It’s been 43 years since a struggling freelancer’s novel about a small town driven to the brink by an aquatic horror was adapted to film only to become a watershed cultural event that has scared generations away from the beach. Peter Benchley’s Jaws is arguably one of those monumental, genre changing works that has struck a chord with readers and moviegoers alike in a way that very few stories ever will. With imagery, references and characterizations that have rooted themselv

There are moments in life that we look back on and realize how our lives were set on a different course. For me, it was the first time I saw the movie Jaws. I loved it, and I wanted to know as much as I could about the monsters of the deep. I have since learned that sharks are not the monsters that we thought; they are not mindless eating machines. But, as horror movies go, sharks are still super predators, with humans on the menu. Don’t get me wrong, there are times when so