Tintorera

For the Portuguese wine grape, see Tintorera (grape).
Tintorera
US theatrical poster
Directed byRené Cardona Jr.
Written byRené Cardona Jr.
Produced byGerald Green
StarringSusan George
Hugo Stiglitz
Andrés García
Fiona Lewis
Jennifer Ashley
CinematographyRamón Bravo
Music byBasil Poledouris
Production
companies
Distributed byUnited Film Distribution Company
Release dates
  • April 7, 1977 (1977-04-07) (Mexico)
  • August 10, 1977 (1977-08-10) (Sweden)
Running time
  • 126 minutes (Mexico)
  • 85 minutes (Sweden)
CountriesMexico
United Kingdom
LanguageSpanish

Tintorera is a 1977 Mexican-British[1][2] horror film directed by René Cardona Jr. and starring Susan George, Hugo Stiglitz, Fiona Lewis and Andrés García.[3] It is based on the novel of the same name by oceanographer Ramón Bravo, who studied the species of shark known as 'tintorera' (a 19-foot (5.8 m) shark) and discovered the sleeping sharks of Isla Mujeres. The film, along with many monster movies of the 1970s and 1980s, is very similar to Jaws.[4] It is also known by the alternative title Tintorera: Killer Shark.

Quentin Tarantino paid tribute to this movie at the eighth Morelia International Film Festival, showing a copy from his private collection.[5][6]

  1. ^ Denis Gifford (April 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge, 2016. ISBN 9781317740629.
  2. ^ John Pym (2002). Time Out Film Guide. Penguin Books, 2002, p. 1229. ISBN 9780140294149.
  3. ^ John Kenneth Muir (22 November 2012). Horror Films of the 1970s. McFarland, 2002, p. 513. ISBN 9780786491568.
  4. ^ Amber E. George; J. L. Schatz (27 April 2016). Screening the Nonhuman: Representations of Animal Others in the Media. Lexington Books, 2016, p. 124. ISBN 9781498513753.
  5. ^ "Quentin Tarantino Presents". moreliafilmfest.com/. 21 October 2010. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  6. ^ "Quentin Tarantino presenta "Tintorera" en el 8° FICM". youtube.com/. Retrieved August 14, 2016.