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Great White Death: When Jaws Met Faces of Death
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What happens when Jaws meets Faces of Death? You get Great White Death, a bizarre 1981 documentary featuring real shark attacks, actual survivors and shocking footage.
Narrated by Hollywood legend Glenn Ford, Great White Death took the terror of Jaws and combined it with the disturbing, exploitation-style presentation of Faces of Death. But unlike Hollywood's fictional shark thrillers, this film drew on real encounters with some of the ocean's most feared predators.
In this episode of Dark Outdoors, Chester Moore revisits this obscure and unsettling documentary, explores the real-life horror behind its most disturbing sequences and examines its surprising conservation message.
How much was authentic, how much was sensationalized and why did this strange film leave such a lasting impression?
Discover one of the most bizarre chapters in shark documentary history.