12 Days of Terror2004
“The True Story of the New Jersey Man-Eater.”
Directed by Jack Sholder
The premise
July of 1916 was a time of record heat, a polio epidemic, and a World War in Europe. But beachgoers in New Jersey are threatened by a even greater terror: a shark that has suddenly developed a taste for human flesh. Starting July 1st and lasting over a period of 12 days, the unidentified shark kills four people and seriously injures a fifth before the attacks stop, and threatens New Jersey's thriving tourist industry. Based on true events, and one of the inspirations behind Peter Benchley's Jaws.
Horror Vault's take
The summer of 1916 turns deadly along the New Jersey shore when a shark begins targeting swimmers in a series of shocking attacks spanning nearly two weeks. Set against a backdrop of wartime anxiety, sweltering heat, and a polio outbreak, the film captures the mounting dread of a community caught between denial and disaster. Based on the real-life attacks that would later inspire Peter Benchley's Jaws, this TV movie dramatises one of history's most chilling chapters in shark-human conflict. Coastal calm gives way to creeping terror as authorities scramble and the body count rises.
Content: Shark Attack Violence, Depictions Of Injury And Death
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