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  • Sharksploitation Examines Jaws’ Effect on Pop Culture—and Swimming

    Sharksploitation Examines Jaws’ Effect on Pop Culture—and Swimming

    Before Jaws, most beachgoers didn’t worry about getting chomped by sharks. After Jaws, it’s all anyone could think about—and Hollywood, as well as the international film industry, took notice, capitalizing with so many rip-offs a new genre was born. It gets its own spotlight in a new documentary: Sharksploitation. Sharksploitation arrives on Shudder this week,…


  • 15 Movies to Watch After Ghostbusters: Afterlife

    15 Movies to Watch After Ghostbusters: Afterlife

    Ghostbusters: Afterlife will be released to the masses very soon, and considering you probably rewatched at least the original Ghostbusters and maybe even Ghostbusters II as prep, now you need something to watch afterward. No, we don’t have access to a time machine where we get another movie that continues the story from Ghostbusters: Afterlife,…