‘Jaws’ Was Almost Even Scarier: Deleted Scenes Show Bloody, Violent First Cut

Jeff Pfeiffer June 20, 2025, 11:26 am

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photo illustration based off the 1975 movie 'Jaws,' included with an article about scenes deleted from the movie for being too violence. The Image is centered by the large great white shark seen underwater, with its mouth widely agape and aimed toward the surface. Around this image, juxtaposed with the blue water, is red smears and blood spots. — Photo illustration by Colton Tisdall

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I don’t know if the Motion Picture Association’s (MPA) rating system was more lenient in the 1970s, or if audiences were tougher in terms of content they found objectionable for children to see — or both — but it is still kind of crazy to look back at the sorts of movies that were given merely a PG rating back when I was discovering them as a kid. Like Jaws, which was released 50 years ago today, on June 20, 1975.

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