Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the movies—less than those killed by bee stings.

A. movies—less than those
B. movies—fewer than have been
C. movies, which is less than those
D. movies, a number lower than the people
E. movies, fewer than the ones

OA B

When we have modifier with commas on both sides...we can remove the modifier and check for continuation.

So,
Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark[spoiler], the man-eater of the movies—[/spoiler]fewer than have been .....

This does not sound correct to me...can we assume a comma after shark...after removing the modifier and checking for continuation.

This results in the following modified sentence ->
Only seven people this century have been killed by the great whale, fewer than have been .....


TIA