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Movie Reviews of Grizzly
Movie Review: Un-Bear-Able Terror!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
A rather fun "nature strikes back" entry of the 70s. It was directed by William Girdler, who also did the entertaining Day of the Animals, which also starred Christopher George and Richard Jaeckel. The plot is simple-A hungry grizzly bear is on a rampage in the woods. Christopher George is the park ranger who vows to take it out along with nature nut, Richard Jaeckel, and helicopter pilot Andrew Prine. See the Jaws comparisons? The owner of the campground refuses to close the park as it will affect business. Sound more like Jaws now?
It all makes for a good and entertaining piece of ravenous animal nonsense. In the first half of the film, the bear is shown only as a fake bear arm/paw swiping at folks. This is actually more entertaining than the second half where the real bear is seen! The shots of the actual bear intercut with the tiny bits of fake bear aren't so bad considering this probably wasn't a Schmuckheimer budgeted film.
It's a tad bloody too for the PG rating. One very amusing scene has the aforementioned fake bear arm whisking through the air and decapitating Richard Jaeckel's horse! The bear's obviously seen The Godfather one too many times.
Good stuff if you dig flicks like Phase IV, Squirm, Kingdom of the Spiders, etc.
Movie Review: We Had The Shark Now We Have The Bear
Summary: 4 Stars
Saw Jaws in 75' when I was 7 and then Grizzly came out in 76', the time was about 6-8 months between these two films and it was plain to see this movie was a cash in on the killer animal craze that ran through the mid to late 70s starting with the famous Spielburg film.Stars Christopher George as the park ranger , Richard Jaeckel as a naturalist and Andrew Prine as a vietnam vet running a helicopter service.A 18 foot two thousand pound grizzly goes on the rampage taking out campers , a couple of park rangers before coming to the final showdown with the George character who instead of a scuba tank uses a Lors rocket launcher to destroy the bear.I still enjoy watching it after all these years could have given it 5 stars but that might be pushing it a bit to far.This 2 disc edtion is far better than a earlier version I brought.Remastered with interviews with cast members , trailers and photo gallery shots.I found the interviews with the 2005 screening of the film a bit odd as these people seemed to be on another planet to me but all in all a well made and put together edtion.Movie Review: Grizzly is a cheezy, gory, Adventure
Summary: 4 Stars
Grizzly was a very good movie for the time, Orca made $14 million, Prophecy made $54 million, but grizzly alone made $39 million dollers with the lowest budget of all!
Plot- a grizzly is attacking campers at a resort, now the cheif ranger, a bear tracker, and a piolet must stop the terror
Review- I liked it and all but it was a typical Jaws Rip-Off, three men after the beast, one a bear hunter/studier, one a park ranger, and the other a piolet!
Acting- some of the worst acting i have ever seen
Gore- severed limbs, a lot of blood, gory wounds and more (and this was PG!!!!)
Bottom Line- 4 out of 5, it's a good movie, a decent plot, and some good gore
Rated PG, Time 91min (although the back cover says 97min), 1976, Color
Suggested MPAA: Rated R for horror violence, nudity, and brief language
Movie Review: Grizzly
Summary: 4 Stars
Grizzly is a 1976 independant horror movie directed by the late William Girdler.
Christopher George stars as a park ranger who, with the help of his friend Richard Jaeckel, try and stop a huge killer grizzly, (like 1975's "Jaws", was to sharks the year before), as it attacks campers.
The b-movie acting is good, and with suspenseful moments, "Grizzly" is a campers worse nightmare!
I rate the movie four stars.
Note: This is a region 1 dvd. If you haven't got a multi-region dvd player, you can't enjoy this movie!
Robert Helliger.
Narre Warren, Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia.
Movie Review: Blast from the past!
Summary: 4 Stars
This film is a very good film. I remember seeing this film at a Drive-In (yes!..there are still a few around today) back when i was a kid. Most folks might see this film as a "Jaws" rip off, but, what isn't today..lol..however, i think that this film is truly one of a kind (until this becomes a remake..oh brother!). However, I highly recommend this film to anybody that is into the B-Movie horror gender. Highly Recommended!!