Episode 164: Jaws w/ special guest Damian Potesta

Watch If You Dare

Film Reviews, Tv & Film, Film History

5.0 • 548 Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 176 minutes

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To celebrate the 50th anniversary of "Jaws," Damian returns to the show to talk the 1975 masterpiece film directed by Steven Spielberg and adapted from the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. They discuss why "Jaws" is a horror movie first, the effect on merchandise pre-Star Wars, and how it popularized the summer blockbuster. They also get into personal experiences with the movie, the horrors of an uncaring force of nature, differences compared to the book, and many other aspects of the flick. Damian has doll's eyes. Aaron needs a bigger boat. Derek smiles.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/WatchIfYouDareWe are on PodBean, Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Goodpods, Amazon Music, Spotify, iHeartRadio and CastBox. Please rate, review, subscribe, and share our show. Also, check out our Spotify Music playlist, links on our Twitter and Podbean page. Our socials are on Bluesky and Facebook and Twitter @WatchIfYouDare

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0:00.0	Guess what, ghouls and goblins? The spook boys have officially joined Patreon.
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0:32.9	the Spoop Troop today.
1:08.8	Thank you. Boop Troop today. All right, Derek, I think we're just waiting on Damien to get here.
1:09.3	Okay.
1:46.8	By the way, I've never asked you, but where do you get that scar on your neck? On my neck? I thought you're going to talk about the scar in my head. You want to know how I got a broken brain? Well, let me tell you. It all started when I was in middle school and watched 3,000 plus people die on live TV, and then we had a Forever War. And then we had a global pandemic. And then we had the rise of fascism. Yeah, this scar on my forehead. Yeah, that's from fireworks war from shooting bottle rockets at each other. Cool. Nothing to show here. So, anywho. Oh, there's Damien. Perfect timing. All right. So, happy Fourth of July, question mark. Welcome to this episode of Watch If You Dare, a horror movie podcast, in which me, your movie, Monster Boy, Aaron, and my Coward the Coast.
2:01.5	Eric discussed horror movies from all ages, subgenres, et cetera, and talk about how effective
2:08.7	they still are, whether it's for horror junkies like me and our co-host, Damien, returning
2:15.1	to the show.
2:15.9	What up?
2:16.6	Hey, hey, good to see you. What up? Hey, hey.
2:18.4	Good to see you guys.
2:32.3	Or the little baby children like Derek who were afraid of their own shadows when it comes to movies and just wants to dip their toes into the water, afraid of things to jump up and bite them. So, yes, we are finally tackling maybe arguably my
2:39.2	favorite movie of all time. Oh, okay. Wow. That high up. On any given day, you know, some people
2:45.9	have a definite favorite movie. Some people have kind of that rotating list. I have that rotating list,
2:50.7	but I think
2:51.5	on most days you catch me, if just gun to head, I would tell you, Jaws is probably my favorite movie.
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