Claws (1977)

User Rating:

3.0/10   

Directors:

Richard Bansbach
R.E. Pierson

Writers:

Chuck D. Keen (writer)
Brian Russell (writer)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

One killer Grizzly towers above the rest!

Plot:

Hunters wound a grizzly bear in a national forest in Alaska. Soon after, the wounded bear goes off and kills several other hunters...

Plot Keywords:

Bear | Hunter | Alaska | Grizzly Bear | National Forest

Cast

Jason Evers	...	Jason Monroe
Leon Ames	...	Ben Jones, Forest Commissioner
Anthony Caruso	...	Henry Chico
Carla Layton	...	Chris Monroe
Glenn Sipes	...	Howard
Buck Young	...	Helicopter Pilot
Myron Healey	...	Sheriff Drake
Buck Monroe	...	Buck Monroe
Wayne Lonacre	...	Gil Evans
Bill Ratcliffe	...	Marshal
Brian Russell	...	Local Reporter
Rand Carr	...	Radio Operator
Bob Pierson	...	TV Reporter
Joe Shaw	...	TV Cameraman
Marvin Borgmier	...	Hunter

Also Known As:

Devil Bear

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Alaska, USA

Company:

Alaska Pictures

Trivia:

Was re-released in 1978 in Canada and Mexico as "Grizzly 2" in an effort to capitalize on the success of another similarly themed killer grizzly bear film a year before "Grizzly" (1976), which had performed exceptionally well worldwide. "Claws" is often times mistaken as the sequel to "Grizzly" because of its re-release title, but has no connection to the film, nor any connection to the real infamous lost sequel, "Predator: The Concert" (AKA: "Grizzly II: The Predator").

Quotes:

Henry: Do you want whiskey?
Jason Monroe: No thank you, my little boy was just attacked by a damn grizzly bear.
Henry: Is he alright?
Jason Monroe: I'm not sure.
Henry: Oh, I think I will go drink whiskey now.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Harry and the Hendersons (1987)

See "Grizzly" instead

A lot of people confuse this movie with "Grizzly". "Grizzly" has Christopher George AND Andrew Prine AND Richard Jaekl AND a female park ranger who decides to take time out from hunting an 18-foot killer grizzly bear to strip off all her clothes and take an impromptu shower in a waterfall (guess what happens?). "Claws" has none of these things, just a lot of travelogue footage of the Alaskan wilderness and some Native American nonsense about a "spirit bear". Neither movie is particularly scary. They both contain a lot shots of a disembodied bear paw flying through air, lopping off heads and limbs edited together with close-ups of the face of a real bear who looks only mildly annoyed. There is one pretty good scene where the bear menaces a boy scout camp, but it's only good because it's dark and you can't really see the bear. Actually, you can't see a lot of things in the very murky existing prints of this hard-to-find movie. It probably doesn't merit a DVD resurrection, however, because I have a feeling that what you can't see would still suck. "Grizzly" is so bad it's good; "Claws" is just bad.