In 1916, five shark attacks along the New Jersey coast left four people dead and one injured. The rare inland attacks sparked panic, beach closures, and widespread media coverage. The events helped ...

Released in 1975, Jaws is an American thrillerbased on the novel by Peter Benchley, which was released one year prior. The movie, which grossed $477.9 million worldwide on a budget of just $9 million, ...

Peter Benchley has said that his classic novel "Jaws" – which went on to inspire the summer blockbuster starring Richard Dreyfuss – was not inspired by the very real story of the 1916 shark attacks on ...

Pretty soon, though, the director realised that composer John Williams had "found a signature for the entire movie” ...

Believe it or not, it’s been 50 years since the film we all blame for our fear of sharks was released—Jaws, of course. But still to this day, one of its child stars is making a pretty penny off his ...