On June 20, 1975, an up-and-coming young director named Steven Spielberg unleashed a little killer shark movie called Jaws that not only came to define what the summer movie season would become but also inspired a slew of movies about deadly water-based animals. As we celebrate the film’s 50th anniversary with a remastered re-release on Aug. 29, we thought it was a great time to revisit the creature features that followed in its wake.

The first several on this list came about immediately after the success of Jaws , as every studio and director in the land rushed to try and grab box office dollars from moviegoers hungry for more. Some were more successful than others. A lot depended on both the star power and the effectiveness of the monster special effects. A few even used real

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