One part ofJaws' reception includes a milestone that no other horror films have been able to surpass since.
In fact, its record as the highest-grossing horror was not surpassed untilThe Sixth Sensein 1999.
Aside from rarely being the highest-grossing, horror movies are often overlooked during the awards season as well.
Steven Spielberg’s legendary tale of one man’s desperate battle with a killer Great White shark on his small seaside community. Faced with a mounting list of victims and a local authority dead-set against causing panic or destroying the tourist economy, he assembles a team to tackle the shark head-on.