Blake Lively goes up against a great white shark in the squirm-inducing 'The Shallows' trailer

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"The Shallows."

Summer movies have long played with our fear of the water, going back to "Jaws" in 1975.

And the latest in the genre pits Blake Lively against a really hungry great white shark. 

In "The Shallows," Lively plays a surfer on a secluded beach who suddenly encounters a great white shark. Though she is only 200 yards from shore, the shark won't let her get there. Leading to a battle of wills for her to survive. 

Watch the graphic trailer below. The movie opens June 29.

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