Shark Week: Jaws: The Revenge (1987)

Jaws: The Revenge (1987) dir. Joseph Sargent, Universal Pictures

While Shark Week will go on for a few more days, this is the end of Universal's Jaws series. We saw the magnificence of Spielberg, the mediocrity of part 2, and the moronic in three dimensions. How would part 4 handle the saga of the Brody clan?

Shark Week: Jaws 3-D (1983)

Jaws 3-D (1983). Dir. Joe Alves, Alan Lansburg Productions/MCA Theatricals/Universal Pictures

What began as Jaws 3, People 0 (vetoed by none other than Steven Spielberg himself) and quickly changed to cash in on the 3D craze that briefly took over cinemas in the early 80's we have...a film that has a shark at least.

Shark Week: Jaws 2 (1978)

Jaws 2 (1978) dir. Jeannot Szwarc, Zanuck/Brown Company/Universal Pictures

When Jaws hit the big screen, things changed. Prior to that, the summer was considered the dumping ground for bad movies, a rest stop before the endless tours of the drive-in circuit. Jaws blew everything out of the water. So, with the receipts in a sequel made sense.

Shark Week: Jaws (1975)

Jaws (1975) dir. Steven Spielberg, Zanuck/Brown Company/ Universal Pictures


Far be it from me to ignore a trend, and with today being the first official day of Shark Week, why not celebrate with a week of shark films? And why not start things off with arguably the first killer shark film? Or at least the most influential.

Masters of Horror: H.P. Lovecraft's Dreams in the Witch House

"H.P. Lovecraft's Dreams in the Witch House." Masters of Horror. Showtime, 4 November, 2005.

Jumping ahead some decades, we see the anthology series Masters of Horror. The idea was pretty sweet; have a bunch of horror directors/creators focus on one episode each. Sometimes classic stories were told while others did original work. Several of the directors from my horror countdown graced the series too but we'll address those episodes another day, but for this episode they brought in frequent guest here Stuart Gordon to tackle a Lovecraft adaptation.

Night Gallery: Cool Air

"Cool Air." Night Gallery. NBC, 8 Dec. 1971

Here we end our look at Mr. Serling's sophomore effort, with the first ever adaptation of Lovecraft's "Cool Air"

Batman (1966)

I was going to do a in-depth review on every episode on this series, but honestly everyone else seems to have this idea first, so I'll focus more on the series in general.

Night Gallery: Pickman's Model

"Pickman's Model." Night Gallery. NBC, 1 Dec. 1971

And here we have the first proper adaptation of a Lovecraft story for the series, albeit with a few minor tweaks to the overall frame.

Night Gallery: Professor Peabody's Last Lecture

"Professor Peabody's Last Lecture." Night Gallery. NBC, 10 Nov. 1971

Moving more into the realm of television, the works of Lovecraft have made it to air a few times, most notably on Rod Serling's follow up to the Twilight Zone, Night Gallery.

Re-write the Book: Jamison

Dusting brings up stuff and in this case we find one of the few comedic managers from the WWF.