Blades vs. Jaws: A Pictorial Comparison

About a month or so ago (before Christmas) I saw a Troma Release movie entitled Blades, which is about a country club that’s being terrorized by a man-shredding, wild... lawnmower. Yes, a lawnmower has run amok and it’s turning the golf course into a bloodbath so it’s up three people to hunt down and destroy this renegade machine before more people get killed. Does it sound familiar? It should. It’s sounds an awful like the movie Jaws, don’t it? Just replace the country club with a beach and the lawnmower with a shark and you got Jaws. Though, it seems everybody already knows that Blades is a parody of Jaws… but to what extent. Because I have so much time on my hands and because I have no life, I have compiled a pictorial list of similarities between the two films. I know I am missing some but I figure from what I have, it will do just fine.

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As I already explained, both movies take place at a tourist trap.

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There is the friendly Roy Scheider character.

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There is the comic relief. Perhaps the writer was making a point that Richard Dryfuss is a bit feminine.

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There is the hardboiled Quint character.

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Both movies have gaudy-dressed managers that insist on staying open despite the series of violent killings.

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A kid innocently dies in both movies.

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A group meeting is called to discuss what will happen.

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There are several instances of false alarms.

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They string up the wrong killer in both films.

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Both films make use of the killer’s perspective.

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The three hunters use some sort of vessel to hunt the “machine.”

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The characters each use markers to lure and pinpoint the killer.

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The Quint characters tell a haunting story that is of importance to the plot.

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The characters try to shoot the killer.

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The Quint characters end up getting eaten from the feet up, while on their backs.

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In each movie the vessel ends up on it’s side.

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The killer ends up exploding at the end.

Again, I know I am missing a couple key similarities like both movies have an old lady slapping the main character because someone close to her was killed, and both have the two main characters cutting the killer open to see what it ate. However, if this isn’t proof enough… check out the movie and you’ll see all the evidence you need. It’s a corny and stupid movie but it will make you want to see Jaws afterwards.