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Grizzly (1976) Reviews

Grizzly (1976)
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This ecology-themed horror movie took its inspiration from the success of Jaws and moved that film's man-versus-nature conflict from the seaside to the forest. The plot of Grizzly focuses on Mike Kelly (Christopher George), a forest ranger whose peaceful tenure over a forest housing a busy nature lodge is interrupted by the arrival of a very deadly and hungry 15-foot grizzly bear. As the bear starts killing rangers and campers, Park Supervisor Charley Kittridge (Joe Dorsey) tries to cover up the problem and tries to keep Kelly from acting in a way that will cause public suspicion. Finally, Kelly decides to do what is right and teams up with macho pilot Don Stober (Andrew Prine) and eccentric naturalist Arthur Scott (Richard Jaeckel) to hunt the grizzly down on its own turf. Grizzly was roundly panned by critics for its slavish, blow-by-blow imitation of its more sophisticated model, Jaws, but its gruesome shock power made it a major hit with audiences around the world. Director William Girdler followed this success up with another ecology-themed shocker in Day of the Animals, and the film's producers made a still-unreleased sequel, Grizzly II, which provided early roles for Charlie Sheen and George Clooney. ~ Donald Guarisco, Rovi

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Starring:
Christopher George, Andrew Prine, (more)
Director(s):
William Girdler
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
PG
Format(s):
DVD
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Average Ratings

(13 member reviews)  

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Chris W.

This movie was much better than I expected. Great old fashioned when nature attacks popcorn fun. Don't let the PG rating fool you either : )

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Mindy L.

I found this to be a good movie!!! The bear was pretty scary!!!! Some bear attacks thrown in!!!! Okay acting!! Overall it was pretty good!!

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Gail C.

I liked this movie from when I first stumbled upon it on TV about 20 years ago. Great real nature film. Good Bear sceens. (Although I closed my eyes.) This was the first film I saw that taught me what my Dad said about respecting nautre. Chris George was not too bad on the eyes either. (What ever happened to him?) Overall an excellent film. Poor Richard Jaeckel - he got a double dose - what a way to go!

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Tonya L.

Great oldie.

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Andrew R.

Actually better than I expected for a 70s style copy of Jaws in the woods. I saw this as a teenager when it was released and thought it was cool back then. Some of the open landscape footage is beautiful and the grizzly attacks are dated but effective. There are some corny slow parts but they fit a B movie of that era. A trivia point is that the sexy Park Ranger who gets attacked at the waterfall is one of the nurses from On Flew over The Coocoos nest. The picture quality in widescreen is surprisingly sharp especially if upscaled.

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Justin C.

The premise is predictable. Cujo has more fear and adrenalin. Seeing the bear die is perhaps too good to be true but it's the best thing aside from a little plot twist.

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Melissa D.

Eh, it was alright for your average 70's movie. it was mainly funny to me, the blood looked extremely fake and so did the bear. I would tell anyone to watch unless they were just extremely bored

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Shawn E.

what can i say? the bear looked and sounded fake, the blood looked like red corn syrup! and the babes were screaming for their lives classic B-rated horror flick and i loved it! :o)

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Donald J.

OK, this is no Oscar winner, but for you lovers of "when animals attack" movies this has to be a must see. I went to the movies to see this when I was about 9 or 10 and man did it scare me then. Now not so scary as it is just fun to watch. Christopher George plays the ever diligent hero, who like all heros in these types of movies buts heads with greedy officals. The effects aren't that great and theres not alot of gore, but if you like seeing loud noisey campers get theres from one huge hungry Grizzly Bear then check this movie out!

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Carriss A.

I really don't have much to say about this movie, I didn't really pay much attention to it. It's about a giant man-eating bear, who's thirst for blood is insatiable. It rips down buildings, knocks over towers, and destroys helicopters, all in search of human prey. It was made around the time the Jaws movies were released, so of course this thing bear is about as fake as you can imagine, just like the shark in jaws. But... I'm guessing this movie was great for it's time, before we had such things as digitized animation, and computer graphics. They did the best they could with this. I leave it solely up to you if you want to waste your time...err I mean... sit down and watch this.

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    Chris W.

    This movie was much better than I expected. Great old fashioned when nature attacks popcorn fun. Don't let the PG rating fool you either : )

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    Mindy L.

    I found this to be a good movie!!! The bear was pretty scary!!!! Some bear attacks thrown in!!!! Okay acting!! Overall it was pretty good!!

    Yes   |   No

     
    Gail C.

    I liked this movie from when I first stumbled upon it on TV about 20 years ago. Great real nature film. Good Bear sceens. (Although I closed my eyes.) This was the first film I saw that taught me what my Dad said about respecting nautre. Chris George was not too bad on the eyes either. (What ever happened to him?) Overall an excellent film. Poor Richard Jaeckel - he got a double dose - what a way to go!

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