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These Kids Made a Charming Sequel to ‘Jaws’ in the 1970s
This may be the most charming movie you see all year.
The year was 1978. Three years prior, Steven Spielberg quite literally created the Hollywood summer blockbuster with Jaws, a massive hit that sent audiences running from their local theaters and, needless to say, kept them as far away from large bodies of water as possible. But a group of brave kids didn’t heed the warning. They ventured into the water in the summer of ’78.
Why, you ask? To make their own sequel, of course!
The same year that Chief Brody returned in Jaws 2, Cape Cod teenager Rob Hampton and his friends used their Super-8 camera to make a 4-minute short film set in the Jaws universe. The short was originally filmed with no sound, but now nearly 40 years after it was shot, Hampton has dug up the raw materials from his childhood and dubbed in sounds, a score, and even dialogue.
Hampton describes:
Did you know Chief Brody reads wrestling mags and great whites love fresh water? That’s how the ’70s Kids saw it in this Super-8 sequel to their favorite blockbuster.
Ready to smile? Watch the DIY Jaws sequel below!
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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