Dennis Harvey Film CriticAfter the phenomenal success of “Jaws” in 1975, there was a cash-in surge for further “nature strikes back” creature features, as mankind was successively imperiled by dogs, cats, whales, buffalo, piranha and so on.
One of the most blatant of these knockoffs was William Girdler’s 1976 “Grizzly,” an undistinguished tale of hairy menace running amok in a national park.
It was, nonetheless, a hit — in fact the biggest indie success story of its year, purportedly grossing about fifty times its modest $750,000 budget.
As quickly as it had been rushed out to ride “Jaws’” coattails, however, a sequel was slow in coming.Well, there’s ordinary “slow,” and then there’s the Rip Van Winkle-grade variety.
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