Grizzly (1976)

Movie"18 feet of gut-crunching, man eating terror!"
Audience Score
50
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PG 1 hr 31 minMay 21st, 1976Horror, Adventure, ThrillerGrizzly Collection PosterPart of Grizzly Collection
An eighteen-foot grizzly bear figures out that humans make for a tasty treat. As a park ranger tries rallying his men to bring about the bear's capture or destruction, his efforts are thwarted by the introduction of dozens of drunken hunters into the area.
StarringChristopher GeorgeAndrew PrineRichard Jaeckel
DirectorWilliam Girdler

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:May 21st, 1976
On DVD & Blu-ray:December 2nd, 1998 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$750,000
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Edward L. Montoro
Production Companies:Joda Productions, Montoro Productions Ltd., Film Ventures International
Movie Tags:
campinghelicopterhunternational parkanimal horrorgrizzly bearpark rangeramerican wildernesshelicopter pilot

Grizzly Collection

Grizzly is a 1976 American thriller film directed by William Girdler, about a 15-foot-tall, man-eating grizzly bear that terrorizes a National Forest. It stars Christopher George, Andrew Prine and Richard Jaeckel. Widely considered a Jaws rip-off, Grizzly used many of the same plot devices as its shark predecessor, which had been a huge box-office success during the previous year. The giant grizzly bear in the film was portrayed by a bear named Teddy, who was 11 feet tall. A sequel, Grizzly II: The Concert, was filmed in 1983 in Hungary by director André Szöts, but was never released to theaters. Sheldon, the co-producer and writer of Grizzly, wrote the screenplay with his screenwriter wife, McCall, who also reprised her role from the original film. The stars were Louise Fletcher, Steve Inwood, John Rhys-Davies, Deborah Raffin and Deborah Foreman; the cast also included Charlie Sheen, George Clooney and Laura Dern, who were unknown at the time.