find themselves trapped on a rowboat due to a man-eating fish.Giant fish. USA
Quality horror that makes shark and piranha movies look over produced and childish - DirectorJeffrey BloomStarsDavid HuffmanMarianna HillJohn SaxonSomething is attacking and killing people on the beach. David and Mariana, old friends, search for clues where they played as kids to uncover the mysterious creature.Unknown species of worm like creature with a flower bud mouth a la Tremors. USA
Attacks are slow at first then increase.
First scene jacks Jaws - DirectorEd HuntStarsTom BresnahanCynthia PrestonDavid GaleA psychologist with an increasingly popular TV show brainwashes his audiences using a giant living brain. A mischievous high school student is sent to the psychologist's institute, and becomes determined to expose him.Giant Brain. Canada, USA
Stalks the main character until the end and is blown up in similar fashion - DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsJames FranciscusVic MorrowMicaela PignatelliJames Franciscus tries to save hundreds of swimmers in a coastal resort after a Great White Shark starts terrorizing the area.Great white shark Italy
Brody clone
Quint clone
Mayor Vaughn clone
Same ending! - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoy ScheiderRobert ShawRichard DreyfussWhen a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
- DirectorJeannot SzwarcStarsRoy ScheiderLorraine GaryMurray HamiltonPolice chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.
- DirectorJoe AlvesStarsDennis QuaidBess ArmstrongSimon MacCorkindaleA giant thirty-five-foot shark becomes trapped in a SeaWorld theme park and it's up to the sons of police chief Brody to rescue everyone.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsLorraine GaryLance GuestMario Van PeeblesChief Brody's widow believes that her family is deliberately being targeted by another shark in search of revenge.
- DirectorJuan Piquer SimónStarsMichael Garfield LevineKim TerryPhilip MacHaleKiller slugs on the rampage in a rural community.Slugs. USA
Same opening.
Concerned town trying not to spread a panic.
Brody/Scientist are one character
Gory
Underrated - DirectorJoe DanteStarsBradford DillmanHeather Menzies-UrichKevin McCarthyWhen flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.Piranhas. USA
- DirectorDavid HacklStarsJames MarsdenThomas JanePiper PeraboTwo estranged brothers reunite at their childhood home in the Alaskan wild. They set out on a two-day hike and are stalked by an unrelenting grizzly bear.Grizzly bear. USA
Billy Bob Thornton is experienced, hardened hunter (Quint) - DirectorIsaac GabaeffStarsBrooke ButlerCleo BerryCynthia MurellAfter an all-night graduation beach party, a group of hung-over twenty-somethings awake to a beating sun, and a seemingly carnivorous beach that devours anything with a heartbeat that touches the sand.Sand. USA
Warning: Jamie Kennedy - DirectorWilliam MaloneStarsStan IvarWendy SchaalLyman WardAfter a member of a geological research team who was sent to Saturn's largest moon: Titan crashes their spacecraft into a space station, another team is sent to Titan to investigate, not knowing the terror that awaits them.Genetically created hybrid shark/dophin
Peter Benchley story. Kim Cattrall. Pops from Poltergeist - DirectorJerry DuganStarsDolph LundgrenSara Malakul LaneLily Brooks O'BriantA local sheriff, Meredith Hendricks, makes it her mission to capture the "animal" and bring the exotic animal collector to justice.Shark. USA
Similar. does not show shark until latter part of film. "Everybody get out of the water!" Motive for hunting the shark. Dumbass on ski-jet with bag of meat talking about luring in the shark for a paycheck. <-Premise isn't set up
Bad kill scenes and bad CG sharks. In a perfect world, Dolph Lundgren would have played the shark