By the time Roy Schieder, Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw do finally track down the shark, audiences are so on edge about it, the payoff of finally getting a good look at the shark is incredible, even if the special effects and the robot shark seem a little dated.
One of the scariest things about Jaws is how you actually very rarely see the shark in the film.
The very THOUGHT of a killer Great White like the one in Jaws is enough to scare the wits out of most people.
It’s still one of the scariest monsters in movie history.