As the blockbuster film "Jaws" turns 50, recent shark attacks are making headlines as experts share that increased sightings reflect better technology and more people in water, not more sharks.

When real shark footage was too good not to use in Jaws, Steven Spielberg rewrote the scene it was filmed for, changing the fate of Matt Hooper.

Before the fictional story of a killer shark terrorizing a sleepy beach town, there was the very real summer of 1916 at the ...

A historical society in Matawan is taking people on a tour, sharing the story of the New Jersey shark attack that inspired the film "Jaws" – a classic horror film that turns 50 this year.

Movie fans can jump off the "Jaws" bridge, visit the Gay Head Lighthouse and ride the Chappy Ferry, as they remember key scenes from the 1975 thriller.

The attacks stopped after taxidermist Michaek Schleisser caught and killed an 8ft long, 325lb great white shark while fishing in Raritan Bay, near to Matawan Creek, on July 14.

Fifty years after the release of “Jaws,” filmed across from Woods Hole on Martha’s Vineyard, a great white shark was seen for ...

Steven Spielberg's first blockbuster, "Jaws," also risked being his final film as chaos reigned. But 50 years on, the shark saga still thrills fans.

Steven Spielberg opened up about his disastrous experience filming Jaws as the movie turns 50 on Friday, June 20. “When the film wrapped Martha’s Vineyard, I had a full-blown panic attack ...

There is now a Jaws-style shark mural under the train trestle that the shark swam under to attack Lester Stillwell and Stanley Fisher. 49. The Matawan Historical Society is planning a tour of ...