12 Days of Terror (2004) (TV)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Jack Sholder

Writers (WGA):

Richard Fernicola (book)
Jeffrey Reiner (teleplay) ...

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

Plot:

For 12 days in July, 1916, a shark patrolled the waterways of northern New Jersey. This docudrama is based on Richard Fernicola's account of those days. Other accounts of those 12 days led Peter Benchley to write _Jaws_.

Plot Keywords:

Shark | Shark Attack

Cast

Colin Egglesfield	...	Alex
Mark Dexter	...	Stanley
Jenna Harrison	...	Alice
John Rhys-Davies	...	Captain
Jamie Bartlett	...	Michael Schleisser
Adrian Galley	...	Engel
Colin Stinton	...	Dr. John Nichols
Roger Dwyer	...	Dr. Frederick Lucas
Patrick Lyster	...	Mayor Perillo
Nigel Sweet	...	Murphy
Paul Ditchfield	...	Commissioner Meel
Daniel Kriel	...	Lester Stillwell
Craig Geldenhuys	...	Arnie
David Jeffery	...	Charles
Glen Biderman-Pam	...	Johnny

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for shark attacks.

Runtime:

Netherlands:86 min

Country:

South Africa

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Germany:12 | Finland:K-13

Company:

Discovery Channel

Trivia:

The identity of the responsible shark has never been conclusively proven. While common legend states that a Great White is the sole shark responsible, some scientists think a bull shark might have been responsible for at least the four attacks in the creek; others believe a school of sharks may have been responsible.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: The end credits contain a few misspellings. For instance, the credit 'co-producer' is spelled 'co-producernas' and 'art director' is spelled 'art directorr' (these two examples are right next to each other).

Quotes:

Dr. John Nichols: I'm a fishman.

Twelve Days of Terror

I have been obsessed with great white sharks since I saw Jaws when I was a very small child. I have seen the movie 'Twelve Days of Terror' and read the book as well, and both are utterly fascinating. Like it was said in the book, this incident in 1916 was a 'once in a lifetime' deal. Nothing like this has ever been happened before (and if it did, it was NEVER documented) and probably will not ever happen again, at least not in our lifetimes. I whole heartedly believe that the culprit back in 1916 was a juvenile great white shark. There are scientists that believe it was a bull shark, or a group of sharks. The shark that is on the cover of 'Twelve Days of Terror' was later autopsied and 10 to 15 pounds of human flesh were found inside. There is no doubt that it was a real, true man-eater that attacked all of those people (I believe it was 6 people total, and only one survived.) A shark that preys on humans (which is not a natural food source for sharks of any species) truly, in my opinion is a freak of nature. Very fascinating.