Another method for making the ocean an antagonist is as a hiding place and home for some of the most iconic creatures and monsters in film history, like Jaws. How scary would Jaws have been without a dark sea to hide in? The shark itself terrorized audiences, but a large part of that effect is owed to the ocean which kept it elusively hidden. The ocean creates, conceals, and provides a home for the monstrous antagonists. This is also the case in films like Godzilla, in which the monster uses the ocean as a home from which to terrorize a city. Although Jaws and Godzilla the monster is the primary antagonist, sea monsters are also used sparingly as additional obstacles to the main conflict of the fim. This happens in Pirates of the Caribbean:
