Bill Warren wrote:
When Joe Dante was on board to direct the never-made sequel, he heard a story about the killer whale used in the first film.  The animal liked people so much they couldn't induce it to bite Bo Derek on the cast.  So they got a dummy cast and filled it with tuna fish.  Worked like a charm, the whale was delighted.  The problem was now convincing him that not everyone's legs were full of tuna fish....



I love and have most water monster movies on DVD but...
I just can't get worked up by a beautiful Orca Whale.