Moderately so — Jaws mixes scares with other modes. As a survival film, it scored 6.0/10 for fear, 7.0/10 for atmosphere, and 8.3/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in Jaws?

Jaws has 4 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like Jaws?

Jaws is tagged as survival, creature feature on Watch Darkly. The film's page lists similar horror films selected by curated scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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Jaws

1975 · PG · 2h 4m

The terrifying motion picture from the terrifying No. 1 best seller.

When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled shark hunter embark on a desperate quest to kill the beast before it strikes again.

Plot summary via TMDB

Curator Score

8.3

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

Anchored by atmosphere, light on gore.

Jump scares

Jaws has 4 jump scares. Compare counts

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8.3Overall

Fear6.0

Gore4.0

Atmosphere7.0

Intensity5.0

Genres

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Details

Budget$9M

Box office$476.6M

Directed by

Steven Spielberg

Written by

Carl Gottlieb, Peter Benchley

Cinematography

Bill Butler

Music

John Williams

Starring

Roy Scheider as Brody · Robert Shaw as Quint · Richard Dreyfuss as Hooper · Lorraine Gary as Ellen Brody · Murray Hamilton as Vaughn · Carl Gottlieb as Meadows · Jeffrey Kramer as Hendricks · Susan Backlinie as Chrissie

Production

The Zanuck/Brown Company, Universal Pictures

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