Eh...it wasn’t about the Shark, really, was it? It was the expectation of when it would appear from the deep!
Just like the movie “Aliens”...they didn’t show them all the much, but having them just out of sight coming for you with malignant intent was enough to make you squirm!
I meant “Alien” not “Aliens”...
They showed them a lot in “Aliens”, but not so much in “Alien” and that was a pretty scary movie.
Yeah, it was the dread. Where is it?
It’s funny how two of the scariest movies ever are so scary because of prop failures. We hardly see the alien in Alien because they just couldn’t manage to make it not look like a guy in a rubber suit. So you get the bits. Probably the worst aspect of CGI is now you can do anything, so they do. Amazing creativity comes from “this prop sucks, how do we deal with it?”
***It was the expectation of when it would appear from the deep!***
Yeah, we all knew it was a mechanical shark but still got a thrill when it poked it’s head up during the chumming scene!
I still enjoy that scene!
Reminds me of when we were over on Lake Tenkiller and I saw a rope off the pier in the water. pulling up the rope I suddenly came face to face with the BIGGEST catfish I have ever seen! I let go the rope!