“Jaws” Child Actor Appointed Police Chief on Martha’s Vineyard, Island Where Movie was Shot

In 1975, 9-year-old Jonathan Searle appeared in Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster movie “Jaws.” In the movie, Searle and his real-life brother, Steven, memorably played two pranksters who caused mass panic on the beach after swimming into the ocean with a cardboard fin. … Continue reading

From Blue Water, White Death & Jaws to Katherine the Great White Twitter Shark

In 1971, Blue Water, White Death,  a documentary about great white sharks hit the big screens. I recall the documentary as thrilling and absolutely terrifying.  White sharks were portrayed as monstrous killing machines, swimming in every ocean, ready to gobble us … Continue reading

Sharktopus – Just When You Thought it Was Safe to Watch the Telly

On this the thirtieth anniversary of the movie Jaws,  the SyFy Channel has teamed up with the legendary B-Movie Director, Roger Corman, to produce Sharktopus, a thriller about a Navy-engineered half-shark-half-octopus killing machine which, surprise, surprise gets out of control and starts … Continue reading