New Documentary SHARKSPLOITATION Explores the Massive Impact of JAWS
Released in 1975, Jaws (directed by Steven Spielberg) will still likely top any list of the best shark-themed horror movies ever made. Now, a new documentary will explore the film’s massive impact on horror and the subgenre it created.
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Variety got the exclusive on Sharksploitation, reporting:
“The movie Jaws had a massive impact on me becoming a filmmaker, and it began my lifelong fascination with sharks,” said director-producer Stephen Scarlata whose documentary Sharksploitation participates in the Frontières co-production market, organized by the Fantasia International Film Festival in tandem with Cannes’ Marché du Film.
Synopsis:
Produced by Stephen Scarlata, Kerry Deignan Roy (Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on the Exorcist), and Josh Miller (Sonic the Hedgehog), the feature-length documentary will delve into the sub-genre of sharksploitation films, from Corman’s 1958 She Gods of Shark Reef to the release of Jaws and the subsequent knock-offs.
Scarlata also told Variety: “I love these films, and with each one I watch, my love grows more vital for the species, and my heart breaks more over the horrors they go through in everyday life, from overfishing to shark finning.” In fact, Nature journal reported in January that “…since 1970, the global abundance of oceanic sharks and rays has declined by 71% owing to an 18-fold increase in relative fishing pressure.”
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