10 Greatest Villain Introductions In Movie History

An introduction so memorable and petrifying, it immediately changed the way you looked at an innocent dip in the sea forever.

Steven Spielberg kicked off the nightmare fuel that was his 1975 seaside thriller Jaws with the visual of a teen going for a splash in the water in the middle of a beach party.

What could go wrong, eh?

Well, as Chrissie Watkins would unfortunately soon find out, she wasn't actually the only thing choosing to go for an Amity Island late-night swim.

Though the creature is never seen during this undeniably intense death at sea - thanks to the fact the animatronic often didn't want to play ball - that still couldn't stop fans from wincing and gasping their way through every one of Watkins' cries as she's repeatedly tugged at by what would later be revealed as a Great White Shark called Bruce.

Folks didn't need to see this monstrous Chrissie-killing fish to know that it was enough of a reason to be on pins for the remainder of the nerve-shredding classic.

With a few masterfully positioned shots from below, some jolting camera movements, and a deeply believable dying performance - aided by Spielberg not letting actor Susan Backlinie know exactly when she was first going to get dragged under (via IB Times) - a new horrifying underwater antagonist was born.