History NightmareFuel / Jaws

** The MurdererPOV as the shark zooms in on, but inexplicably, mercifully swoops past Michael and heads out to sea. To think that he was literally only inches away from death. . .
** Michael goes into shock, and he's barely conscious when his friends drag him onto the beach. His mother cries over him, fearing that he's dead. Brody reassures her that he'll be fine, but there's a cut to him in the hospital with his parents promising him all the ice cream he wants. He doesn't have a physical scratch on him, but the trauma was very strong.

* A subtler example: Brody goes to the morgue to examine Chrissie's body. The coffin the mortician pulls out is ''about half the size of a normal human body'', looking more like a cake box than a coffin. [[FridgeHorror Let that]] [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe sink in]].
* The bit where the two fishermen try to catch the shark. The dock they're on collapses, dragging one of the men out to sea. As he shakes himself loose and begins to swim back to shore, the piece of dock that the shark is still attached to stops and ''turns around'' and begins pursuing him. What makes this moment so terrifying is that at this point, we get a ThemeMusicPowerUp. Only his friend's constant encouragement of "Take my word for it, ''don't look back''! Swim, Charlie, ''swim''!" saves his life. Then the music intensifies into a fast beat as if the shark is accelerating after Charlie and getting closer. Even as Charlie reaches the dock he can't find purchase on the slippery surface as the dock comes in fast towards him as he screams "I can't get up! I can't get up! Help me! Help me!" Had the other fisherman not pulled him out he would have seen the shark lunge forward and devour him. You can almost sense the shark's disappointment that his prey has eluded him. There is also some BlackComedy as once ashore Charlie groans [[BrickJoke "Can we go home now?"]]

** Making Hooper's reaction even more effective and frightening is how slightly delayed it is. He's so in shock by the abruptness of the dismembered head that his brain takes a while to even process this terrifying new information.

** Brody tells Michael that he can go on his sailboat, but go to the pond and not the open water. He reasons that if the shark reappears, it won't go into a small estuary. Then an artist screams, "SHARK! SHARK! SHARK IN THE POND!" Brody is prepared to investigate halfheartedly if it's another hoax, before his wife reminds him, "[[WhamLine Michael's in the pond]]." Those words strike instant fear in him; Brody's power-walk becomes a full-on sprint and he screams if someone has a gun. He nearly sees his son eaten alive.
** Credit to the parents, they do what they can to rescue their kids, and a HeroicBystander group. There is also a group of people frozen in fear, watching as the telltale fin slices through the water, and shouting.

** On a minor note, Hooper has a knife on him that he uses to fight the shark, and blood sprays up from the shark. For somebody who's not looking carefully enough, many people could mistake that for HOOPER GETTING BIT.
* Quint slowly being killed by the shark is both nauseating and horrifying. The experienced shark-hunter slowly slides down the length of his boat, incapable of preventing his descent. There's also the fact that we know we are watching his absolutely worst nightmare coming true. The once fearless and excitable fisherman now looks absolutely terrified as he desperately kicks to prevent himself from going into the beast's jaws. Then we see the shark's teeth biting right into his stomach and all the blood spilling out from his body painting the water red. Throughout the last 15 seconds, you can also hear his spine breaking as poor Quint lets out '''EAR-SPLITTING ''SCREAMS'' ''' of agony as he chokes on his own blood. Those are NOT screams of terror, but the sound of inhumane '''''PAIN''''', like an animal being ground by a hay bailer.
** Brody's reaction to Quint's death. He almost manages to save him, but Quint's hand slips from his grasp. When he sees Quint in the shark's mouth, he looks absolutely horrified.

* Everything after Quint's death, imagine being alone on the mast of a sinking boat, and knowing the only thing saving you from being devoured alive is a one in a million shot. And unlike the previous attacks where the shark leaves you alone for awhile, the shark rams through the side of the sinking boat at Brody very unexpectedly.
* A DeletedScene [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RFcl6xHri4 makes the estuary attack even worse]], where the shark goes after Michael whilst it has the first boater in its jaws, and at first Michael ends up in the boater's grip. The boater is thrashing while bleeding from the mouth, and Michael can't move at all, all while it seems like the shark is trying to find a way to fit Michael in its mouth, too. In the end, either the boater dies and his grip slackens, or he uses the last of his strength to push Michael away to safety before being dragged underwater and ripped to pieces. You can see why it was cut, with the production crew saying [[EveryoneHasStandards it was too horrifying to use]], including the stuntman involved.
* The attack on Alex Kintner was originally going to be even ''more'' gruesome and terrifying. Originally, it was planned that the shark would rise from the depths and gobble up Alex in plain sight. It was scrapped for being too graphic, and the film went with a NothingIsScarier approach where the attack isn't clearly shown. However, the scene ''was'' filmed at some point, and there's [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CEQQ9N8XIAICoFi.jpg:large a truly creepy picture showing what it would have looked like]].

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* A subtler example: Brody goes to the morgue to examine Chrissie's body. The coffin the mortician pulls out is ''about half the size of a normal human body'' looking more like a cake box than a coffin. [[FridgeHorror Let that]] [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe sink in]].

* A subtler example: Brody goes to the morgue to examine Chrissie's body. The coffin the mortician pulls out is ''about half the size of a normal human body''. [[FridgeHorror Let that]] [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe sink in]].

* A subtler example: Brody goes to the morgue to examine Chrissie's body. The coffin the mortician pulls out is ''about half the size of a normal human body''. [[FridgeHorror Let that]] [[EatenAlive sink in]].

* A subtler example: Brody goes to the morgue to examine Chrissie's body. The coffin the mortician pulls out is ' 'about half the size of a normal human body' '. [[FridgeHorror Let that]] [[EatenAlive sink in]].

* The search for Ben Gardner aboard his boat is one of the most frightening jump scares ever put to film. When Hooper goes into the ocean to investigate the hull of Gardner's seemingly abandoned boat, he discovers a shark tooth embedded in one of the holes of the boat. When he takes a closer look into the hole, the [[PeekABooCorpse severed head of Gardner]] (missing an eye) suddenly shows up with a terrifying shriek, scaring both Hooper and the audience. Creator/StevenSpielberg reshot that scene during post-production to make it into a JumpScare because he wanted to add "one last scream" into the film [[NightmareFuel And it was definitely effective]]!