Grizzly

I first saw this movie in the theater when my children were young, and I always remembered it as being a great "bear" story, and seeing it again these many years later, I was not disappointed. Granted, yes, it takes a while for the real bear to show up, but when she does, hold on to your seat. She is one formidable foe. The movie came out on the tail of "JAWS," probably to capitalize on the classic's success and people's fascination with Mother Nature's predators. Though not as good as "JAWS" (What movie could be?), "Grizzly" is an exciting action/adventure/thriller that makes you want to give up hiking around in national forests.

JULY 2021The classic GRIZZLY gets an upgrade far superior to the previous two releases from Scorpion. SEE MY REVIEW BELOW for the history on that business. This FOUR STAR REVIEW UPGRADE is in praise of the brand new Blu edition from Severin that rights these wrongs and gives us our money's worth at last! The film looks and sounds superb and will roar appropriately on your home theater system! Thanks, guys, we've been waiting a long time for this and you really came through! Fans of this classic slice of 70s camp-horror-madness can now rest easy, in that a great version has now been burned in HD for posterity.FEB 2018 REVIEW:BUYER BEWARE! This review is for the Feb 2018 BLU RAY release and the one star rating has nothing to do with the film itself. This movie was released by Scorpion on a previous Blu, which stated very clearly on both its packaging and on the Amazon listing that the mastering quality was poor. As a huge fan of this film, I was okay with that, seeing as how this was the only Blu available of the film. The picture quality is not particularly great, but hey, it's GRIZZLY, so why complain if they're up front with us? This second release of GRIZZLY, which just came out today, did not have the same disclaimer on the Amazon page, so I was naturally led to believe it was an upgrade. It is not. I returned it immediately today, unopened, upon seeing that this was the exact same Blu-ray release, with the exact same poor quality disclaimer on the sleeve. Whether the lack of disclaimer on the Amazon page was an oversight or not, this was my experience with the release and I felt it necessary to clarify for those who might also be led to believe this is an upgrade. Fortunately, Amazon is always ready to exchange or refund such purchases!

This movie sure was not about Yogi stealing peoples picnic baskets, more like a 15 foot 2 thousand pound grizzly bear having lunch on a bunch of people in a national park. The movie was good but not great but I do have to say the acting was not too bad for a horror flick. I am also glad that the bear was a real bear and not some cheap mechanical one that would look fake. Or worse, some guy in a bear suit. The gore scenes were not graphic, there were only three I found to be sort of graphic, but the shots were not extreme close ups, nor did they stayed focused on the scenes. Example, one victum in the very beginning had her arm swatted off, but they did not focus a long time on the severed limb, so I guess a viewer could not get enough time to see how fake the severed arm looked. Some of the shots at night were bad, it was a little hard to see but I saw the vhs not dvd version. My only problem with the film is it did not make me believe that this was a 15 foot 2 thousand pound grizzly. In the first scenes you never see the bear, then towards the end you get to see it, and you say to yourself, this looks like your run-of the mill, average trained bear. I guess better for a real bear then a fake, but Mr Bear did not even approach the proportions of the 15 foot, 2 thousand pound range. Also there is one scene when the bear swats off the head of a horse, then procedes to attack the man. The guy falls with very shallow scrathes on his face. If the bear could tear the head off a horse with one swipe, why did the man not suffer the same fate? Also while the bear attacked and killed many people, he did not eat them to the bone, as someone in the movie said. The few corpses you did see, they were mauled, but whole, did not look eaten to me. Other then that, this was not too bad. They did a good job as far as acting and making the movie with a low budget. Even the bear did a good job in acting like a mean and hungery grizzly. It is not as good as Jaws or Alligator, but better then Crocodile and Crocodile 2.

I remember watching GRIZZLY on television many years ago. I didn't watch much of it but a few scenes stuck out, such as the aerial photography of the forest and the climax. But after watching the DVD last night, I can tell you that GRIZZLY is one of the better JAWS-style, nature-run-amok films. Although the similarities to JAWS stick out like ol' Grizzly's claws, there's plenty going for it to make it stand out on its own, such as the three leading men (Christopher George, Andrew Prine, and Richard Jaeckel), the aforementioned aerial photography, Robert O. Ragland's musical score, and some very intense Grizzly attack sequences, especially the one on little Bobby! If a movie such as this invites comparisons to a bigger and more successful movie, it must have its own unique qualities to really stand out, and GRIZZLY does the job; it was the highest-grossing independent film of 1976 and is still remembered today.Big up to Shriek Show for another top-of-the-line release of something other labels would not have even given a passing thought to. On this double-disc edition, there's a commentary, a vintage featurette (culled from VHS, no doubt), a screening of the film, new interviews, a trailer, radio spots, and a poster and photo gallery. I also recommend DAY OF THE ANIMALS, another nature-run-amok film from William Girdler, the late director who really knew how to work these kind of films.

Bought used-But in good condition-Case and DVD. I saw this movie on TV years ago but didn't know it until I started to watch it. Still a very good movie and makes a person think twice about hiking or camping in parks where there are bears.

Ottima edizione della SEVERIN per questo classico film horror/avventuroso. Il blu ray supera di gran lunga il dvd della quadrifoglio che peraltro possiedo. I colori sono più intensi e i neri più profondi, chiaramente questa edizione non contiene la lingua italiana (giusto per non trarre in inganno nessuno) la regione è A B C. Quando lo vidi al cinema una domenica pomeriggio, era il 6 gennaio 1977 ne fui terrorizzato ed al tempo stesso affascinato, quindi per me acquisto obbligato. Se anche voi siete fan del film questa è al momento la versione migliore possibile.

I love this movie . This is one of the golden classic's of the '70 . I have this seen for the first time in a theatreand it was thrlling with some gore . 8,5/10 .

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