Directed by:
William GirdlerCinematography:
William L. AsmanComposer:
Robert O. RaglandCast:
Christopher George, Andrew Prine, Richard Jaeckel, Joan McCall, Joe Dorsey, Kathy Rickman, Harvey Flaxman, Mary Ann Hearn, Sandra DorseyVOD (1)
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Following the worldwide impact of Jaws in 1975 directors and producers were fast to cash-in on the success of the Steven Spielberg terror-trendsetter and to instigate a short-lived sub-genre of killer animal movies. Perhaps the most successful of all was 1976's Grizzly which took in mega-money upon its release and had audiences glued to their seats and avoiding natural parks for the foreseeable future! Starring the Great Christopher George and directed by the genius exploitation master William Girdler, Grizzly traces the bloody rampage of the titular animal who is chomping, tearing and terrorising innocent campers and showcasing a case of insatiable hunger. If Jaws is the ultimate killer shark flick then Grizzly is the world's greatest marauding-mammal movie. (88 Films)
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It’s stupid, for today’s standards, but also in any other era. Good animal horror movies are few and far between and this one is not among them.
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I will not rate Killer Grizzly completely negatively and give it an average rating. This is because the film is forty years old and hasn't aged all that much. You get the feeling that the creators, even though they had quite limited resources, did their best to awaken at least a bit of tension or some other emotions in the viewer. And here and there they even succeeded. So, I'm giving it an average rating out of a bit of leniency.
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