About this episode

The episode discusses the film 'Orca: The Killer Whale' and its themes of grief and vendetta, challenging its reputation as a Jaws knockoff.

Throughout June we'll be highlighting thalassophobia and the fear of deep waters. This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie are going underwater, or rather, we're getting pulled into it. We're covering a film that has spent nearly 50 years being dismissed as a Jaws knockoff and deserves considerably better than that. Orca: The Killer Whale is not a film about a shark. It is a film about grief, vendetta, and the specific kind of reckoning that arrives when you destroy something that was capable of loving what you destroyed. Kick Watch Parties (Tues/Thurs 7:30PM PT on discord) Join our community on Discord: bit.ly/handlewithscare

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