Jaws (franchise) Jaws (franchise) Jaws is an American natural horror film series that started with a 1975 film that expanded into three sequels, a theme park ride, and other tie-in merchandise, based on a 1974 novel. The main subject of the saga is a great white shark, and its attacks on people in specific areas of the United States. The Brody family is featured in all of the films as the primary antithesis to the shark. The original film was based on a novel written by Peter Benchley, which itself was inspired by the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916. Benchley adapted
Jaws in Japan no nudity and no sex between characters are shown; however, bloody violence occurs in brief scenes. The title's reference to the original "Jaws" film attracted legal attention, with the creators of the Japanese movie having failed to obtain any sort of permission to use that name. Despite the introduction of the "Psycho Shark" title later on, the original name appears to have gained some traction in popular culture and has stuck. The exploitative nature of the movie attracted condemnation from a variety of publications, such as an article in "Vanity Fair" labeling the "rip-off" film worth being "forgotten". Jaws in