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Summary: one mean mutha
Review: (8-30-01) I THINK THAT GRIZZLY IS A DECENT MOVIE.I SAW SOME OF IT IN THE MOVIES WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT.I WAS TO YOUNG AT THE TIME AN SOME PARTS WERE TO INTENSE FOR ME AND MY TWO COUSINS.SO MY MOTHER TOOK US OUT.I FINALLY SAW THE WHOLE MOVIE TWO WEEKS AGO.IT WAS PRETTY GOOD.I THINK THAT SOME OF THE OLDER MOVIES ARE BETTER THEN SOME OF THE MODERN MOVIES,THE DIGITAL EFECTS TAKE AWAY FROM THE HORROR. I RECOMMEND THIS MOVIE.
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Summary: Worst DVD transfer ever?
Review: Forget about the movie, this is a terrible DVD transfer. It's the same awful transfer used on VHS in the early eighties. It's not even pan & scan, it just sits there. There are times when the character who is talking is offscreen and the only thing we can see is the background person completely out of focus. Avoid.
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Summary: A good little horror film from the 70's!
Review: Grizzly is one of the later films of director William Girdler, (best known for his 1973 classic [?] Three On A Meathook) who made a name for himself in the early 1970s horror film scene. This movie works on two levels - as a straight-ahead horror film and as a semi-parody of Jaws, which came out a year earlier. Park Ranger Kelly (Christopher George) discovers that a monstrous grizzly bear has been snacking on campers, so he sets out to stop the creature. Helping him are an eccentric naturalist (who wants to caputre the bear alive for study) and a maverick hunter (who wants to kill it). The Park Director would rather cover it all up - bad for business. Sound familiar? Despite his low budget, Girdler makes it work. The script and acting are pretty good, and the gore effects are decent, despite the bright red Herschel Gordon Lewis - esque stage blood. The DVD video transfer is not that great, but pretty damn good considering the source material. The sound, however, is excellent - clear and strong. There are no extras or menus in this low-budget package, which kind of complements the movie. The DVD print, which is rated R, contains extra gore that was cut from the old, PG-rated video release. A good buy and a good bet for horror fans.
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Summary: THE BEST SINCE JAWS!!!
Review: I bought this movie off of Amazon because it looked great.I was VERY right. It was worth it. It is about a camp ground in Georgia that is being stalked by an 18 foot grizzly bear. After the remains of two female campers are discovered the local authorities with the help of a nature specialist must track down the beast.With a trail of blood in their path, can they stop it before it devours them all? This frightning bone cruncher has some of the best special effects known in the 70's.It stars Christopher George,Andrew Prine,and Richard Jaekel. For any fan of the Jaws series I would strongly suggest it.
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Summary: Not the same
Review: I havent seen this since i was a kid, Im a little dissapointed, i was hoping that the bear wasnt just some bloke in a suit and its not-its worse... The footage is taken of a bear standing and walking through the woods and is then used again and again throughout the film which is a shame as the film is enjoyable enough.
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Summary: what a cool movie
Review: I liked this movie pretty much because I love bears and I have seen this movie about 3 times I wish that the grizzly does not die and it would have been really cool if the grizzly fought a monster like a sasquatch and the would have been really cool.
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Summary: Grizzly
Review: I liked this movie, it has some good effects in it to be as old as it is.
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Summary: THE DVD QUALITY IS HORRIBLE
Review: I loved this movie as a kid and still enjoy watching it BUT, I recently bought the DVD and it is in FULL SCREEN format, and has A HORRIBLE TRANSFER PICTURE QUALITY.A movie that had such beautiful scenery is destroyed on this DVD. I played my VHS tape next to the DVD and actually thought my old VHS tape had a better picture quality and the tape is over 10 ears old. The compy that released it on DVD, called Nutech, should be called Notech because the transfer is the worst absolute DVD picture I have ever urchased. I pray this classic horror movie wil be re-released by a company that knows how to transfer the best possible picture. This DVD features what THEY CALL, an R Rated version. I played my old VHS side by side to the DVD version and SEEN NOTHING DIFFRENT. No extra gore or extra parts from the original. Besides that, I hated the picture quality so much on the DVD that I couldn't wait to finish watching it so I could return it to the store I bought it from.Shame such a good fun classic movie was destroyed for DVD. Why they bothered releasing it is beyond me. They must like ripping the public off. If they couldn't find a decent pcture to put on DVD they shouldn't of bothered. They (Nutech Company) knew the hard-core fans of this classic would buy it anyways. If I ever find another DVD made by Nutech then I will pass on it for sure.
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Summary: Not bad at all.
Review: I realize this is not like the first Jaws movie. More like the "when animals attack" venue which was very popular during the mid-late 70s and early 80s.
Neither is it a movie to use for the study of Grizzly Bears. It's a horror movie plain and simple, not a National Geographic feature.
However, it is fun none the less, and the scenery is spectacular!
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Summary: Where's the Beef?
Review: I remember when I first saw "Grizzly" at the movie theater during the mid-1970s. I must be truthful. At the time, filled with a child's energy undoubtedly spawned by too much candy and coke, I thought it was a terrifically exciting action flick. I loved the thundering musical score by Robert O'Ragland, the dizzying camera angles during the helicopter sequences and the likeable camaraderie between leads Christopher George, Richard Jaeckel and Andrew Prine.When watching the film again as an adult, I was pleasantly surprised that many of my fond memories still held up. Granted, "Grizzly" is strictly a B-Movie imitation of the far superior "Jaws," complete with an inexperienced law enforcement official, an eccentric zoological expert, a salt-of-the-earth guide and a corrupt supervisor/executive. But there is a surprising energy to the proceedings as these hunters slowly close in on a prehistoric 18-foot grizzly dining on unsuspecting (and for the most part female) campers. The picturesque scenery (filmed at a state park in Georgia) adds to the energetic proceedings, camouflaging the film's conservative budget. But not even the tallest of pine trees can cover up a painfully awkward supporting cast (many of whom are the title character's appetizers), backyard special effects (a man in a bear suit) and the prolonged, violent deaths of two important cast members. Granted, "Jaws" was an extremely violent film, but the violence was always stylish. The corpses which begin popping up (and falling down) in "Grizzly," look as if they've been bathing in buckets of discount Karo syrup. What I like about "Grizzly" is the tremendously exciting final battle between the bear and the surviving members of the hunting party. Intense close-ups and quick editing truly create a suspenseful confrontation. We should probably thank director William Girdler (a schlock hack whose infamous credits include "Three on a Meathook" and the horrible "Day of the Animals"), in what is most likely the only good film he ever helmed. An added note must be made about the film's rather somber conclusion, where a survivor sadly inspects the chaos surrounding him. While "Grizzly" does not necessarily have a sad ending, there is general remorse shown by this character for the victims of the title beast. This haunting moment is actually an improvement over the rather lighthearted conclusion to "Jaws" the year before. The three leads are uniformly likeable, as Christopher George, Richard Jaeckel and Andrew Prine utilize their experienced personas to full effect. As a child watching these brooding and flawed heroes traipse through the forbidding woods hoping to somehow kill this indestructable beast, I remembered thinking..."They are so cool." The movie's premise is unbelievable, several scenes are laughably bad and the gratuitous violence is unpleasant to say the least. But even today, 30 years removed from the cramped mall theater, George, Jaeckel and Prine versus The Grizzly is still oddly...."cool." Somewhere, Jack Arnold is smiling.
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