Basically Jaws, but, you know, on land. With a bear. [29 Jun 2014, p.20]
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The New York TimesVincent Canby
The New York TimesVincent Canby
Grizzly is not only clumsily plotted, photographed and edited, it is also downright rude when it insists on showing us the bear lopping off an arm or decapitating a horse. Because it's not good enough to earn the right to scare us, I would hope intelligent adults would avoid it and that parents would give it a personal X.
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TV Guide Magazine
TV Guide Magazine
Film Ventures International (FVI) specialized in turning out cheap imitations of big blockbusters. When The Exorcist came out, FVI followed it with Beyond the Door; while Jaws was a number one money-grosser, FVI came out with this film, replacing the shark with a 15-foot bear.
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Time Out
Time Out
'No way!' twice in the first five lines of dialogue let you know what to expect from this attempt to ape Jaws, so to speak.
