Ow, That Shark Bites (1975)
Created and Written by Spencer Green
Rating: ********1/2
Summary
A great white enters the waters of a Long Island resort, brings the rest of the family, buses its kids to school, keeps people up with loud parties. Ominously scary score by David Higgen.
Director
Cast
- Don Krause (Chief Napley)
- Christian Durnion (Slipknot)
Didja Know?
- The original shark was fired for "creative differences," went onto successful career in marketing.
- Sharks generally do not attack people unless their favorite sports teams are mocked. Only a few species of sharks have attacked outright, like the Great White and The Come Closer Human I'm Not Going to Hurt You Heh Heh Heh Shark.
Famous Quotes
- Chief Napley: We're gonna need more anti-shark stuff.
- (in boat's cabin)
Slipknot: We came back after transporting the bomb. Back home. My tour was over. Saw my wife for the first time in four years. Well, we moved out of the city, settled down in Nassau County, had a family like everyone else. Two years passed, three years. Then the sharks came. Quiet at first. We tried to strengthen local housing codes, get rid of decaying rental properties, enforce zoning restrictions. They didn't get the hint. And they started prowling 'round the neighborhood, leavin' a mess on their front yards. I tried to talk with 'em. Seemed friendly enough. Sometimes the noise would go away, sometimes it didn't. You can't reason with them. It says one thing and you look in its eyes and you know it's not listening. Folks started moving away to Suffolk, averaged about five families a month. By the end of the year, we lost three hundred men, women, and children. I kept saying it wouldn't get worse but that's when it was the scariest--knowing it would be our turn to move next. Anyway, we found a nice house in Douglaston so it wasn't too bad.
Critical Views
"You wanna piece of me, shark motherfucker? You wanna piece? Try it!" - Dolphin Digest
