Day of the Animals
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Movie Reviews of Day of the Animals
Movie Review: It's a very SLOW day for both animals and humans.....
Summary: 2 Stars
Who knew people were talking about the depletion of the ozone layer back in 1974? Thanks to "Day of the Animals" we now know what "could" happen because of the ozone hole. Animals and advertising executives will both go crazy, at elevations of 5000 ft. or higher for about 3 days.
I love these 1970's cheesy drive-in nature gone crazy flix as much as the next guy. "Kingdom of the Spiders", "Night of the Lepus", "Grizzly, "Frogs, "The Pack" and so many more rest upon my DVD shelf. I remember watching "Day of the Animals" on my local Creature Feature growing up, but outside of the title I couldn't remember the film so I picked it up.
The good news is that "DotA" features a huge cast of 1970's B-movie stars; Chrisopher George, his wife Linda Day George, Leslie Nielsen, Michael Ansara, and Richard Jaeckel. The bad new is that they are given very little to do. Basically we get to see them hike through the woods for about 90 minutes, they occasionally run, but for the most part they simply hike...and hike....and hike. The film's premise is that a group of hikers gets stuck on a mountaintop just as the animals go into kill-the-people mode. Did I mention that the film consists of LONG segments where we get to see the hikers....hike?
"Day of the Animals" is also hampered by the fact that the animals rarely attack our hikers. One camper gets "attacked" by a coyote, and suffers two scratches...which somehow disappear during her next scene when she is attacked by birds??? One star gets so fed up waiting for the animals to attack, he decides to attack a bear instead of waiting for the bear to make a move. So the animal attacks are few and far between and when an attack finally takes place it's kind of tame (the exception is one snake bite scene).
As a fan of this type of film, I can't recommend this movie, when there are so many other great B-movies available instead. Pick up "Grizzly" or "The Legend of Boggy Creek" is you want your 70's schlock, but give this one a pass.
Movie Review: Guilty pleasure: but horrible transfer
Summary: 2 Stars
I have to agree with Gary's review on the quality of the picture. Disappointed doesn't even begin to describe the simple lack of effort restore the picture and sound. The colors are washed out as well.
Considering this was from Media Blasters and Shriek, who did a fine job with Zombie, this is even more sad.
As far as the film itself, I remember seeing it for the first time when I was 11. I enjoyed it then as well as now.
For those who look to purchase this, be forewarned of the poor presentation. It's a real heartbreaker.
Movie Review: FAILED TO LIVE UP EVEN TO IT'S TAG LINE!
Summary: 1 Stars
"For centuries they were hunted for bounty, fun and food... Now it's there turn!"
Oh really? Well I must have missed something in the movie because some animal attacks that happened to campers seems like something that is part of the territory if you want to engage in that activity. There are some scenes where hungry animals hit some residences of a town, while not an everyday thing, it's not unheard of. And now I find out the base of why these attacks some thirty-two later and my memory is jogged somewhat to recall some sort of radiation of such that makes the animals go crazy.
So do we have animals bent of getting their revenge for all the garbage they have been putting up with, or are they unsuspecting victims of some chemical imbalance that causes them the go amok? In the end as things "return to normal" I see a large pack of dogs that were pursuing a family now dead right in the path which the had been charging down. In other places the animals "return to normal" or die off.
Big deal. No revenge for he animal. No major war of humanity against the beasts ensues, just some situations strung together and viola you have a movie. Well even at 12 years old, I was not impressed.
Movie Review: Terrible Transfer, Terrible Film
Summary: 1 Stars
There are two versions of the film on this DVD; the theatrical version, entitled SOMETHING IS OUT THERE, which is in near CinemaScope format; and THE DAY OF THE ANIMALS, which is a pan and scan TV version of the film, with half of the frame missing. There's no point in watching either version, although the pan and scan TV version is absolutely worthless visually. It's a very poor film, and it's sad to see Christopher George, Leslie Nielsen, Lynda Day George, Richard Jaeckel, Michael Ansara and even Ruth Roman stuck in this exploitational junk. But the worst thing is the transfer, and the appalling print quality; the film is scratched, chopped up, with no attempt at restoration at all. Frankly, it's unwatchable, even if the film had any value in the first place. The premise is interesting, but the film is tedious and dull; save your money.