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Cruel Jaws (1995)

Cruel Jaws poster
Directed by
Bruno Mattei
Genre
drama film, action film, horror film, adventure film, thriller film, suspense film
Country
Italy, United States
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
4.3 of 10 from 106 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A killer shark terrorizes a small Florida beach town. This is an unofficial Italian sequel that uses footage from earlier shark movies.

low-budgetcheesyunintentionally funnyderivativeoutdatedslowclumsytedious

What happens

Cruel Jaws (also known as Jaws 5 and The Beast) is a 1995 English-language Italian horror film directed by Bruno Mattei (under the pseudonym ‘William Snyder’). The film utilizes unauthorized footage from the Jaws film series and the 1981 Italian knockoff The Last Shark, as well as the 1989 Italian knockoff Deep Blood, and was marketed in some regions as a sequel, though it has no official or narrative connections to the franchise. The film was shot in Florida, including at the Theater of the Sea marine theme park in Islamorada. It was released direct-to-video on VHS and DVD in relative obscurity, mostly outside of the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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