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Grizzly

  • 1976
  • PG
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
5.4K
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Grizzly (1976)
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An eighteen-foot-tall grizzly bear terrorizes a state park, leaving it up to a Park Ranger to save the day.An eighteen-foot-tall grizzly bear terrorizes a state park, leaving it up to a Park Ranger to save the day.An eighteen-foot-tall grizzly bear terrorizes a state park, leaving it up to a Park Ranger to save the day.

  • Director
    • William Girdler
  • Writers
    • Harvey Flaxman
    • David Sheldon
    • Andrew Prine
  • Stars
    • Christopher George
    • Andrew Prine
    • Richard Jaeckel
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.2/10
    5.4K
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    • Director
      • William Girdler
    • Writers
      • Harvey Flaxman
      • David Sheldon
      • Andrew Prine
    • Stars
      • Christopher George
      • Andrew Prine
      • Richard Jaeckel
    • 119User reviews
    • 83Critic reviews
    • 25Metascore
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    Christopher George
    Christopher George
    • Michael Kelly
    Andrew Prine
    Andrew Prine
    • Don Stober
    Richard Jaeckel
    Richard Jaeckel
    • Arthur Scott
    Joan McCall
    Joan McCall
    • Allison Corwin
    Joe Dorsey
    Joe Dorsey
    • Charley Kittridge
    Charles Kissinger
    Charles Kissinger
    • Dr. Hallitt
    Kermit Echols
    • Corwin
    Tom Arcuragi
    Tom Arcuragi
    • Tom
    Victoria Johnson
    Victoria Johnson
    • Gail
    • (as Vicki Johnson)
    Kathy Rickman
    Kathy Rickman
    • June
    • (as Catherine Rickman)
    Mary Ann Hearn
    Mary Ann Hearn
    • Margaret
    Harvey Flaxman
    • Reporter
    Mike Clifford
    • Pat
    David Newton
    • Mike
    Mike Gerschefski
    • George
    Susan Orpin
    Susan Orpin
    • Mother
    David M. Holt Jr.
    • Lone Hunter
    • (as David Holt)
    Brian Robinson
    • Bobby
    • Director
      • William Girdler
    • Writers
      • Harvey Flaxman(screenplay)
      • David Sheldon(screenplay)
      • Andrew Prine(Indian Story) (uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      This film became the most financially successful independent film of 1976, earning $39 million worldwide at the box office and breaking several other records. Halloween (1978) broke the financial record 2 years later.
    • Goofs
      Scotty describes the grizzly bear as cannibalistic after it kills and eats the bear cub that was set out as bait for it in order to both trap and kill it, but the cub in the film is an American black bear, which is a completely separate species than the bear they are tracking.
    • Quotes

      Don Stober: Well, let me tell you a little story, boy. A long time ago, there was a tribe of Indians up here in these woods. They were all laying down in these parts... or something, I can't remember. Anyway, this herd of grizzlies smelt them out. They came in an' they ate them. They tore them all up. Little children, sick ones, everybody! There were few braves to go out on the hunt. They came back and them grizzlies turned on them! So there you got yourself a little situation. A whole herd of man-eating grizzlies. Just running around tearing up them Indians!

      Arthur Scott: That's kind of hard to believe, Don.

      Don Stober: Unless, of course, you happen to be one of them Indians!

    • Alternate versions
      The U.S. VHS version of Grizzly is rated PG, as was its original release in 1976. The DVD version is rated R, but there is hardly any difference between the VHS version and the DVD version.
    • Connections
      Edited into Rifftrax: Grizzly (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      What Makes a Man a Man?
      (uncredited)

      Music by Robert O. Ragland

      Lyrics by Arthur Hamilton

    User reviews119

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    6/10
    Jaws in the woods
    Rip-off of "Jaws". A giant grizzly bear is (inexplicably) attacking humans in a forest. It's up to Christopher George and friends to track him down.

    I saw this in a theatre when I was 14 and never forgot it. At the time it (sort of) scared me. The bear itself I thought looked kind of cuddly--even when it was growling and showing its fangs. The attacks were (for a PG movie) pretty bloody and had me actually cringing in my seat! The show stoppers were when a little boy is attacked (we don't actually SEE it, but we do see half his leg torn off) and when, with a swipe of its claw, the grizzly decapitates a horse! Silly...but effective! Also there's some really beautiful scenery here (if you see it letterboxed) and a really great score.

    So, this is a good gross-out movie for kids--there is a lot of blood but you don't take it seriously. As for the rest of it--the acting and characterizations are strictly by the numbers but I thought George and Andrew Prine were lots of fun. Also the dialogue is terrible and I got a good laugh out of the guy who doesn't want close the park despite the fact that people are being killed! Talk about ripping off "Jaws"! Good example of a 1970s exploitation film.
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    • Release date
      • May 21, 1976 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Killer Grizzly
    • Filming locations
      • Clayton, Georgia, USA
    • Production company
      • Hollywood West Entertainment
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    • Budget
      • $750,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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