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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.
A new documentary explores how Steven Spielberg’s hit reshaped the movie industry 50 years ago and why it resonates today.
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.
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.
No attack. No drama. “These are very curious fish,” Winton said. “They don’t swim around just biting everything they see." ... The shark in 'Jaws' is 25 feet long.
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 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 ...