Meaning of sharksploitation | Babel Free

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A genre of exploitation films focusing on sharks and shark attacks.

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“Hunky James Caan look-alike Andrés Garcia – the nominal hero who is apparently sponsored by Adidas – became a pin-up of these adventures, appearing in the sharksploitation movie Tintorera! (1977), Tonino Ricci's Cave of the Sharks and in The Bermuda Triangle (1978), with John Huston and Claudine Auger.”

“After their yacht runs aground in Australian waters, four of them decide to swim for land but are soon stalked by a huge great white shark. While the story stutters and starts, sharksploitation fans will lap it up.”

“Spoofing the sharksploitation genre is Ghost Shark 2: Urban Jaws (“And for God's sake, stay out of the water!”).”

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