Indeed this is one of the greatest films ever made. I started watching horror movies at age 4. Freddy and Jason movies I laughed through even when I was as young as 8 years old, but this movie, this scared the heck out of me. To this day I get nervous every time I enter the water at Hampton Beach.

I think it's partly so great because Spielberg was still finding his feet, and knew this movie could make or break him.