The legend dates back to the Spanish conquest of South America. Legend and its effects Īccording to folklore, a pishtaco is an evil monster-like creature-often a stranger and often a white man-who seeks out unsuspecting natives to kill them and abuse them in many ways. Some parts of the Andes refer to the pishtaco as kharisiri, or ñakaq, or lik'ichiri in the Aymara language. Pistaku, Peruvian Retablo, Ayacucho.Ī pishtaco is a mythological boogeyman figure in the Andes region of South America, particularly in Peru and Bolivia. For the hoax about a Peruvian gang suspected of trafficking in human fat, see Pishtacos.
It’s been open season for shark movies in Hollywood ever since, and in the ensuing decades we’ve gotten camp classics ( Sharknado!), modern hits ( The Shallows!), the lovable ( Deep Blue Sea!), and the very much not-so ( Ghost Shark!).This article is about a South American mythological figure. It buoyed the summer season out of the doldrums and turned it into a big-budget movie destination, while instilling a real fear of deep water for a whole generation. His 1975 masterpiece Jaws, infamous in almost destroying the young auteur mentally and professionally, would become the first-ever blockbuster. Here was a lesson most people would take wisdom from (sharks, even the ones you make up, are not to be trifled with), but it takes a certain cavalier breed to make it as a director, forging ahead where others spectacularly failed.Įnter Steven Spielberg. Our love/hate cinematic relationship with sharks began with directing legend Samuel Fuller and his aptly titled Shark! in 1969, a movie which effectively killed his career for a decade, until 1980’s The Big Red One. But that’s only if you want to take in the full awesome glory of earth’s bitiest avenger: the shark! It’s the only apex predator we humans have cleared time from our busy schedule to pay humble tribute to (we’ve certainly never heard of Sperm Whale Week), Rotten Tomatoes likewise took the time to put together our list of the best shark movies (and the worst) ever - all ranked by Tomatometer. (Photo by WB /Courtesy Everett Collection) Best Shark Movies (And Worst) Ranked by Tomatometer
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