History Film / Grizzly

** Helicopter pilot Don bites it with copious amounts of this.

* UltimateJobSecurity: At one point, Kelly gets into a very heated argument with his boss for keeping the parks open despite the grizzly. This escalates to Kelly loudly hurling insults at his boss (harassment), shoving him back down into his chair when he attempts to stand up (assault), his boss "fires" him by saying "you are finished, dismissed, removed", only for Kelly to respond with "up yours" (disrespectful conduct), and he is ultimately allowed go about his job as if the argument and subsequent firing firing never happened. [[spoiler:His boss's negligence resulting in a child's mother being killed with the child himself getting the better part of his left leg torn off by the bear]] likely shamed him into believing that Kelly was 100% correct to call him out in such a manner.

->''The most dangerous jaws on land.''

Then, in 2020, the sequel (titled ''Grizzly II: Revenge'') [[https://www.theringer.com/movies/2020/8/31/21406226/grizzly-ii-george-clooney-laura-dern-john-rhys-davies was finally completed]] through the efforts of producer Suzanne Nagy, editors and some stock bear footage, trimmed down from the leaked edit's running time to just 75 minutes. The film made its premiere at L.A. Live and was slated to run in film festivals, but those plans were scuttled by the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. The film '''finally''' arrived digitally and in select theaters on [[https://www.grizzly2revenge.com/post/coming-soon-gravitas-ventures-unveils-release-date-of-grizzly-ii-revenge January 8, 2021.]]

* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: For a film rated PG, the film contains a sizable amount of blood and limbs flying, though films in the 70s were allowed to have a moderate amount of [[IncrediblyLamePun grisly]] violence.

* TooDumbToLive: The park ranger who [[FanService strips to her underwear]] to "dip her feet" when she's searching for a man-eating grizzly bear, and [[spoiler: Scotty]].

* MadeOfExplodium: [[spoiler: The bear is blown up by a bazooka]]

* TooDumbToLive: The park ranger who strips to her underwear to "dip her feet" when she's searching for a man-eating grizzly bear, and [[spoiler: Scotty]].

* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler: That poor horse]] This one is TruthInTelevision too; bears really ''have'' [[SuperStrength decapitated large mammals with a single blow from their paw.]]

Not to be confused with ''[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Grizzly]],'' another killer bear film released in 2015 starring Creator/BillyBobThornton, Creator/JamesMarsden and Creator/ThomasJane and known as ''Red Machine'' in other areas outside the US. Also not to be confused with the documentary ''Film/GrizzlyMan'', or the Inuit lacrosse sports drama film ''Film/TheGrizzlies''.

''Grizzly'' is a CultClassic independent "Nature Strikes Back" film from the 1970s by William Girdler (''Film/DayOfTheAnimals'', ''Film/TheManitou''). It's notable for ripping off Creator/StevenSpielberg's ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' at every possible opportunity, while still managing to be some fun in its own right. In this film, a national park finds itself terrorized by a mammoth, man-eating grizzly bear.

''Grizzly'' is a CultClassic independent "Nature Strikes Back" film from the 1970s by William Girdler (''Film/DayOfTheAnimals'', ''Manitou''). Notable for ripping off Creator/StevenSpielberg's ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' at every possible opportunity, and still managing to be some fun in its own right. In this film, a national park finds itself terrorized by a giant, man-eating grizzly bear.

Released in 1976, ''Grizzly'' was the most successful independent film made that year, raking in a shocking $30 million from a budget of $750,000. In fact, it was the most profitable independent film made up to that time, until surpassed by Creator/JohnCarpenter's ''Film/{{Halloween|1978}}'' two years later.

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[[caption-width-right:300: A horror movie that’s just un[[IncrediblyLamePun bear]]able.]]

''Grizzly'' is a CultClassic independent "Nature Strikes Back" film from the 1970s by William Girdler (''Film/DayOfTheAnimals'', ''Manitou''). Notable for ripping off Creator/StevenSpielberg's ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' at every possible opportunity, and still managing to be some fun in its own right. In this film, a national park finds itself terrorized by a massive bear.

Released in 1976, ''Grizzly'' was actually the most successful independent film made that year, raking in a shocking $30 million from a budget of $750,000. It was the most successful independant motion picture until Creator/JohnCarpenter made ''Film/{{Halloween|1978}}'' two years later.

It's also notable a sequel was attempted in the '80s that was never finished or released, and which seemingly would never see the light of day. That is, until a very rough work print (without the bear footage, save for some scenes at the end featuring an animatronic) was thrown on the internet during the Creator/CharlieSheen craze in 2011, due to the film being one of the earliest roles for Sheen (as well as Creator/GeorgeClooney and Creator/LauraDern, believe it or not). Fan-Edits can be found around the net which often include bear footage to fill in the gaps.

Then, in 2020, the film, titled ''Grizzly II: Revenge'', [[https://www.theringer.com/movies/2020/8/31/21406226/grizzly-ii-george-clooney-laura-dern-john-rhys-davies was finally completed]] through the efforts of producer Suzanne Nagy, editors and some stock bear footage, trimmed down from the leaked edit's running time to just 75 minutes. The film made its premiere at L.A. Live and was slated to run in film festivals, but those plans were scuttled by the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. The film '''finally''' arrived digitally and in select theaters on [[https://www.grizzly2revenge.com/post/coming-soon-gravitas-ventures-unveils-release-date-of-grizzly-ii-revenge January 8, 2021.]]

* AnArmAndALeg: The first onscreen victim gets her arm knocked off by the bear before it mauls her to death.

* BloodFromTheMouth: Helicopter pilot Don bites it with copious amounts of this.

* TooDumbToLive: The park ranger who strips to her underwear to "dip her feet" when she's searching for a man-eating grizzly bear, and [[spoiler: Scotty]]

* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: Scotty]] wakes up after being mauled and buried by the Grizzly, only to be killed again moments later by the same animal.

Not to be confused with ''[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Grizzly]],'' another killer bear film released in 2015 starring Creator/BillyBobThornton, Creator/JamesMarsden and Creator/ThomasJane and known as ''Red Machine'' in other areas outside the US. Also not to be confused with the documentary Film/GrizzlyMan, or the Inuit lacrosse sports drama film Film/TheGrizzlies.

** Nobody in this film, park rangers and hunters alike, bothers to carry any form of sidearm despite knowing they're hunting a dangerous bear. This means every-time a bear surprises someone they'll immediately accidentally drop their rifle and then be completely defenseless. This happens four times over the course of the movie, you'd think they'd have learned their lesson by then.
*** A sidearm wouldn't do much good against a normal sized bear, let alone this one.
*** A .44 Magnum would be effective, although not necessarily against a bear this huge.

* InfantImmortality: Subverted. Poor little Bobby has his leg torn off by the bear, though his ultimate fate is implied to be survival.

Not to be confused with ''[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Grizzly]],'' another killer bear film released in 2015, starring Creator/BillyBobThornton, Creator/JamesMarsden and Creator/ThomasJane. This one is known as ''Red Machine'' in other areas outside the US.

Then, in 2020, the film, titled ''Grizzly II: Revenge'', [[https://www.theringer.com/movies/2020/8/31/21406226/grizzly-ii-george-clooney-laura-dern-john-rhys-davies was finally completed]] through the efforts of producer Suzanne Nagy, editors and some stock bear footage, trimmed down from the leaked edit's running time to just 75 minutes. The film made its premiere at L.A. Live and was slated to run in film festivals, but those plans were scuttled by the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. The film is expected to arrive digitally and in select theaters on [[https://www.grizzly2revenge.com/post/coming-soon-gravitas-ventures-unveils-release-date-of-grizzly-ii-revenge January 8, 2021.]]

Then, in 2020, the film, titled ''Grizzly II: Revenge'', [[https://www.theringer.com/movies/2020/8/31/21406226/grizzly-ii-george-clooney-laura-dern-john-rhys-davies was finally completed]] through the efforts of producer Suzanne Nagy, editors and some stock bear footage, trimmed down from the leaked edit's running time to just 75 minutes. The film made its premiere at L.A. Live and was slated to run in film festivals, but those plans were scuttled by the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. The film is planned to arrive digitally and in drive-ins in late 2020.

It's also notable a sequel was attempted in the '80s that was never finished or released, and which seemingly would never see the light of day. That is, until a very rough work print (without the bear footage, save for some scenes at the end featuring an animatronic) was thrown on the internet during the Creator/CharlieSheen craze in 2011, due to the film being one of the earliest roles for Sheen (as well as Creator/GeorgeClooney and Creator/LauraDern believe it or not). Fan-Edits can be found around the net which often include bear footage to fill in the gaps.

* {{Novelization}}: By William Collins. Noted for making far more sense than the movie, as it actually gave real reasons for why the bear started eating people. [[spoiler:If you must know, it grew too big too fast, so its mother drove it off before it knew how to hunt properly; it injured its jaw before entering the park, leaving it in serious pain; and one of the first victims was menstruating. Angry hungry bear plus the scent of blood = massacre time.]]