Hollow_Man Horror always manages to find the secret fears of a generation, and this snapshot of the dying tail of the 70's senses something dangerous in the waters the fashionably hedonistic elite had jumped into - beautiful beaches, frank sex, blue waters, and an all devouring emptiness swimming up from beneath, all teeth and dark eyes.Three times in this film main characters decide they will enjoy a rational, comfortable, idyllic, liberated and jealousy free relationship, and each time their relationship is torn apart by... well, a big shark. As a metaphor goes it's a bit on the nose, but as a stand in for all the messy jealousies, rivalries, hurts and disease that circle the lifestyle portrayed, a big hungry shark does bring a certain simplicity - it certainly saves on dialogue. The characters may believe they are in paradise, but reality has no such illusions. The disinterest and offhand violence of the characters let's us know all is not right with them, and the world around them reflects these traits back in it's purest form. A hungry fish.None of this is to say this is a GOOD movie, which it is not by any means. It does, however, capture something greater than the "soft core with a shark" tag indicates... which explains the perhaps otherwise inexplicable fact that people still talk about this film today.

BaronBl00d Not with me. What a bad movie! This has virtually nothing to do with sharks but more with the director's voyeuristic desires to be involved with a woman and a man at the same time in a sexual relationship. More on that in a moment. The first killing by the shark happens at the film's 20-23 minute mark. No one even knows the woman dies by the shark. The next death comes at the hour mark. There are two more deaths maybe three by the film's end. We maybe see the shark with all its unimpressive glory about five or 6 times. So what do we get in Tintorera - lots of sexual situations, lots of guys in bikini shorts sipping drinks or sitting on a couch or lounging in a hammock. We get lots of girls bare-chested. We get a bizarre(and sleazy) love triangle with Hugo Stiglitz, Andres Garcia, and Susan George. Garcia is the only one with ANY acting ability. George is pretty if nothing else(and that is all we have here with her). Stiglitz. I have seen this guy in other things and BAD is the first word that comes to my mind. He looks off into to space like he is suppose to have some life-changing angst to deal with. Instead it looks like he is having a bowel movement. He is creepy in every fiber of that word. The film ends abruptly and ridiculously. This is a clumsy attempt to make money on the Jaws craze. It is not poorly done in terms of directorial ability, etc...but in terms of what is done with the resources at hand. I didn't see the point at all. The script is the major problem here with all its inane dialog, and sleaze. Is this the worst movie I have ever seen? by no means. It is just quirky enough to hold your attention, but after awhile you will be scratching your head saying why?, why?. Fiona Lewis is the first girl that dies. She is gorgeous. In fact all the girls are gorgeous which is definitely a nod in favor of this sleazy yet primordially entertaining piece of whatever. It is not a horror film by any definition of mine. By the way, what is with the two female leads both being British? Hmmm.

Michael_Elliott Tintorera (1977) * (out of 4) Shark hunters and best friends Steven (Hugo Stiglitz) and Miguel (Andres Garcia) both start sleeping with the same woman, which causes the men to feud but thankfully she's eaten by a shark so the men pick up Gabriella (Susan George) who is okay with threesomes. Soon the three are having plenty of sex but a mean tiger shark has to ruin all the fun. This Mexican picture was promoted as a JAWS rip-off but it has more in common with some cheap soft-core porn film than anything else. The American version that I watched ran 86-minutes, which is nearly forty-minutes shorter than the complete Mexican version. Typically I try and watch the most complete version of any film but the American cut was all that was available and after viewing it I'm glad I did because another forty-minutes would have had me considering suicide. This is an incredibly horrid film but then again I'm not sure what else one should expect from Cardona who has created some pretty bad flicks. I'm really not sure where to start on this one but I guess the screenplay should get a mention. All the characters are so paper thin that you can't help but not feel for any of them and it's hard to care what happens to them as well. The two men come off as some type of God as women are constantly taking their clothes off for them and you have to wonder why. The men have nothing interesting about them so it's clear that the only reason they're "sex symbols" is so plenty of young women can take their clothes off. The nudity is at an extremely high level as women and men are constantly taking their clothes off and we get countless sex scenes. There's a dance sequence early in the film, which is about as laughably bad as anything Ed Wood did. Another problem with the screenplay is that the relationship of the three characters is so poorly written that you can't help but be bored by everything going on. You might wonder why that aspect of the story should matter but it's because this is 90% soap opera and a very bad one at that. This thing might have been sold as a JAWS rip but it's nothing more than a bad romance film. The shark attacks aren't all that impressive but the trick shots of one scene where our three heroes are attack was pretty well handled. There's a lot of stock footage being used but when we see real sharks it's usually watching them die. If you're dead set against seeing animals killed then it's best to skip this flick as countless sharks are killed on screen. The performances really aren't anything good but George fans will be happy to know she does get naked. As you can tell, pretty much everything in this film is deadly bad but I do respect those who could sit through the 126-minute version. Cardona's direction is so all over the place and it lacks any style or pacing that there's really no need to watch any version of this. Plus, what's up with the breathing sound effects when the shark is coming?

Chase_Witherspoon Mediterranean playboys woo the affections of sexy tourists, and treat them to fun and frivolity aboard their yacht, while a ferocious tiger shark interrupts their sordid interludes. Stephen (Stiglitz) is convalescing aboard a luxury yacht when he meets Miguel (Garcia) a free-loading local who wines and dines the tourists like some sort of male escort. Their initial meeting is curt, but over time they become firm friends. The homosexual undertones between the two characters is interesting depth, and while the issue is never expounded to any degree, the subject of relationships in general is exhaustively displayed here in its most fantastic extremes (the threesome pact with Susan George is examined in jealous detail).Aside from Susan George as the main love interest (there are so many, it's hard to keep track), Fiona Lewis and Priscilla Barnes pop in for a good time, not a long time, just to add some comforting familiarity for non-Spanish speaking audiences. The soundtrack is memorable (a couple of Chanter Sisters disco beats and a nice Carol Connors penned melody sung by Kelly Stevens, "Together Until Goodbye") and the scenery is warm and inviting, but the savagery with which Cardona dispenses dozens of sharks is vulgar and distasteful.Overall, while the all-too-few shark attack scenes look convincing, and the multitude of semi-nude babes are distracting, the film will more than likely be fatally overlong for most audiences. The soft porn-like titillation aspects are also likely to distance the average shark film fan, but it's not quite as explicit as the concept implies. In spite of its flaws, "Tintorera" remains an addictive motion picture, one that seems to improve with each subsequent viewing.