Has anyone out there seen this masterPIECE? I actually read on-line reviews on IMDB that said it was actually pretty gory and action-packed. We have it here at a ma & pa place and i've been tempted to rent it.
Grizzly is probably the most derivative of the Jaws knock-offs. (Which is saying something.) It is fairly gory, and one scene in particular is pretty offensive. Still, if you want a killer bear movie, this is probably the best you're going to do.
I saw "Grizzly" a while back... And "YES," it is a "JAWS" knockoff on land. However, like JAWS it provokes a sort of primal fear because as we all know a Grizzly can easily kill us, much like a Great White Shark. The thrill and fascination with these genre type movies is not so much the gore, but the realization that these creatures could actually exist... Well, not actually, but they do exist in one form or another.
Saw this back in 1976 and it scared the crap out of me. It remains a personal favorite, not really gory in the post Dawn of the Dead/Friday the 13th era way most people consider gory these days, but fun stuff nonetheless and Girdler certainly does not skip on the sauce. Heck its worth watching just for the b-movie casting.
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I saw it years ago. It stinks.
One of the stars is Christopher George. That should tell you something.
I own A DAY OF THE ANIMALS on DVD, which is an equally bad movie by the same director (the late William Girdler).
I don't have any fond memories of Grizzly, but I wouldn't say it was terrible. You could do worse (like the previously mentioned Day of the Animals.)
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DAY OF THE ANIMALS was funnier--I dug when Leslie Nielsen goes wild.
I remember seeing that scene talk about stupid. he bear hugs the bear.
BTW Ken what was the gory and offensive scene you were talking about?
I like it. This has become a traditional movie to watch on New Year's Eve for us. We start it at about eleven, stop to watch the ball ceremony or go outside and fire shotguns (I live in the country, I'm from Iowa, I suppose I'm really just advancing the stereotype, but it's fun), and finish it in the new year.
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I'd guess he's referring to the scene where a small child gets viciously mauled and you see the child's severed leg go flying. Then it shreds the boy's mother. Pretty shocking scene.
I haven't seen "Grizzly" but whenever I think of bears in general I always picture the killing of that guy on Faces of Death by that bear or even better.....
That show where the lady is sitting next to the bear and he takes a hard swipe at her!
I think it was on "When Animals Attack"
Remember that one?
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Yeah my fav. nature-run-amok movie is probably Squirm, good stuff.
damn, that is pretty shocking for it's time!
yes Ash, i very much do remember that "when animals attack" footage, another great examply of tv series to come out the artistic anus of fox. i've heard that bear footage of the man getting mauled in faced of death has been confirmed to be fake, i could be wrong though.
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> damn, that is pretty shocking for it's time!
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No more shocking than when Alex Kintner was shown getting pulled, screaming and thrashing, under the blood filled water in Jaws, which the scene was cloning rather effectively.
Hey, how much is this cheesefest? Its out on dvd? Wanna rip this movie a new one. Warning..Christopher George, warning, Christopher George...
Should have brought his gunjeep from Rat Patrol along..."Saw hello to my friend, Mr. Browning, you maggot ridden floor covering!"
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It's on DVD...the DVD is really bare bones and crappy, though.
jmc wrote:
> It's on DVD...the DVD is really bare bones and crappy, though.
It's basically a copy of the pan and scan Media Home Video edition and nothing else. Considering the movie was shot in the widescreen (2:35:1) it would be nice to see a widescreen DVD of it some time. Maybe they can rope Abby (remember her?) into doing a commentary for it?
I picked up this film tonight, the 2 disc special edition, after having not seen it for many years. Ah, fond memories. Anyway, I do like the film despite being Jaws with a bear. It was still enjoyable, especially thanks to Christopher George, and somewhat gory at a few scenes (horse decapitation, anyone?).
I remember seeing this as a kid in the theater when I was in 4th grade . I thought it was legitimately scary at the time gory too.
Damn, who resurrected this post? It's a trip down memory lane. Chopper, Brother Ragnarok, and Dunners haven't been around in years.
I saw this about a month ago and quite enjoyed it as a landlocked "Jaws" takeoff mixed with a 'monster-on-the-loose' storyline. It never excelled but did provide steady entertainment.
A friend of mine's father was a projectionist at a movie theater in the town where I lived at the time. He and I saw Grizzly I can't say if it was good or bad but I have memories of one of the scenes in that movie. Now I am curious I will have to check netflix
I took my wife to see this one when it came out, while it's not a great film it's pretty good for a "Jaws" knock off. Both films depict something that has a chance, however small, of actually happening to you and this seems to make for a kind of morbid fascination on the part of the movie going public. Surprisingly, according to IMDB "Grizzly" was the most financially successful independent film of 1976, turned a profit of $39 million for the guys who made it.
Quote from: Trekgeezer on December 31, 2008, 07:03:02 PM
Damn, who resurrected this post? It's a trip down memory lane. Chopper, Brother Ragnarok, and Dunners haven't been around in years.
Yeah, that would be me. I didn't want to start a new topic on the movie if one already existed, so I searched to see if there already was one, and since this one already existed I figured I'd just add to it. I know it's an old topic, but hey.