Grizzly Park (2008)

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.

Director:

Tom Skull

Writer:

Tom Skull

Stars:

Glenn Morshower, Shedrack Anderson III, Susan Blakely

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Glenn Morshower	...	Ranger Bob
Shedrack Anderson III	...	Ty (as Shedrack Anderson)
Susan Blakely	...	Unhappy Camper
Brody the Bear	...	Grizzly Bear
Ryan Culver	...	Ranger Mike
Trevor Peterson	...	Trickster (as Treavor Peterson)
Whitney Cummings	...	News Reporter
Emily Baldoni	...	Bebe (as Emily Foxler)
Zulay Henao	...	Lola
Rance Howard	...	Ranger Howard
Edward Maldomado	...	Raoul
Kavan Reece	...	Ryan Forbes III
Jelynn Sophia	...	Kiki (as Jelynn Rodriguez)
Will Fredo Rosa	...	Tito
Julie Skon	...	Candy

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

forest | park | serial killer | waterfall | cabin in the woods | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Certificate:

R

Details

Official Sites:

MySpace Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 February 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Grizzly - Terror na Floresta

Filming Locations:

Abingdon, Virginia, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

ScatterScream Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

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.

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Connections

References SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)

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Soundtracks

Dead Man's Hands
Written by Jerry Sword
Performed by Jerry Sword

User Reviews

Grizzly Park fails to fulfill its original purpose as horror film, so if you're looking for a scare, don't waste your time. That is not to say that it's not worth seeing.

Grizzly Park fails to fulfill its original purpose as horror film, so if you're looking for a scare, don't waste your time. That is not to say that it's not worth seeing. The only major redeeming quality this film has is it's variety of stereotype characters (and I'm not using stereotypical as a bad thing here) and their interactions, which was interesting to watch. These interactions are still undeveloped and had the movie not been distracted with trying to be horrific, it would have been a great drama about eight unflinchingly rotten youths with different backgrounds who get what's coming to them.

There is no character development; everyone stays the same until the end, but the versatility of the characters makes up for that. I liked that there were no sudden bouts of "courage" which is a generic element found in a lot of other horror movies. The characters die unrepentant, which I think is a noble trait for a villain to have.

Other than that, the props look fake, the directing is mediocre, the acting is decent, and the dialog is OK with some good witticism here and there. A major problem with the writing is as all the other reviews point out, the undeveloped subplot of the escaped murderer/rapist which makes you wonder why it was included in the writing in the first place.

Bottom line, on a scale of one to ten for a horror movie I'd give this film a one, and for a morbid drama I'd give it a seven.