I saw this movie when it was originally released in theatres, I was in high school at the time and since it came out a year after Jaws the concensus among everyone I knew was that it was a cheesy attempt to cash in on the success of Jaws only with a bear this time. They even had Susan Blacklinie (sp) in the thing!
Don't get me wrong, I loved the movie and thought it was well done but I still think they were probably hoping to ride the coat tails of Jaws...
Of course it is, lots of movies tried to ride the wave of Jaws' success...I haven't seen 'Grizzly', but I happened to catch this one on tv recently: https://moviechat.org/tt0076809/Tentacoli
It definitely qualifies as one of those "so bad it's good" films!
Yes, Jaws triggered a whole horror sub-genre of animal attack movies. Everything from sharks and grizzlies to rabbits and domestic dogs was devouring victims wholesale on the screens of the mid-late 1970s.
shareThe way the sheriff kills the bear at the end made me laugh....... With a Bazooka no less..LOL!!
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