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  • Orca Explained in 1977 Why Killer Whales Are So Angry Today

    Orca Explained in 1977 Why Killer Whales Are So Angry Today

    The towering success of 1975’s Jaws inspired a fleet of rip-offs, and one of the less terrible ones — 1977’s Orca — is suddenly feeling very contemporary, what with all the headlines about killer whales gathering en masse and menacing yachts. While Orca emphasises aquatic drama over science, the mood it captures still feels eerily…


  • The 5 Best Worst Jaws Rip-Offs

    The 5 Best Worst Jaws Rip-Offs

    Jaws was released back in 1975, and we’re still feeling its effects. It helped launch Steven Spielberg’s career, it influenced how we perceive sharks in real life, and it spawned a tsunami of inferior (but often stupidly entertaining) movies about shark attacks. With that in mind, here are our favourite so-bad-they’re-good Jaws wannabes.