Jaws didn't just feast on kids and surfers who dipped into his territory... learn how he nearly destroyed the ENTIRE town of Amity Island!
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While the film version of Jaws puts more of a human perspective on the attacks that took place on Amity Island, the novel tells the tale of a demon rising up from beneath the sea to bring terror upon the community of year-round residents.

Amity Island was a summer community on Long Island's southern shore that saw it's population tenfold during the summer months when it's beaches could be open. Their entire economy hinged on that Fourth of July weekend, using the influx of Independence Day traffic to carry it through each winter.

But one summer, a viscous beast arose on the shoreline, and not only threatened the swimmers looking to catch some New England waves, but nearly derailed the lives of an entire town.

I am of course referring to the titular monster: Jaws (also sometimes known as Bruce in the movie). This 20 foot long great shark was a menace to Amity's summer season, and took numerous victims as snacks along the way.

In this video I'll be covering the entire known history of Jaws, from the initial incident, to the acquisition of a taste for human flesh, the attack too gruesome to include in the movie, and finally, his less-than-glamorous demise.

I'll be looking at the impact Jaws had on the town through a psychological lens. I'll also be teaching how Peter Benchley's depiction of the creature in the book serves as a more realistic illustration -- and discussing how and why Jaws might have done some of the things he did based on information we have about real shark behavior. We'll find out what was realistic and what wasn't as we look back at the entire life of horror's greatest shark.

This will cover the entire known history of Jaws. Please note that this will only analyze the creature as he is written in the book. I will show clips from the 2009 movie as a visual aid, but for the purpose of Horror History, the book is canon!

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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:48 The Town of Amity Island
2:20 First Emergence (Chrissie Watkins)
3:42 The Amity Understanding
4:30 Second Surfacing (Alex Kintner)
6:20 Another Attack (Surfer Incident)
7:22 The Hunt Begins
9:41 Fourth of July Weekend
11:28 A Bigger Boat

About Jaws
Directed by Academy Award® winner Steven Spielberg, Jaws set the standard for edge-of-your seat suspense, quickly becoming a cultural phenomenon and forever changing the way audiences experience movies. When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police (Roy Scheider), a young marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and a grizzled shark hunter (Robert Shaw) embark on a desperate quest to destroy the beast before it strikes again. Featuring an unforgettable score that evokes pure terror, Jaws remains one of the most influential and gripping adventures in motion picture history.

About Horror History
Horror History is a series that analyses specific characters, monsters, places or events in the fictional worlds of your favorite horror franchises.

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Written by Miranda Soppeland. Edited by Andrew Botz-Zapp (‪@ClaudeGnome‬).
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