Grizzly (1976)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

Director:

William Girdler

Writers:

Harvey Flaxman (writer) &
David Sheldon (writer)

Release Date:

21 May 1976 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

18 FEET OF TOWERING FURY!!

Plot:

A fifteen foot tall grizzly bear terrorizes a state park. Christopher George leaps into the carnage to stop it.

Plot Keywords:

Grizzly Bear | Park Ranger | Helicopter | Helicopter Pilot | Naturalist

Cast

Christopher George	...	Michael Kelly
Andrew Prine	...	Don Stober
Richard Jaeckel	...	Arthur Scott
Joan McCall	...	Allison Corwin
Joe Dorsey	...	Charley Kittridge
Charles Kissinger	...	Dr. Samuel Hallitt
Kermit Echols	...	Walter Corwin
Tom Arcuragi	...	Ranger Tom
Vicki Johnson	...	Ranger Gail
Kathy Rickman	...	June Hamilton (as Catherine Rickman)
Mary Ann Hearn	...	Margaret Rogers - First Victim
Harvey Flaxman	...	Reporter
Mike Clifford	...	Pat
David Newton	...	Mike
Mike Gerschefski	...	George

Also Known As:

Claws (USA) (subtitle)
Killer Grizzly (USA) (TV title)

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Clayton, Georgia, USA

Company:

Film Ventures International (FVI)

Trivia:

Warner Bros. originally expressed interest in financing the film and was reportedly furious that producer Edward L. Montoro and Film Ventures International (FVI) had taken the project. Warner Bros. offered to put up a larger budget. Ironically, the year before this the studio sued Montoro and FVI over copyright infringement for the successful theatrical release of The Exorcist (1973)" ripoff Chi sei? (1974).

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The rangers discuss that brown bear have been seen in the area but grizzlies are not know to be in the area. The fact is that grizzly bear and brown bear are the same species of animal.

Quotes:

Ranger Michael Kelly: Bears don't eat people!
Dr. Hallitt: This one did.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Horror Business (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

What Makes a Man a Man

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Grizzly was a good film the bear was pretty big and very violent too. Grizzly features big stars such as Christopher George, Andrew Prine and Richard Jackel. Most people in the mid-70's think Grizzly is a rip off of Jaws but I don't think it is that much. Grizzly has a lot of gore and blood and Robert O. Ragland's music make's the killings a lot more errier. I have seen Grizzly more than 6 times it is very good, but they DO NOT have grizzly on VHS,only DVD at the time. Director William Girdler also made Abby, and Project kill before he was killed in a crash while making a film in the Philipheens