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

Believe it or not Jaws was so popular it lead to imitations.
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[@Sam-lm8gi]

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

[@ianfindly3257]

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

[@cyryc]

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]

*Agreed*

[@SwampPerson]

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

[@c0s.m3]

I love this film

[@ezekielamaterasu3462]

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]

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]

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]

@@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]

I wanted the Orca to win so bad.

[@jamessullivan4391]

Effed me right up too.

[@amateurastronomer9463]

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

[@brockbaby]

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

[@fernandomaron87]

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

[@dumbcat]

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

[@robertparks7233]

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

[@user-fe8gx3ie5v]

Humans can't change genders. Get therapy.

[@wednesdaygeckok.7899]

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]

Want. Want badly.

[@EverettDudgeon138]

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

[@flobbergassy]

@@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.

[@GoGojiraGo]

"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]

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

[@dougjones3305]

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

[@mrgodzillaraptors8632]

The ants are sus

[@kolonarulez5222]

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

[@deboralee1623]

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]

Now I know not to have too many picnics

[@avex13]

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.

[@lavo-ld4wm]

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

[@HorribleGamingFun]

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]

@@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]

I must say jaws was only a little bit better

[@lavo-ld4wm]

@@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]

@@lavo-ld4wmbut I can

[@DarkmanPoe]

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]

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

[@kidnostalgia]

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.

[@philoshaughnessy906]

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

[@tonydecker1263]

Piranha was an underrated classic

[@austintrousdale2397]

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]

@@austintrousdale2397 yes a Roger cormin classic!!!

[@j.p.holiday8899]

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

[@TheRivrPrncess]

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

[@tonydecker1263]

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

[@davidvitan3590]

I'm sorry but Piranha 2010 is absolutely amazing

[@bejammin2000]

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

[@probablynotmyname8521]

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.

[@Yo.Hannes]

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

[@nignamedmutt7270]

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]

Cannibal holocaust

[@user-cr4pz5yg7y]

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

[@Yo.Hannes]

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

[@hypnotised-clover]

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

[@robwalsh9843]

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]

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

[@NatYourAverageNerd]

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

[@theoneeyedartist3253]

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

[@Chasmodius]

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).

[@zvonimirgrabic7802]

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.

[@coleslaw1196]

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

[@TheBadMovieBible]

Saving it for the sequel!

[@hopperjohn7207]

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.

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

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.

[@walterfechter8080]

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

[@TheBadMovieBible]

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

[@195511SM]

I remember seeing that at a drive-in.

[@joejupiter4138]

Ernie Hudson makes everything better.

[@ianfindly3257]

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]

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]

@@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.

[@orabera]

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

[@thesaltyfrog]

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

[@squash2097]

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]

Thanks kindly!

[@wadewilson8011]

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

[@squash2097]

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

[@bauz5565]

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_]

In the movie they say that the ants are poisonous

[@creepyskulldini581]

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.

[@erikramaekers63]

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

[@hopingstare8980]

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

[@jasonsantos3037]

Snakes did nothing wrong 🐍

[@roostthecockatiel5227]

Me too, they eat the rodents that ruin our crops

[@darkangelw8472]

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

[@cinemahobby7418]

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

[@chriscraven9335]

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

[@alisdairmckenzie]

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.

[@195511SM]

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

[@julietfischer5056]

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]

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]

@@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]

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

[@ititself5603]

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]

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

[@ititself5603]

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

[@thatcreepyberdinthecorner1097]

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

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

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!

[@AndreNitroX]

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

[@minaverry]

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]

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

[@minaverry]

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

[@Pooby1000]

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

[@theantithesis1]

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

[@sonrouge]

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

[@TheBadMovieBible]

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

[@SellavinAtoms]

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.

[@julietfischer5056]

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]

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

[@richatom71]

The Car is brilliant !!

[@cicitrek]

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]

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.

[@zali13]

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]

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]

calm down

[@sethwick8348]

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

[@aaronhenderson84]

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

[@karlmoles6530]

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

[@bluegrasslass]

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

[@pdw8635]

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

[@erikramaekers63]

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

[@chinabluewho]

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

[@0311Mushroom]

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

[@yanikkunitsin1466]

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

[@reptilerestaurant6168]

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

[@PhantomBugler]

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]

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 🤔😢😆

[@mciddangelo9790]

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.

[@traumgeist]

The car used in the filming of The Car is a Barris custom and looks really cool. If it weren't for Barris' involvement the film wouldn't be watchable.

[@grimmations9603]

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

[@robwalsh9843]

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]

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.

[@MrBuch169169]

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]

Glaring omission right there.

[@HorribleGamingFun]

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]

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]

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

[@1marilynable]

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

[@martinradcliffe4798]

Cruel Jaws takes some beating for willful ineptitude.

[@sgerald]

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

[@alexandriasanders9499]

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

[@SuperXAsh]

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

[@Dlatsch1]

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]

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

[@erikbritz8095]

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.

[@stevenclancy6483]

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]

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

[@Football__Junkie]

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

[@fisheyenomiko]

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

[@ScotsGal]

Razor back was a great movie

[@Yaksniffer2]

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

[@brockbaby]

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

[@lutherheggs451]

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

[@hneugiii1245]

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

[@dicksmith3163]

At the end you show a scene where Gamera is shown swinging on a gymnastics bar. That took that scene from ' Gamera VS Guiron which was released in 1969.

[@TheBadMovieBible]

The Gamera movie I was talking about is kind of a clip show, so that bit's in both.

[@arneophyte3672]

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

[@raydrecker1883]

I didn’t see mentioned: The Edge, with Alec Baldwin and Anthony Hopkins. Classic!

[@idkaboutthisfuckoffyoutube1041]

Deep rising 12 days of terror and lake placid crawl have to be some of my favorites

[@Garsons-oq4lh]

Jaws without a doubt spawned a regrettable cycle in films.

[@karlmoles6530]

The Deep is one of my favorite movies.

[@stefanlaskowski6660]

Jacqueline Bissett. Wet t-shirt. 'nuff said. 😁

[@aliashensel999]

Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds will always be the funkiest horror soundtrack.

[@CidsaDragoon]

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

[@Blackhawk19892]

I find it kind of strange Jaws-sploitation became a thing. Yes it's nice and streight forward to knock off script wise but filming under and arround water is a pain even for a high budget project. All the times we got 'Jaws but in the woods' too. Did we ever get Jaws but in the Arctic? A giant polar bear or something?

[@etangbose4755]

Surely theres a movie called polar bear

[@geoffshaw346]

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]

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

[@ganglabesh]

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

[@SimonMordue]

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]

​@@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]

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👍🤓😨

[@hueyiroquois3839]

I heard about a "Jaws" parody called "Flaws". It was full of plot holes.

[@SJT929496]

How could you forget Lake Placid? It is a classic.

[@jenkelley8097]

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

[@MrPlannery]

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

[@BrettonFerguson]

@21:45 It's Doc Brown from Back To The Future. They should have had his line be "Great Scot! This type of piranha vanished off the face of the Earth over two million years ago."

[@johns8369]

The absolute deadpan delivery of comedic lines makes Rob Hill one of Britain's true national treasures.

[@charlesman8722]

RAZORBACK: dangerous or DEAD.

[@kongshow6229]

I now want to watch more of these than is good for me...thank you, I think! (though Alligator, Grizzly and several others already reside in my shiny disc collection).

[@andysalter7192]

Alligator scared the crap out of me as a kid! And I have to admit I love Piranha 3D......

[@reverendtos4271]

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

[@emmetsheehan859]

Best video yet! Love to see more

[@TheBadMovieBible]

Thanks a lot!

[@variaphora]

This is excellent content. Thank you.

[@TheBadMovieBible]

Thanks for the encouragement!

[@slenderguy2342]

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

[@indumatipngtuber2790]

The best Jaws parody is clearly Sharknado.

[@jhors7777]

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.

[@duaneb6943]

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]

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

[@Holgast]

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

[@tigerheart3824]

Love The Car. A magnificent bit of hokum with a truly terrifying ‘monster’.

[@jtmichaelson]

Ironically, your videos are brilliant works of art. A masterclass of KZbin video making. Your subject matter only elevates your works to a high standard of video making. Consider yourself a genius that would've made Kubrick proud.