Borrowing Blockbusters: Jawsploitation - The Best, Best Worst and Weirdest Jaws Knock Offs

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Believe it or not Jaws was so popular it lead to imitations.
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  • @Sam-lm8gi
    @Sam-lm8gi3 жыл бұрын

    Alligator (1980) is just a great movie, period. The swimming pool scene was total nightmare-fuel as a kid.

  • @ianfindly3257

    @ianfindly3257

    2 жыл бұрын

    I like THAT one almost as much as I like Jaws.

  • @cyryc

    @cyryc

    2 жыл бұрын

    the kids swimming pool scene definitely traumatized me and made me afraid of ever going into a swimming pool at night. I like the homage to it in the Resident Evil 2 game

  • @thatdamnguy2877

    @thatdamnguy2877

    Жыл бұрын

    *Agreed*

  • @SwampPerson

    @SwampPerson

    Жыл бұрын

    Watched it for the first time a few months ago, that swimming pool scene was horrid!

  • @c0s.m3

    @c0s.m3

    Жыл бұрын

    I love this film

  • @ezekielamaterasu3462
    @ezekielamaterasu34623 жыл бұрын

    I remember Orca, well, I remember the mother aborting its baby scene... it scared the crap out of me... it was horrifying for a 12-year-old... after that, I was rooting for the Orca

  • @AbrasiousProductions

    @AbrasiousProductions

    Жыл бұрын

    That film is very personal to me, I watched it during a time I had to say goodbye to my first love and even watching it now makes me emotional..

  • @nachtschimmen

    @nachtschimmen

    Жыл бұрын

    Is that the film where Bo Derek's leg gets bitten off at the end? I only know about it because of it winning the worst sharksploitation in the first book I ever bought (way back in the eighties): The Golden Turkey Awards... It sounded so awful that I never saw it!

  • @scattershotjd9823

    @scattershotjd9823

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nachtschimmen that.mkvie is a treasure. It may have come out in the wake of Jaws, but it couldn't be any more different in tone. It's a really beautiful and tragic movie

  • @NathanTarantlawriter

    @NathanTarantlawriter

    Жыл бұрын

    I wanted the Orca to win so bad.

  • @jamessullivan4391

    @jamessullivan4391

    Жыл бұрын

    Effed me right up too.

  • @bejammin2000
    @bejammin2000 Жыл бұрын

    "I bet you lie awake at night wondering with Italian Jaws rip off is the funniest." You know me so well!

  • @philoshaughnessy906
    @philoshaughnessy9063 жыл бұрын

    Grizzly III: Please, I can't bear it any more!

  • @GoGojiraGo
    @GoGojiraGo3 жыл бұрын

    "Son Jaws" become particularly funny when you find out that in the novelizations of Jaws 2 and Jaws the Revenge the shark in Revenge is the offspring of the sharks from the first and second films, the male from Jaws having mated with the female from Jaws 2 before the events of 2.

  • @TupocalypseShakur

    @TupocalypseShakur

    Жыл бұрын

    @Chandler Burse Jaws: The revenge, exists so why not

  • @dougjones3305
    @dougjones3305 Жыл бұрын

    "it's ants, I don't know how or why." "Ants are ants." "Not these ants." Just absolute dialogue gold. Hahaha

  • @mrgodzillaraptors8632

    @mrgodzillaraptors8632

    Жыл бұрын

    The ants are sus

  • @kolonarulez5222

    @kolonarulez5222

    Жыл бұрын

    I got to this right as he said it in the video lolol

  • @deboralee1623

    @deboralee1623

    11 ай бұрын

    got to your post as i was re-viewing that part of the video. i don't know how or why, it just happened that way.

  • @roostthecockatiel5227

    @roostthecockatiel5227

    3 ай бұрын

    Now I know not to have too many picnics

  • @lavo-ld4wm
    @lavo-ld4wm3 жыл бұрын

    I disagree with the way you rated "Orca" ! It's the best film of the "nature's revenge" genre !

  • @HorribleGamingFun

    @HorribleGamingFun

    3 жыл бұрын

    Gotta agree, Orca was pretty good for its time. Its easy to look back on it now and judge it through the lenses of modern cinema, but I still think it holds up on its own today. The scene where Bo Derek loses a leg to the Orca was pretty visceral in its own way just with the sound effects they used

  • @lavo-ld4wm

    @lavo-ld4wm

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@HorribleGamingFunthis film still holds up, in every way and aspect (for me)! I must say, very interesting you pointed out that death scene, as it was so visceral; however, I didn't expect Will Sampson's character to get crushed towards the end, as he wasn't related to the original crime...

  • @TyrannosaurusRex500

    @TyrannosaurusRex500

    3 жыл бұрын

    I must say jaws was only a little bit better

  • @lavo-ld4wm

    @lavo-ld4wm

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TyrannosaurusRex500 You can't compare them: “Jaws” is closer to a slasher, but with a shark instead of Freddy or Jason; as for “Orca”, it's a revenge story for the titular creature, as the humans are the baddies!

  • @TyrannosaurusRex500

    @TyrannosaurusRex500

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lavo-ld4wmbut I can

  • @wednesdaygeckok.7899
    @wednesdaygeckok.78993 жыл бұрын

    Cruel Jaws got a blu ray release with an alternate limited run sleve that has Jaws 5 on it. Best purchase of my life

  • @TheBadMovieBible

    @TheBadMovieBible

    3 жыл бұрын

    Want. Want badly.

  • @EverettDudgeon138

    @EverettDudgeon138

    Жыл бұрын

    Also had a novelization too. Got them both. Awesome release

  • @flobbergassy

    @flobbergassy

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheBadMovieBible Severin Films released it. They mainly release ultra low budget horror, similar to Vinegar Syndrome. You should check them out! I have a ton of amazing movies from both, many of which you've covered in some of your videos.

  • @wednesdaygeckok.7899

    @wednesdaygeckok.7899

    10 күн бұрын

    In case anyone sees this for some reason, the company in fact had legal action taken against them for that slip cover and they now go for a pretty penny online. If you're like me and you just wanted it to fit with your jaws blurays then by all means pick it up if you find it for less than 50 But nothing about it is worth higher when you can print your own high quality bluray/dvd covers with good paper, ink, and a little bit of creativity.

  • @avex13
    @avex133 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: In Spain "The last shark" was released with the title "Tiburón 3" (equivalent to calling it Jaws 3). Jaws 3D was then called "Tiburón 3D: El gran tiburón" (Jaws 3D: The great/large shark) to avoid being confused with the italian ripoff.

  • @davidvitan3590
    @davidvitan3590 Жыл бұрын

    I'm sorry but Piranha 2010 is absolutely amazing

  • @probablynotmyname8521
    @probablynotmyname8521 Жыл бұрын

    Dogs is a perfect example of how even great actors have to pay the bills. And i remember watching alligator as a kid and enjoying it, it was surprisingly plausible and took the concept seriously.

  • @Chasmodius
    @Chasmodius Жыл бұрын

    45:57 "What else do you want?" I want _Tremors,_ one of those rare low-budget B movies that knew it was a low-budget B movie but inexplicably ended up actually being good. Okay, so it's not Jawsploitation (there's no keeping the beaches open), but it's in the same mold of "there's something in the water" monster movies (except the water is dirt).

  • @robwalsh9843
    @robwalsh98433 жыл бұрын

    These were my favorite horror movies as a kid. Being in the water evokes a very primal fear. In movies like Jaws, Alligator and Piranha, children were just as much prey as the adults were.

  • @red_crayon9771
    @red_crayon9771 Жыл бұрын

    Now THAT is what I call "Spit balling ideas". Evil elevators? Killer tomatoes? Now I've seen it all

  • @NatYourAverageNerd

    @NatYourAverageNerd

    Жыл бұрын

    The killer tomatoes one is something I cannot possibly accept being real. It's just SO stupid. XD

  • @theoneeyedartist3253

    @theoneeyedartist3253

    Жыл бұрын

    @@NatYourAverageNerd The killer tomatoes has at least two sequels and a cartoon series. Personally I like them for the mindless BS they are.

  • @tonydecker1263
    @tonydecker12633 жыл бұрын

    Piranha was an underrated classic

  • @austintrousdale2397

    @austintrousdale2397

    Жыл бұрын

    Incredibly entertaining! IMHO, the original Piranha owes as much to 1950s sci-fi/monster movie mashups as it does to Jaws. The characters also make the movie a fun watch.

  • @tonydecker1263

    @tonydecker1263

    Жыл бұрын

    @@austintrousdale2397 yes a Roger cormin classic!!!

  • @j.p.holiday8899

    @j.p.holiday8899

    Жыл бұрын

    You are 1 billion percent on-point, my man.

  • @TheRivrPrncess

    @TheRivrPrncess

    Жыл бұрын

    Could have been, but made the mistake of being too gory and the special effect sound of the piranhas attacking was over used.

  • @tonydecker1263

    @tonydecker1263

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheRivrPrncess I’m talking about piranha 1978 not the new ones

  • @hopperjohn7207
    @hopperjohn7207 Жыл бұрын

    Alligator II had one of the silliest lines that I loved from the head gator hunter: If six sticks of dynamite don't stop him we're gonna have to start calling that gator Sir.

  • @Yo.Hannes
    @Yo.Hannes Жыл бұрын

    It's hard to think real animals got hurt or killed for some bad B movie's.

  • @nignamedmutt7270

    @nignamedmutt7270

    Жыл бұрын

    People forget how different the world was just 30 years ago lol Milo and Otis was famous for killing like 2 dozen cats, setting them up to be smacked by bears, pinched by crabs and pecked at by birds(even throwing a kitten off the cliff on a scene) Iirc the Peter Jackson LOTR had some big accident where the horses got spooked into running off a cliff, andni think they had to put down like 9-10 of them. And then everyone knows about the water Buffalo in apocalypse now(which was fucking awesome)

  • @Anonymous38572

    @Anonymous38572

    Жыл бұрын

    Cannibal holocaust

  • @user-cr4pz5yg7y

    @user-cr4pz5yg7y

    Жыл бұрын

    Real animals are harmed for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

  • @Yo.Hannes

    @Yo.Hannes

    Жыл бұрын

    @@user-cr4pz5yg7y that’s eating to survive. Didn’t know if you knew the difference.

  • @hypnotised-clover

    @hypnotised-clover

    Жыл бұрын

    @@user-cr4pz5yg7y How many snakes do you kill and skin alive for your breakfast, ey?

  • @DarkmanPoe
    @DarkmanPoe3 жыл бұрын

    Actually, “Creature” was based on Peter Benchley’s novel “White Shark” (not his “book of the same name”). Other than that minor error, great video!

  • @TheBadMovieBible

    @TheBadMovieBible

    3 жыл бұрын

    Quite a balls up on my part, I hate errors like that. Thanks for the kind words though!

  • @kidnostalgia

    @kidnostalgia

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes and no, the physical copies were called White Shark, but the year that the miniseries came out it was re-named Creature. No idea why though.

  • @jamestapscott9400

    @jamestapscott9400

    9 күн бұрын

    * Spoiler Alert* "White Shark" the novel is much better than the "Creature" mini-series. In "White Shark," the killer is actually a German soldier who was experimented on in WW II, and the book is actually a decent read.

  • @walterfechter8080
    @walterfechter80803 жыл бұрын

    "Prophecy" -- the original man/bear/pig.

  • @TheBadMovieBible

    @TheBadMovieBible

    3 жыл бұрын

    Prophecy was in and out. It ended up out because there's less Jaws in it than I remembered.

  • @195511SM

    @195511SM

    3 жыл бұрын

    I remember seeing that at a drive-in.

  • @amateurastronomer9463
    @amateurastronomer94633 жыл бұрын

    The Car was so underrated. It's one of my favorites.

  • @brockbaby

    @brockbaby

    3 жыл бұрын

    To me The Car started it's own copy cat culture of 'evil car' movies.

  • @fernandomaron87

    @fernandomaron87

    Жыл бұрын

    @@brockbaby I only know The Car and Christine, there's others?

  • @dumbcat

    @dumbcat

    Жыл бұрын

    The Car will always be superior to Christine IMO. Kristine was creepy, but The Car actually scared me.

  • @robertparks7233

    @robertparks7233

    Жыл бұрын

    @@fernandomaron87 Duel,which is amazing, Maximum Overdrive,also a classic,skip Trucks,and Car 2,which of course sucks

  • @user-fe8gx3ie5v

    @user-fe8gx3ie5v

    Жыл бұрын

    Humans can't change genders. Get therapy.

  • @coleslaw1196
    @coleslaw11963 жыл бұрын

    I'm surprised the shark scene from Lucio Fulci's Zombie didn't get a note here.

  • @TheBadMovieBible

    @TheBadMovieBible

    3 жыл бұрын

    Saving it for the sequel!

  • @thesaltyfrog
    @thesaltyfrog3 жыл бұрын

    What a miserable quest you powered through there sir, thank you for doing that. Keep em coming, very enjoyable. (Y)

  • @itsjustme11
    @itsjustme112 күн бұрын

    This man is risking his mental health and stability for our entertainment. Thank you Sir!!!

  • @Football__Junkie
    @Football__Junkie Жыл бұрын

    “You let the kids have a dog show? Are you crazy?!” 😂😂😂

  • @ianfindly3257
    @ianfindly32573 жыл бұрын

    Alligator and Mako; Jaws of Death are two of the better ones. In fact, I like THOSE two flicks almost as much as Jaws. Humanoids of the Deep, a flick in which the sea monsters SCREW the female victims and attack an amusement park, NOT ENOUGH to talk about?!!!

  • @c.d.rstudios4691

    @c.d.rstudios4691

    Жыл бұрын

    In mako, they killed real sharks, and I forgot what specifically happened, but the female lead in humanoids was angry at the director for something to do with the fucking scene

  • @petrilampela

    @petrilampela

    Жыл бұрын

    @@c.d.rstudios4691 Humanoids was originally directed by a female director but after seeing the footage Roger Corman wanted more explicit nude and rape scenes so they hired the second unit director to film more stuff. The director and main actress were not happy about this and wanted their names removed from the credits.

  • @squash2097
    @squash20973 жыл бұрын

    great vid dude. your sarcasm is on point. i will probably watch this many more times before I decide which jaws ripoffs to watch next. thought I'd seen them all but I had no idea there were so many and across different cultures. incredibly thorough and straight to the point. and thanks for not spoiling shit like so many other top films lists on youtube. I was entertained and I learned something too. hope to see more of your stuff !

  • @TheBadMovieBible

    @TheBadMovieBible

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks kindly!

  • @wadewilson8011

    @wadewilson8011

    Жыл бұрын

    Nah you just have crap taste like he does. Alligator, Orca, and Grizzly were cult favorites.

  • @squash2097

    @squash2097

    Жыл бұрын

    @@wadewilson8011 definitely alligator was a great flick I saw it as a kid. still holds up to this day. orca and grizzly were okay.

  • @zvonimirgrabic7802
    @zvonimirgrabic78027 ай бұрын

    I cannot stress enough how happy I am to have discovered your channel. It is direct continuation of celebrating everything cinematography is as an art form, written insanely well and presented in a sneer-inducing manner, as if every moment shown is a inside-joke shared with us, the enjoyers of everything silly and strange: fellow movie goers.

  • @ititself5603
    @ititself56033 жыл бұрын

    as a brazillian, I can say that Bacalhau was pretty a product of its time, lots of sex and gay jokes, even the word Cod here is an nickname for vagina. This movie actually was pretty succesfull, around 1 million people went to see it on cinemas, considering the 70's standers

  • @thatcreepyberdinthecorner1097

    @thatcreepyberdinthecorner1097

    3 жыл бұрын

    Since you seem to know a lot about this film, is it possible to see a version with English subtitles?

  • @ititself5603

    @ititself5603

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@thatcreepyberdinthecorner1097 I don't know right now, If I eventually know where this can be found I'll warn you

  • @thatcreepyberdinthecorner1097

    @thatcreepyberdinthecorner1097

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ititself5603 alright thanks, been wanting to watch it for the fun of it

  • @picahudsoniaunflocked5426

    @picahudsoniaunflocked5426

    10 ай бұрын

    Thanks! I love it when I get more context from Commenters. That cod thing makes SO MUCH MORE sense. I'm Canadian & a branch of my family is from Newfoundland so "cod" brings up a totally different kind of horror for us, so you giving more insight into the film as a Brazilian helps me interpret it properly. Obrigada!

  • @SellavinAtoms
    @SellavinAtoms Жыл бұрын

    I grew up as a kid watching all the New millennium movies on the Sci-Fi channel back then they were some of my favorites you don't see them on TV anymore but still they bring back some good memories of me as a kid watching TV.

  • @cicitrek
    @cicitrek Жыл бұрын

    I am really hard to shock, but hearing the sound of that poor snake getting skinned really gives me nightmares. That is beyond cruel😥😥

  • @chinabluewho

    @chinabluewho

    Жыл бұрын

    I went to a stock fish pond in Arkansas when I was a kid, you caught the catfish yourself and kept the ones you wanted and they weighed out the fish you just caught and you paid by the pound for them but you could also have the fish skint , gutted and/or de-boned right then and there after you paid for them for a bit more. All the catfish I saw were hung alive on a hook and had there skin pulled off with a pair of pliers and then gutted and deboned, snakes and fish don't scream in pain like dogs or cats so we have little empathy for them.

  • @SuperXAsh
    @SuperXAsh Жыл бұрын

    Piranha 3D was pretty fun in a goofy over-the-top style... but if you're going in expecting a Jaws then... yeah...

  • @hopingstare8980
    @hopingstare89802 жыл бұрын

    calamity of snakes upsets me a lot, i really love snakes

  • @jasonsantos3037

    @jasonsantos3037

    Жыл бұрын

    Snakes did nothing wrong 🐍

  • @roostthecockatiel5227

    @roostthecockatiel5227

    3 ай бұрын

    Me too, they eat the rodents that ruin our crops

  • @crownprincesebastianjohano7069
    @crownprincesebastianjohano7069 Жыл бұрын

    Studies have proven that Orca is the most scientifically accurate of all the angry sea-life genre films. That film captured the Orca's natural grief behavior perfectly. Once again, Richard Burton captures the very essence of the subject of his role. That film deserved every Oscar it won; especially for the costumes and make-up for the aforementioned Burton in the lead role of 'Mad Dawg' Bob Orca, Jr. I know for me I would have never known that was Burton in an Orca suit if it wasn't pointed out. Best whale/Porpoise work, along with Star Trek IV. Trivia Fact: One day after filming, the costume people forgot to get Burton out of the Orca suit, and it began swimming out to sea! They had to grab him. Also, on more than one occasion, a pod of dolphins attempted to mate with Burton's costume.

  • @marktracy1721

    @marktracy1721

    10 күн бұрын

    Richard Harris not Burton

  • @aaronhenderson84
    @aaronhenderson84 Жыл бұрын

    I'm tempted to see the original Piranha now since I'm only familiar with the 2010 & 2012 versions, granted those were forgettable B-Movies as well even though they are barely 10+ years old LOL

  • @AndreNitroX
    @AndreNitroX Жыл бұрын

    I think orca and the Pack 1977 were probably my favorite jaws ripoffs that truly felt like their own story.

  • @darkangelw8472
    @darkangelw84723 жыл бұрын

    The guy in Blood Beach, also played the chief, Nancy's dad in Nightmare on Elm Street

  • @cinemahobby7418

    @cinemahobby7418

    2 жыл бұрын

    John Saxon. He was also in Enter The Dragon with Bruce Lee.

  • @chriscraven9335

    @chriscraven9335

    Жыл бұрын

    Saxon was in a ton of B-thru-Z movies

  • @Yaksniffer2
    @Yaksniffer23 жыл бұрын

    This video hits that good, good ol’ sweetspot. Excellent and substantial amount of information, it’s all very rewatchable and hypnotic. More please

  • @erikramaekers63
    @erikramaekers63 Жыл бұрын

    Spielberg himself was inspired by the 50s monster movies like Them,Creature from the Black Lagoon and Tarantula

  • @Pooby1000
    @Pooby1000 Жыл бұрын

    "Another movie with a message is Lobsteroids, which continually emphasizes the importance of not watching Lobsteroids" LOL

  • @bauz5565
    @bauz5565 Жыл бұрын

    7:20 that is actually a huge oversight by the Movie Makers since there are Warrior Ants in Africa that can actually kill people if you get in the swarms way

  • @_Akogare_

    @_Akogare_

    Жыл бұрын

    In the movie they say that the ants are poisonous

  • @orabera
    @orabera Жыл бұрын

    I don't care who dies, the dog had better live...

  • @alisdairmckenzie
    @alisdairmckenzie Жыл бұрын

    The reason why both Alligator and Piranha are both good movies with interesting stories and good characters is down to John Sayles. Award winning writer director behind Lone Star, Passion fish, Brother from another planet, Men with guns etc etc - he wrote decent screenplays for these 'monster' movies early in his career so he could fund his own indie projects. He deserves a lot more credit.

  • @creepyskulldini581
    @creepyskulldini5812 жыл бұрын

    Welllllll, I duno about THAT 7:05, there are SOME ants that attack people in swarms, sting them to death, and pick their frigging bones clean and THESE are REAL, not fictional. Mako; Jaws of Death is also pretty derivative of earlier films like Wilard (1971) and Stanley (1972) story wise.

  • @195511SM
    @195511SM3 жыл бұрын

    I'm astounded at how desperate some of these big name actors must have been......to even appear in these films.

  • @julietfischer5056

    @julietfischer5056

    Жыл бұрын

    Not all actors--even name actors--are wealthy. Their popularity waxes and wanes over time, and they need to keep working to have current projects to show producers. An actor who's making bad movies to pay the rent hopes a producer will see one and want them for a better project.

  • @bladestar2322

    @bladestar2322

    Жыл бұрын

    Vic Morrow was broke when he had to start doing exploitation films. It had been a long time since Combat and he was really typecast.

  • @Clint52279

    @Clint52279

    Жыл бұрын

    @@julietfischer5056 When agents, managers, maintaining the Cali lifestyle, and ex-spouses, are factored in I can understand why some actors have to take every role that comes by.

  • @julietfischer5056

    @julietfischer5056

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Clint52279- If they still have some of those needs.

  • @theantithesis1
    @theantithesis13 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for going to black on that scene. The good juice, indeed.

  • @minaverry
    @minaverry3 жыл бұрын

    Great video! You could add Nobuhiko Obayashi's Hausu to the list, its producers wanted a Jaws ripoff but it transformed into something much weirder along the way.

  • @TheBadMovieBible

    @TheBadMovieBible

    3 жыл бұрын

    Love that movie, never thought of it that way but I see what you mean.

  • @minaverry

    @minaverry

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TheBadMovieBible It's a strange movie with a weird story behind it.

  • @richatom71
    @richatom71 Жыл бұрын

    The Car is brilliant !!

  • @sassquadsteve
    @sassquadsteve Жыл бұрын

    This was a far more entertaining watch than I expected. Some of these titles I'll have to check out! Many thanks indeed. I've now subscribed.

  • @zali13
    @zali13 Жыл бұрын

    Oh come on, Bermuda Depths isn't a Jaws rip-off, it's a Rankin Bass- Japanese supernatural monster movie. Definitely its own thing and memorable in its own right, with a haunting theme song.

  • @RobotGooseStudios

    @RobotGooseStudios

    Жыл бұрын

    I don't get how he considers it a Jaws esc "rip off" when it has literally nothing in common with Jaws apart from being set in the ocean and having a marine animal, that's literally all. Also I love the sea turtle prop in that film!

  • @Slop_Dogg

    @Slop_Dogg

    Жыл бұрын

    calm down

  • @sethwick8348

    @sethwick8348

    Жыл бұрын

    The video explicitly says Bermuda Depths is not a Jaws rip off.

  • @MrPlannery
    @MrPlannery Жыл бұрын

    This channel is brilliant. Well researched, interesting and very funny. How did I miss it until now?

  • @arneophyte3672
    @arneophyte3672 Жыл бұрын

    your content is a hidden gem. I'm alone and I laughed out loud twice and I'm 1 minute in. awesome.

  • @yanikkunitsin1466
    @yanikkunitsin14669 ай бұрын

    10:55 - "that generates hungry fish and toxic humans" - that's one beautiful turn of phrase, my man

  • @joejupiter4138
    @joejupiter4138 Жыл бұрын

    Ernie Hudson makes everything better.

  • @sonrouge
    @sonrouge3 жыл бұрын

    Wonder how Peter Benchley felt about all of the knock-offs of a trend he deeply regretted starting.

  • @TheBadMovieBible

    @TheBadMovieBible

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, can't imagine he was best pleased. Co-writer Carl Gottlieb said he had absolutely no time whatsoever for the ripoffs!!

  • @reptilerestaurant6168
    @reptilerestaurant6168 Жыл бұрын

    Razorback is one of the genuinely best animal attack movies out there, and this list has given me some excellent reccs for stuff to watch

  • @brockbaby
    @brockbaby3 жыл бұрын

    Look, the 2010 Piranha is purposefully comedy/satire. It's great for what it is.

  • @lutherheggs451

    @lutherheggs451

    3 жыл бұрын

    the 2010 Piranha is OK at best and Piranha 3DD was god awful hot garbage

  • @hneugiii1245
    @hneugiii12453 жыл бұрын

    Who could possibly give this a thumbs down, he's hilarious 😆

  • @1marilynable
    @1marilynable3 жыл бұрын

    AMAZING VIDEO!!! I laughed so hard at some of those scenes !

  • @dogeshark204
    @dogeshark204 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing video man. I like how you deep dived into this bizarre but fascinating little world of cinema. Def one of my favorites!

  • @mciddangelo9790
    @mciddangelo97903 жыл бұрын

    Okay, I grew up a Gen X teen in the 70s and you know, we LIVED on all those JAWS clones. Secondly, The Bermuda Depths rocked.

  • @0311Mushroom
    @0311Mushroom Жыл бұрын

    I can't believe you left off "Rubber" from 2010. Which had a killer tire.

  • @karlmoles6530
    @karlmoles65303 жыл бұрын

    The guy that made The Lift made Amsterdamned, which is awesome.

  • @bluegrasslass

    @bluegrasslass

    3 жыл бұрын

    Dick Maas. The Lift was re-made as Going Down in the US.

  • @alexandriasanders9499
    @alexandriasanders9499 Жыл бұрын

    That fish was very considerate to leave the clothes on those plastic skeletons

  • @reverendtos4271
    @reverendtos4271 Жыл бұрын

    This is almost certainly the best thing I have ever seen on youtube.

  • @PhantomBugler
    @PhantomBugler3 жыл бұрын

    As a child in the early 80s, I remember Entertainment Tonight covering the legal controversies of The Last Shark, which during its brief U.S. release had been titled "Great White".

  • @austintrousdale2397

    @austintrousdale2397

    Жыл бұрын

    I even remember having seen a TV spot for “Great White,” so being a shark-obsessed young child, I got excited for the movie, knowing full well of course that it was just a Jaws clone. Somehow, though, the movie never played in my market 🤔😢😆

  • @jenkelley8097
    @jenkelley80973 жыл бұрын

    I needed this video and didn't know it. Excellent job sir thank you.

  • @julietfischer5056
    @julietfischer5056 Жыл бұрын

    RiffTrax took on _The Last Shark_ and a recent season of MST3K nailed _Killer Fish_ to the wall. The latter movie is about a jewel heist and its aftermath, and the fish don't play much of a role until near the end. It could have been made without the piranhas and been a low-budget caper movie. The eponymous _Shark Hunter_ is after a downed plane full of money. _Devil Fish_ also received the MST3K treatment, and Roger Corman made a much better film in _Sharktopus._ Rumor has it that Barrowman ad-libbed that line. Things had been--interesting--that day and he was sick of it. And only John Barrowman could have gotten away with saying it.

  • @dubuyajay9964

    @dubuyajay9964

    Жыл бұрын

    Ugh, the Corman version had horrid CGI. Devilfish's animatronics we're vastly superior.

  • @XenoKay88
    @XenoKay88 Жыл бұрын

    The editing on these essays is amazing. Can't imagine the time it took. Well done and congrats🙏

  • @pdw8635
    @pdw8635 Жыл бұрын

    I know it’s not a shark, but Grizzly is pretty good and worth a watch.

  • @erikramaekers63

    @erikramaekers63

    Жыл бұрын

    It's worth rewatching too.I must have seen it at least 10 times

  • @chinabluewho

    @chinabluewho

    Жыл бұрын

    Greatest animal attack film ever made was 1981's Wolfen. My top 10 ranking. 1 Wolfen 2 Jaws 3 Grizzly 4 Alligator 5 Lake Placid / Crawl (tie) 6 Prophecy (1979) 7 Monkey Shines 8 Razorback 9 Moby Dick (1956) 10 The Ghost and the Darkness

  • @Dlatsch1
    @Dlatsch13 жыл бұрын

    I love that you mentioned Crocodile 2000; in my personal opinion that's one of the better of the movies that came out around this time, made for TV movies, kinda underrated.

  • @TheBadMovieBible

    @TheBadMovieBible

    3 жыл бұрын

    I really like the old school low budget aesthetic those Nu Image movies have. Makes them very watchable.

  • @erikbritz8095

    @erikbritz8095

    Жыл бұрын

    Finally someone mentioned it, crocodile is very good and had potential especially since it's not a Killer croc it's the Crocodile God sobek hunting humans, i rarely see people mention this...flat dog was sobek.

  • @robertseddon2512
    @robertseddon25122 жыл бұрын

    Love the detail that goes into these documentarys, and the commentator is very funny great work.

  • @SECRETARIATguy224
    @SECRETARIATguy224 Жыл бұрын

    Have only now discovered your channel. Just fantastic! You are a true film aficionado.

  • @martinradcliffe4798
    @martinradcliffe47983 жыл бұрын

    Cruel Jaws takes some beating for willful ineptitude.

  • @fisheyenomiko
    @fisheyenomiko3 жыл бұрын

    "Piranha" is a genuinely good movie. Was it... inspired by "Jaws"? Sure, but nothin' wrong with that.

  • @darkprose
    @darkprose15 күн бұрын

    Great stuff, thank you. I am always looking for _Jaws_ knockoffs I’ve not seen before.

  • @Gappasaurus
    @Gappasaurus7 ай бұрын

    Just discovered your channel (and your books! 😳) and have been making my way through your back-catalogue of videos, and though I was already planning to subscribe, your execution of the most succinct summary of Gamera: Super Monster I’ve ever seen (in under 30 seconds no less 😄) totally sealed the deal. Bravo! 😁

  • @jhors7777
    @jhors7777 Жыл бұрын

    I love your videos and narration. Intelligent, understated, and hilarious!:) I am glad I recently found, and subscribed to your channel. You have done a fabulous job of research. Incredible you have been able to find and obtain so many movie examples from so many countries around the world! The movie "Machete Madness", which you are undoubtedly familiar, about movies made in the Philippines has always been a favorite of mine:) Best wishes to you.

  • @ScotsGal
    @ScotsGal Жыл бұрын

    Razor back was a great movie

  • @CidsaDragoon
    @CidsaDragoon Жыл бұрын

    The Last Shark is my favourite Italian Jaws ripoff. The rifftrax of it is amazing too.

  • @angelathomas5970
    @angelathomas5970 Жыл бұрын

    What a great video! I now have so many movies on my "must watch" list.

  • @HorribleGamingFun
    @HorribleGamingFun3 жыл бұрын

    Actually the Peter Benchley novel version of Creature is called White Shark, Creature was an alternatively title it was released under else where, probably. The novel version is actually leagues better than the movie. I highly recommend it if you like reading. Even bettet is that its not as dry as the Jaws novel was and manages to keep a fairly good pace and interesting story. Again, can't recommend the novel enough, its one of my top 10 favorites and something I reread on a regular basis

  • @CocoonsLastHope

    @CocoonsLastHope

    3 жыл бұрын

    The monster itself in the movie was beautiful, with stunning details, too bad you couldn’t really see much of that, due to it being dark. I watched it again as an adult and other than the shark scenes the rest sucked. As a kid I loved it, but than as a kid, I didn’t understand story or lack of, as long as there was a monster, I was there.

  • @austintrousdale2397

    @austintrousdale2397

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CocoonsLastHope The channel Dragoncurve produced a nice homage to the monster.

  • @sgerald
    @sgerald3 жыл бұрын

    I'd say the rifftrax version is a good reason to watch "The last shark."

  • @sasproductions35
    @sasproductions353 жыл бұрын

    Great breakdown of these movies! Very informative and very entertaining!

  • @grimmations9603
    @grimmations9603 Жыл бұрын

    Alright- who gave this man the idea to make a video on my watchlist-?

  • @MrBuch169169
    @MrBuch169169 Жыл бұрын

    I was surprised we didn't hear any mention of 'Trees' which imitated Jaws closely - they even went to the trouble of hiring a guy who looked a bit like Brody and naming the character 'Cody'. There was a 'Trees 2: The Root of all Evil' which mostly abandoned the Jaws thing but had a ridiculous theme song.

  • @citizenjoe404

    @citizenjoe404

    Жыл бұрын

    Glaring omission right there.

  • @robwalsh9843
    @robwalsh98433 жыл бұрын

    You mentioned Legend of Dinosaurs, but I'm surprised you didn't bring up the other lake monster Jaws rip-offs like Crater Lake Monster, Loch Ness Horror and Monstroid, the only horror movie which features a Muppet as its antagonist.

  • @TheBadMovieBible

    @TheBadMovieBible

    2 жыл бұрын

    I had to be pretty uncompromising with what constitutes a Jaws knockoff. Haven't seen Loch Ness Horror though, will have to check it out.

  • @Ragestation
    @Ragestation11 ай бұрын

    Just joined the channel and loving it. Great to see this much shlock in one video and the commentary is classic. Great work.

  • @slenderguy2342
    @slenderguy2342 Жыл бұрын

    You actually brought back a memory of me watching dogs randomly late at night when it came on TV.

  • @geoffshaw346
    @geoffshaw346 Жыл бұрын

    I'd rather spend a weekend with a stack of these movies than go to the theater to see some big budget art house film.

  • @kingofsleeze4981

    @kingofsleeze4981

    Жыл бұрын

    I find myself going back to older films rather than checking out any of the current stuff like A24 crap and MCU garbage

  • @ganglabesh

    @ganglabesh

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kingofsleeze4981 films were made so well back then with real effects and not computer graphics

  • @SimonMordue

    @SimonMordue

    Жыл бұрын

    I love trash. It's my comedy! The ineptitude at work in these movies is incredible. But a lot of them were made with heart. I don't see that in MARVEL, etc.. I like arthouse, but not todays variant!

  • @salvitoripopadillo4539

    @salvitoripopadillo4539

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@ganglabesh Agreed! I'd have to say Cameron's "Aliens" was the pinnacle of pre CGI. The very next "Alien" (Alien 3) was CGI.

  • @svenlabots1869

    @svenlabots1869

    Жыл бұрын

    So true. It wouldn't surprise me if true amateurism makes a huge comeback. More slapstick and rather thin dialogues instead of all that overdone crap nowadays👍🤓😨

  • @stevenclancy6483
    @stevenclancy64832 жыл бұрын

    My 11 year old daughter took a big fall outside and was feeling really low so in a panic I put this video on. The Bigfoot getting shot at 4:22 absolute broke her and she cheered right up. Thanks for this video, really appreciate it

  • @TheBadMovieBible

    @TheBadMovieBible

    2 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant! (I have an 11 year old daughter too, but I couldn't make her watch one of my videos if I paid her.)

  • @andreaswandersson6295
    @andreaswandersson629510 ай бұрын

    Excellent as always. Fab seeing Paul Kerensa in the credits too. Kudos! (for script writing and/or polishing I reckon.)

  • @WaxandmoRfiend
    @WaxandmoRfiend2 ай бұрын

    Thank you for your channel and your content.

  • @emmetsheehan859
    @emmetsheehan8593 жыл бұрын

    Best video yet! Love to see more

  • @TheBadMovieBible

    @TheBadMovieBible

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot!

  • @sliverhandsonbasses
    @sliverhandsonbasses Жыл бұрын

    2010’s Piranha isn’t a great movie, it’s a masterpiece!

  • @deezee2965

    @deezee2965

    Жыл бұрын

    I don't understand the hate. The outside of the obvious cgi killer fish, the movie gives "Exactly what we are expecting from it"

  • @sliverhandsonbasses

    @sliverhandsonbasses

    Жыл бұрын

    @@deezee2965 for some reason, it seems to be a constant pattern of horror/monster movies that choose comedy over drama. People tends to refrain from these choices , a part from some notable exceptions, obviously…

  • @deanbennett3220
    @deanbennett3220 Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic. Well done. Really enjoyed this.

  • @craigjay6820
    @craigjay6820 Жыл бұрын

    This channel is comedy gold, great job!

  • @duaneb6943
    @duaneb69433 жыл бұрын

    Good work on this, you hit upon many of the suspects in the exploitation of Jaws formula and beats. Few other interesting movies that kind of relate, Food of the Gods, Gnaw: Food of the Gods 2, Frogs, and finally Squirm and they are all gloriously bizarre.

  • @TheBadMovieBible

    @TheBadMovieBible

    3 жыл бұрын

    You've reminded me I need to make a GIF of the giant child from Gnaw!

  • @Holgast

    @Holgast

    7 ай бұрын

    gnaw is so bad it's good. one of my all time faves

  • @Garsons-oq4lh
    @Garsons-oq4lh Жыл бұрын

    Jaws without a doubt spawned a regrettable cycle in films.

  • @Resimaster
    @Resimaster Жыл бұрын

    Great video with some interesting entries and some wonderfully dry humour. Good job.

  • @EurDawg
    @EurDawg Жыл бұрын

    Another fantastic video! Nobody researches these movies like you do!

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