On Friday, June 20, Steven Spielberg’s oceanic epic Jaws will turn 50 years old. As the anniversary rolls around, we as an audience are reminded of our very human obsession with sharks – an obsession that is explored in new horror movie Dangerous Animals. But unlike the 1975 movie, Dangerous Animals shows that the monster of the sea is the least of our worries when the real villain rears its ugly head: man.
There’s no denying that shark movies play a pivotal role in pop culture. The Jaws franchise has changed the way we see the ocean. I mean, have you ever swam out into open water just to quickly paddle back in because you can just imagine a 300-toothed beast sitting beneath you, just like in that iconic Jaws poster? It’s a thought that’s hard to shake.
