tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post8973269706779133737..comments2024-03-25T22:28:29.238-04:00Comments on Tony Isabella's Bloggy Thing: GRIZZLY (1976)Tony Isabellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07356415470545816484noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-15833068818726960442015-01-05T13:39:38.276-05:002015-01-05T13:39:38.276-05:00Great take on a great topic. This movie is one you...Great take on a great topic. This movie is one you just can't help but watch -- you can't look away or get up to make popcorn. You have to see what they do next, what they rip off next. I actually have the paperback, bought primarily for the cover. Neal Adams art.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00945443607432842568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-20247132737527221002015-01-03T22:49:19.125-05:002015-01-03T22:49:19.125-05:00A somewhat better "killer bear on the rampage...A somewhat better "killer bear on the rampage" movie is Prophecy, released in 1979. It was written by David Seltzer, who also penned The Omen.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy_(film)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-88388262405062626722015-01-02T20:24:47.566-05:002015-01-02T20:24:47.566-05:00Sounds lie Asylum/SyFy recycled the plot of Grizzl...Sounds lie Asylum/SyFy recycled the plot of Grizzly 2 for Bigfoot (2012). Lots of stunt casting for the doomed concert, including Alice Cooper. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot_(2012_film)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00403073511546040088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-49070877524241676972015-01-02T11:25:51.975-05:002015-01-02T11:25:51.975-05:00Wikipedia actually understates the extent to which...Wikipedia actually understates the extent to which the movie is a JAWS clone. It really does try to be a scene-for-scene remake, to the point that, when it gets to the JAWS scene featuring the cameo by novel author Peter Benchley, there's a mirror cameo by Harvye Flaxman, GRIZZLY's screenwriter. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, eh?<br /><br />I'm a writer and would-be filmmaker myself--love b-pictures and horror movies, and I've always liked <i>this</i> hot mess of a movie too. I've also been a fan of <i>your</i> work since I was a kid, Tony, and perhaps it's fortuitous that I happened across your Facebook board the same day you posted about this.cinemarchaeologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507603255666191405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-2554655990534065402015-01-02T09:47:05.811-05:002015-01-02T09:47:05.811-05:00Oh, and for a good latter-day example of Grade B m...Oh, and for a good latter-day example of Grade B monster movies, check out Wyvern, a Canadian-American production from 2009. It hits just the right notes of both humor and monstery goodness.....Ron Clarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-48553306212770463152015-01-02T09:39:27.490-05:002015-01-02T09:39:27.490-05:00One of my favorite "Mother Nature Turns Again...One of my favorite "Mother Nature Turns Against Us" movies from that era has got to be Alligator, from 1980, with Robert Forster. It's excellent, and it's also one of those movies that I think would have suffered in quality if they had a bigger budget.Ron Clarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-38349262152015747282015-01-02T09:00:37.892-05:002015-01-02T09:00:37.892-05:00Let us not forget Orca, another attempt to cash in...Let us not forget Orca, another attempt to cash in on Jaws. The ads on the back of comics were better than the movie. Kris Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07459412655631882698noreply@blogger.com