Jaws 2 ... ," has become one of the most famous in film history and has been parodied and homaged several times. Although "Jaws 2" received mixed reviews, it is generally considered to be the best of the three "Jaws" sequels. The film was followed by "Jaws 3-D" and "", released in 1983 and 1987, respectively. Prior to a new hotel opening on Amity Island, a great white shark ambushes and kills two divers photographing the wreckage of the "Orca". Their camera, which triggered during the attack, is recovered. The shark then kills a female water skier. The driver fends off the
Jaws (novel) photoshoot for "Good Housekeeping", Kastel requested the model he was photographing to lie on a stool in the approximate position of a front crawl. The oil-on-board painting Kastel created for the cover would eventually be reused by Universal Studios on the film posters. The story of "Jaws" is limited by how the humans respond to the shark menace. The fish is given much detail, with descriptions of its anatomy and presence creating the sense of an unstoppable threat. Elevating the menace are violent descriptions of the shark attacks. Along with a carnivorous killer on the sea, Amity is populated with