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00:02 - There is a genre alive today that has survived
00:05 90 years of evolution, causing people to live in fear.
00:09 Hollywood has created a monster and given it
00:12 the name "sharksploitation."
00:14 - It's because of Jaws.
00:16 - Shark craze, which has gripped America.
00:18 - Suddenly, society developed this massive fear of sharks.
00:22 - Shark mania.
00:23 - Movie that made $100 million, and everybody
00:25 wanted some of that.
00:26 - Our focus was creating a shark.
00:29 - We weren't thinking about what it was going to do to the future.
00:32 - Great whites.
00:32 - Maneaters.
00:33 - Deep blue sea.
00:34 - Shark puss.
00:34 - Sharknado.
00:35 - The shallows.
00:36 - The maggots.
00:37 - Sharks were everywhere.
00:40 - You watch shark movies, you watch shark documentaries.
00:43 This creature is a Hollywood celebrity.
00:45 - The shark is a natural monster in the ocean.
00:48 - Why we are scared when we're standing in three feet of water
00:51 at the shore?
00:52 Sharks.
00:53 - It ignites something in us that makes us feel alive.
00:57 - "Sharksploitation," coming soon on Shudder.
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