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The Jaws of Death

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Jaws of Death (1977)

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Sheer Terror! Filmed without the benefit of cages or mechanical sharks to offer protection!

Vietnam vet Richard Jaeckel sets out to aid his shark friends when he discovers they're being exploited by aquarium owners in this film, also known as Mako: The Jaws of Death.

Mako: The Jaws of Death is a 1976 thriller film directed by William Grefe. The film is about a brooding loner who accidentally learns that he has a telepathic and emotional connection with sharks. He eventually rebukes society and sets out to protect sharks from people. The film was set and shot on location in Key West, Florida. This film is one of the first in the wave of films that sought to capitalize on the popularity of the 1975 feature film, Jaws. "Mako: The Jaws of Death", with its sympathetic portrayal of sharks as the real "victims" of human exploitation, is notable in the maritime horror genre for having depicted the sharks as the heroes and man as the villain.

Sonny Stein, who is played by Richard Jaeckel, learns while working as a marine salvager in the Philippine Islands, that he has a connection with Mako sharks, and is given a medallion by a Filipino shaman. Becoming alienated from society, Stein lives alone in a small stilt house offshore of Key West, Florida. He develops an ability to telepathically communicate with sharks. He then sets out to destroy anybody who harms sharks. People enter into his strange world to exploit his abilities and his shark "friends," including an unethical shark research scientist and a morbidly obese strip club owner (Buffy Dee) who wants to use a shark in his dancers' acts. Stein then uses these sharks to get revenge on anybody he considers a threat.[1]

Willard meets JAWS by way of Aquaman in this offbeat horror outing from the director of 1972's snaky Stanley.
Sonny (Jaeckel) just loves sharks. In fact, he digs them so much he develops an unnatural connection with his subjects of study, establishing a method of communicating with the voracious fish and sharing in their emotions.

But when a group of fisherman set out to exploit the sharks, Sonny & his gilled friends take bloody revenge!

Low production standards hamper the effort's final grade, but worth a watch for shark thriller lovers.

Release Date: July 1976

Distrib: Cannon Films

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