Grizzly

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Summary: so-so horror film with a few genuine chills
Review: Like Leonard Maltin says, this is an undeniable JAWS rip-off. Of all the JAWS clones ever made, this one is perhaps the most simular, even despite the fact that it's set entirly on dry land. Basically, the shark becomes a bear, the beach becomes a national park, the swimmers and boaters become campers and hunters, the cheif of police becomes a forest ranger, and the shark expert becomes (yep, you guessed it,) a bear expert. One significant difference, however, is that, while in JAWS, only one victim was female, most of the people killed in this film-the first four, in fact-are women, so I don't recomend this one to anybody who is easily offended by films in which women don't have much to do except die. One woman, a forest ranger who is sent with others to hunt for the bear after the first attack, foolishly asumes that, because she and her partner/lover haven't found him (the bear) yet, he's nowhere nearby. She stops to skinny-dip in a stream while the man leaves to keep searching alone. Sure enough, the bear finds the woman alone, nude, (as any horror movie fan will tell you, women who unclothe during a scary flick never survive) and kills her. There are some decent scares, like after the above mentioned victim dies and we see her blood flow into the stream, or during the first attack when one woman is getting ready to pack up her tent while camping and the bear's right behind her, or when her friend comes back and finds her dead body hanging in the trees. But, for the most part, this is a pretty standard 70's horror film. But if your expectations aren't too high, you'll probbably like it.

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Summary: This bear Has Bite! Ouch!
Review: Part of the 70s nature run amok flicks, this is one of the best. It seems that a big ole bear is eating unhappy campers in the woods. Nearly a decade before seeing a hockey mask in the woods was not a good thing, this bear struck terror in the campers. I was a little kid when I saw this movie, and it always scarred me to go to Grandma's because she lived up in the mountains in the deep woods. Watching it as an adult it still has some chills and yes even more laughs. Good acting, and very fast pacing keep this film moving.

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Summary: a caution
Review: The real problem I have with this film is not it's quality or the work that went into it. It's actually better than some movies considered classics, with higher production values than such credible and successful horror movies as "The Blair Witch Project" and the original "Halloween". The problem is with the threat itself. I live in grizzly country, real grizzly country, where these big bears behave much as they did before the continent was tamed. Grizzlies simply don't act the way they do in this film, and not even disease or injury could change that. A rabid animal will succumb to the disease or fight an opponent it can't beat (there aren't many of those for a grizzly), not engage in the prolonged reign of terror depicted in this movie. A pain maddened bear will go off somewhere and die, not on a rampage. Anyone who sees grizzly should keep in mind that this is fiction. I worry that it would justify murdering bears the way "Jaws" has nearly made the great white shark extinct.

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Summary: Great wilderness thriller, a must watch summer movie.
Review: The story suits the area it was filmed at (Georgia), the grizzly makes the movie much better than the ones today with animals that are scientificly enhanced gone wrong.

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Summary: Grizzlies have attacked
Review: This film is ok, not on par with the first Jaws. Grizzlies have attacked people. When I was in high school one of my classmates and the friends he was with were tracked by a grizzly throughout the day. Late in the night after they built a large fire when they had all gone to sleep the grizzly came into their camp. All but one person was able to escape. The one who didn't was drag off by the bear and as she was she screamed "I'm dead! I'm dead!" They found her patially mutilated body later the following day. This happened in the late sixties in Montana. The film's story did have some basis in reality however it wasn't as suspenseful as the original Jaws.

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Summary: Seems to be Missing Something
Review: This movie was offered up as a Jaws clone but the actual story was written long before. Tweaking the movie to fit the Jaws theme seems to have made some unfortunate changes.

First we have a sub plot introduced when we first meet Joan McCall. Her character is a photographer and the daughter of the owner of a fine restaurant. The subplot involves the restaurant being on the verge of bankruptcy but it is dropped right after it is introduced.

Another scene is where a radio announcer's voice is heard issuing warnings about a killer bear and that backpackers are urged to leave the area. During the voice over we see a large group of backpackers running through the trees as if they were listening to the broadcast.

Unlike Jaws, which takes place in Amity, we have a nameless location for this movie. The entrance to the park merely says, "National Park Entrance".

The basis of the story is a little silly, that of a prehistoric grizzly (15 feet tall) getting a taste for people. An 11-foot modern grizzly was filmed for the movie, so there really was no reason to allude to a prehistoric origin. A 15-foot modern grizzly would have been just as scary.

So we have a big grizzly stalking territory not known for grizzlies (great whites have frequented the area where Jaws takes place). The park staff, only a small handful for a few million acres, has to stop the bear while management is worried about bad publicity.

In the end, rifles are apparently useless in stopping the beast so other, more Jaws-like, methods are used.

There is some nice forest footage and some of the tension is well done, but the characters seem to be lacking in emotion. For example, the second victim stumbles on the first just as she is killed. She looks for a few seconds then turns and runs. She makes no sound and exhibits no real terror, horror or even fear. Not very realistic.

This movie could have been done a lot better but it still works at some levels.

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Summary: Seems to be Missing Something
Review: This movie was offered up as a Jaws clone but the actual story was written long before. Tweaking the movie to fit the Jaws theme seems to have made some unfortunate changes.

First we have a sub plot introduced when we first meet Joan McCall. Her character is a photographer and the daughter of the owner of a fine restaurant. The subplot involves the restaurant being on the verge of bankruptcy but it is dropped right after it is introduced.

Another scene is where a radio announcer's voice is heard issuing warnings about a killer bear and that backpackers are urged to leave the area. During the voice over we see a large group of backpackers running through the trees as if they were listening to the broadcast.

Unlike Jaws, which takes place in Amity, we have a nameless location for this movie. The entrance to the park merely says, "National Park Entrance".

The basis of the story is a little silly, that of a prehistoric grizzly (15 feet tall) getting a taste for people. An 11-foot modern grizzly was filmed for the movie, so there really was no reason to allude to a prehistoric origin. A 15-foot modern grizzly would have been just as scary.

So we have a big grizzly stalking territory not known for grizzlies (great whites have frequented the area where Jaws takes place). The park staff, only a small handful for a few million acres, has to stop the bear while management is worried about bad publicity.

In the end, rifles are apparently useless in stopping the beast so other, more Jaws-like, methods are used.

There is some nice forest footage and some of the tension is well done, but the characters seem to be lacking in emotion. For example, the second victim stumbles on the first just as she is killed. She looks for a few seconds then turns and runs. She makes no sound and exhibits no real terror, horror or even fear. Not very realistic.

This movie could have been done a lot better but it still works at some levels.

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Summary: I think that they should have shown the bear more often
Review: This movie was really cool It would have been so awesome if the bear had attacked a Sasquatch and it was pretty cool when the bear cut off the horse's head I was wondering if they made a sequel to this movie?

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Summary: This movie was the worst thing since Mallrats
Review: This movie was the most jumbled up garbage I have ever seen. The acting was terrible and the video quality was below avrage at best. I don't even know if there was a stroy to start with becides showing people being killed with a fake grizzly arm. Don't get me wrong I like all of the old horror movies like The Excorist, Nightmare on Elm Street, and A Streetcar Named desire, but this was awful. How did it ever get made is beyond me. I reminds me of a time I was in the forest though. While I was there I saw a bear. It wasn't a grizzly it was a Black Bear, and it didn't hurt anyone, but the situation is simmilar if you think about it. Overall I would give this movie 4 out of 5 stars. Not bad, but not great eaither.

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Summary: GRIZZLY!!!!!!!
Review: This was the best "woods" movie i've seen since friday the 13th.If I could give it 10 stars I would!The only things dislikable to me were one, you dont ever realy see the grizzly up close to a person, so you never get to see how massive the bear realy is, second, they use a real bear, so when they do reveal it, it isn't that scary, I think the scenes where they just show his claws, etc. are scarier than when they actually show the whole bear, but I still highly recommend it to any true horror fan!