Furia Aesina (1990)
Posted on June 10, 2024 by bandsaboutmovies
June 10: Junesploitation's topic of the day - as suggested by F This Movie- is Sharksploitation! We're excited to tackle a different genre every day, so check back and see what's next.
Of all the movies that came in the wake of Jaws, I may be most fascinated by Tintorera...Tiger Shark. Based on the book by oceanographer Ramón Bravo (who discovered the sleeping sharks of Isla Mujeres and is also the underwater zombie in Lucio Fulci's Zombi), it's as much a shark film as its a softcore movie concerning the three-way relationship between its heroes. It's also the only shark movie I've seen with full frontal male nudity.
Made 13 years after he made Tintorera, this is directed by René Cardona Jr. Mostly, it's about ecological-minded scientists devoted to solving the riddle of AIDS by studying sharks and taking their antibodies. As you can imagine, this makes the sharks more murderous, if that's possible. The film follows one of them and it beeps repeatedly, every time the camera gets close to it, as the Jaws theme plays. I don't even think Joe D'Amato or Bruno Mattei had balls big enough - cojones maybe - to do that.
There's also a BDSM serial killer on the loose, taking one of the scientists and tying her up. All with a Casio demo track synth soundtrack, filled with spandex and butt shots, shot on video and a release straight to home video. Also, Gerardo Zepeda, who plays Pariente in this, had quite the career, appearing in everything from El Topo to Sorceress, Dr. Tarr's Horror Dungeon, Caveman, as the monster in Night of the Bloody Apes and as the Cyclops in Santo and Blue Demon vs. The Monsters.
It's not as good as the original, but the fact that it exists and that I found means so much to me.
Of all the movies that came in the wake of Jaws, I may be most fascinated by Tintorera...Tiger Shark. Based on the book by oceanographer Ramón Bravo (who discovered the sleeping sharks of Isla Mujeres and is also the underwater zombie in Lucio Fulci's Zombi), it's as much a shark film as its a softcore movie concerning the three-way relationship between its heroes. It's also the only shark movie I've seen with full frontal male nudity.
Made 13 years after he made Tintorera, this is directed by René Cardona Jr. Mostly, it's about ecological-minded scientists devoted to solving the riddle of AIDS by studying sharks and taking their antibodies. As you can imagine, this makes the sharks more murderous, if that's possible. The film follows one of them and it beeps repeatedly, every time the camera gets close to it, as the Jaws theme plays. I don't even think Joe D'Amato or Bruno Mattei had balls big enough - cojones maybe - to do that.
There's also a BDSM serial killer on the loose, taking one of the scientists and tying her up. All with a Casio demo track synth soundtrack, filled with spandex and butt shots, shot on video and a release straight to home video. Also, Gerardo Zepeda, who plays Pariente in this, had quite the career, appearing in everything from El Topo to Sorceress, Dr. Tarr's Horror Dungeon, Caveman, as the monster in Night of the Bloody Apes and as the Cyclops in Santo and Blue Demon vs. The Monsters.
It's not as good as the original, but the fact that it exists and that I found means so much to me.
