Grizzly
Grizzly is a 1976 film from the USA, directed by William Girdler, running 91 minutes. reelscum files it under natural horror.
- Year
- 1976 · 1970s films
- Country
- USA
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Director
- William Girdler
- Updated
- 10 Aug 2026
- Obscurity
- cult (37/100)
- Also known as
- Killer Grizzly · Claws · Grizzly I
Defined in the glossary: Natural horror
Jaws with a bear, pitched exactly that way, and it worked.
Jaws with a bear, pitched in exactly those words, and it worked well enough to become one of the most profitable independent films of its year. An enormous rogue grizzly stalks a national park while an official keeps it open for the season, and the beats are lifted wholesale from Spielberg.
It is shameless and efficient, with a real bear and some tense attacks, and it never pretends to be anything other than what it is. William Girdler directs it as pure drive-in product.
The definitive Jaws knock-off, and honest about it.
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