Jaws (1975)

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As great as the shower scene in Psycho was, the opening scene from Jaws may just be the absolute greatest horror scene of all time. The fact that you almost never see the shark for the most of the movie allows the film’s terror to really sink in. The actors are all great. The characters are very realistic. They feel like average guys. Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, and Robert Shaw have great chemistry and they are very memorable together. One of the best, creepiest scenes is one where the three are sitting in the boat, and they just have this discussion that reveals so many layers with these characters have, especially Robert Shaw’s Quint. When you watch the movie, you see something in him that you know isn’t quite right. When you finally see the shark, the tension actually builds, as opposed to dissipating, like most other movies would. It’s a horror classic, to say the least. 

10 / 10