Beach Horror Classic!

Rating: 10/10 (27 April 2004)

aws (1975 Dir. Steven Speilberg) Even if you've seen this horror blockbuster a thousand times before you simply have to rent this video during the summer months. For those of you who have been living on Mars for the last thirty years or so and are not familiar with this classic horror flick, a local beach town in peak tourist season is terrorized by one very large and hungry shark.
Robert Shaw stars as a classic Captain Ahab type complete with sailing songs, salty language and a fondness for the grape. An early performance by Richard Dreyfuss and '70s star Roy Scheider round out the cast. Steven Speilberg takes the American tradition of fun at the beach and turns it into a classic horror tale of Man vs Nature. For extra points, watch it the night before a planned outing to the shore. If you dare.