I remember when Jaws was in the theaters and how sick it made the audience.
People weren’t used to seeing graphic violence in the movies back then. Now they are. I don’t see that as a positive development.
They didn’t see graphic violence in Jaws. They saw graphic AFTER violence but the only graphic violence is the death of Quint. Most of the movies with really violent reputations aren’t actually violent, they imply things and let you fill in the blanks in your head. Your head is much more effective than any director, so people THINK they saw things they didn’t.
I remember the dinosaur eating the cop in THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS. (1952).
And Kong eating the natives in KING KONG(1932).