These had plenty of bite:
But this son of a bitch will swallow ya' whole.
Miscellany
Into the Deep vs Great White (2021) vs Great White Death¹
¹1981 documentary/mondo film.
The Last Breath² DVD vs Blind Waters
²Julian Sands' final film.
Shark Bait³ (2022) vs Shark Week aka Shark Assault vs Shark Night 3D
More, more, more.
³ntbcw 2006 film of same name.
No Gold for a Dead Diver (1974)
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| Apart from stock footage, treasure hunting yarn has NOTHING to do with sharks. |
To cash in on the success of a certain Spielberg blockbuster, it was released stateside as Deadly Jaws.
Shark (2000) aka Great White, was for some fucking reason called Jaws '98 in Japan.
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| Amusingly, they stole the above shark for VHS cover. |
Deep Blue Sea (1999)
Poster vs Jaws 2
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| Viewtiful Joe (2003) The ending of Capcom's overlooked gem expertly spoofs numerous film posters. 2,000,000 Leagues Under the Sea is an obvious play on 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. |
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| Shark Attack 2 is obviously exploiting Deep Blue Sea. |
Meg 2: The Trench and Malibu Shark Attack
Jurassic Shark German boxset and The Last Breath poster
Jurassic Shark 2: Aquapocalypse and Ghost Shark
Something in the Water, Jurassic Shark 3 - German and The Meg graphic novel
Night of the Sharks (1988) was released as Jaws Attack in Japan at some point in the 90s.
Things get weirder.
Despite having fuck all to do with Night of the Sharks, Devil Fish (1984) was released as Jaws Attack 2 in the same country.
Cover art uses the same colour scheme as the alternative poster for Jaws 2.
Clever.
For shiggles.
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| Topps No. 58 - Monarch of the Ocean! |
Deep Blue Sea 2 (2018)
From the Depths and Bull Shark
Something in the Water, Jurassic Shark 3 - German and The Meg graphic novel
And.
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| Marvel Super Special #6 |
The Meg (2018)
Poster 1 vs Attack of the Jurassic Shark aka Jurassic Shark vs Jaws in Japan
Red Water vs Poster 2
One more.
(Rolls eyes).
Same principle, right?
Red Water vs Poster 2
The following were released years before The Meg, but redone for obvious reasons.
Shark Attack 3: Megalodon and Malibu Shark Attack
One more.
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| Megalodon Rising⁴ |
⁴Sequel to Megalodon (2018), ntbcw 2002 film of same name, later retitled Sharkzilla in the UK.
Finally.
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| This brilliant shot of beastie in Jaws feels somewhat relevant. |
Meg 2: The Trench (2023)
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| Shit kicks off 65 million years ago in the Cretaceous Period, where a Meg devours a T-rex. |
Not that it makes any sense, but sequence depicts the opening of Steve Alten's original novel Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror.
But wait.
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| Sharkasaurus |
As obscure 2018 comic was released five years before film sequel, shit either plagiarizes novel or is complete coincidence.
Elsewhere in other media.
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| Jurassic World (2015) The Mosasaurus drags the Indominus underwater. |
Which is strikingly similar to:
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| Jurassic Park: Redemption - issue 5 (November 2010) The Mosasaurus drags a Giganotosaurus underwater. |
Mouth POV
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| Meg munching on human fodder is undeniably cool. |
Presenting the deliciously bizarre.
4K Ultra HD editions of Jaws 2 (2023), Jaws 3 and The Revenge (both 2024), employ the same principle.
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| Malibu Shark Attack |
Jaws (2020) is contrary to the rule.
How incredibly DUMB.
Lots of luck you crazy kids.
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| Title in Jaws? |
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| As Quint, Brody and Hooper depart on the Orca, camera pans through jaws. |
But most importantly, did the Chief enjoy the show?
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| YAHA YAHA HA HA HA!!! |
Guess so.
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