Grizzly Park (2008)

Director:

Tom Skull

Writer:

Tom Skull (writer)

Release Date:

7 February 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Eight troubled young people. Six days community service. It's gonna be a bear.

Plot:

Eight young adults are sent to do community service at Grizzly Park. There, they are hunted by an escaped serial killer along with the animals of the forest. |

Cast

Glenn Morshower	...	Ranger Bob
Randy Wayne	...	Michael 'Scab' White
Zulay Henao	...	Lola
Emily Foxler	...	Bebe
Shedrack Anderson III	...	Ty
Julie Skon	...	Candy
Kavan Reece	...	Ryan
Jelynn Rodriguez	...	KiKi
Trevor Peterson	...	Trickster
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brody the Bear	...	Grizzly Bear
Susan Blakely	...	Unhappy Camper
Ryan Culver	...	Ranger Mike
Whitney Cummings	...	Tiffany Stone
Erik Hollander	...	Newscaster (voice)
Rance Howard	...	Ranger Howard
Jerry Sword	...	Jerry
Jeff Watson	...	Butch

Runtime:

Netherlands:91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Canada:R | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Backbone Rock Recreation Area, Tennessee, USA

Company:

ScatterScream Productions

Trivia:

First time writer/director Tom Skull was found by accident at a film festival by producer Belle Avery. Skull handed her his home movie from when he was 8 years old, which won the heart of Avery.

Movie Connections:

References "Survivor" (2000)

Soundtrack:

Dead Man's Hands

pretty stupid

That pretty well sums up this movie. Okay, you know the plot. A grizzly bear kills some kids. There is a stupid subplot involving a homicidal maniac or two.

I won't spoil the end. But, yes, everything is just as you predicted. You will be hoping that the "trick" ending you know a no talent movie maker would use, won't be used, but it is. Every single stereotype you can imagine.

A few things really bad about the movie: Gore for gore's sake. Some scenes just there for goofy crack heads to laugh at, the usual decapitations and guts and stuff.

Another stereotype is that the director,eager to join in the already flooded market of Nazi movie makers, shows the brunettes dying in gory detail. Yes, this hack director-writer does get his Nazi merit badge and join the ranks of thousands of movie makers without an iota of originality. Ho hum.

The dumb twist ending also doesn't make sense, since it involves the killing of a park ranger, which doesn't fit into the twist.

Also, the movie looks like a glamor shoot instead of a group of juvenile delinquents. No one believes juvenile delinquents spend that much time in aerobics, jogging, or at the gym. There is a reason no one believes it. Because it doesn't happen. The worst casting job since, well, ever.

Pathetic. I gave it a 2 instead of 1 only because of some guidelines the ranger gives for actual camping (such as not packing food or scented materials around grizzlies). A few common sense commentaries, and that is all the movie has to offer.