Tag Archives: Killer Shark

Double Feature: The Naked Zoo (1970)/Mako: Jaws of Death (1976)

The third disc in Arrow Video’s He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection matches a reconstructed director’s cut of Grefé’s druggy, campy melodrama The Naked Zoo (1970) with one of his best known grindhouse efforts, the sharksploitation feature Mako: … Continue reading

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Double Feature: Sting of Death/Death Curse of Tartu (1966)

Arrow Video’s new box set He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection, celebrating the career of the Floridian indie exploitation filmmaker behind such films as The Wild Rebels (1967), Willard knock-off Stanley (1972), and Mako: The Jaws of … Continue reading

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Double Feature: Jaws (1975)/Jaws 2 (1978)

To call Jaws (1975) a landmark is an understatement. There is a cultural dividing line of Before Jaws and After Jaws. After Jaws, sharks were the undisputed monsters of the ocean, the prominent shark fin slipping out of the waters … Continue reading

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