News

Instead of actually seeing the shark attack poor Chrissie Watkins (Susan Blacklinie, who just passed in 2024, according to THR), the film’s terrifying opening scene shows the young woman being ...
The film opens with the first attack, which shows Chrissie Watkins (Susan Backlinie) running out to sea after a night out but never returning.
Steven Spielberg's Jaws, released 50 years ago, may have been about a killer great white shark on the hunt off of Amity Island, but the heart of the film is undoubtedly its cast of characters who made ...
Susan Backlinie, a Forest Hill High grad, talked Steven Spielberg into making her the shark's first victim in 'Jaws.' ...
Jaws just broke a viewership record on TV fifty years after it premiered in theaters. Here's what we know.
Visitors experience the shark’s first attack through production objects, set photography, and an interactive recreation of the sand dune where the movie’s first victim, Chrissie Watkins, is ...
In honor of 50 years of 'Jaws', Pat Jankiewicz shares 50 facts about one of the most important horror films in cinema history.