So far in the history of “killer bear” cinema, only Grizzly Park opens with an excerpt from The Bible. As “The Children Destroyed by Bears” goes (without getting too deep into other interpretations), a pair of bears mauled many kiddos after they insulted God’s prophet. The absurdity of such a tale would naturally lead to a movie just as, if not more inane. However, who or what exactly is pulling the strings in Tom Skull’s one and only directed feature is not so clear, at first. Is this fuzzy destroyer acting of its own free will, being manipulated by a human, or is there really an omnipotent force meting out bizarre retribution for naughty youths? In a movie as oddball as Grizzly Park, not a single one of those notions would be considered unsuitable.
After setting up a threat not of the bear persuasion — professional animal trainer Jeff...
After setting up a threat not of the bear persuasion — professional animal trainer Jeff...
- 2/16/2024
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
Bubba Smith, the 6-foot-7 former National Football League player and one of the performers in the Police Academy movies, was found dead earlier today at his Baldwin Hills home in Los Angeles. Smith was 66. No foul play is suspected. As a professional football player, Charles Aaron 'Bubba' Smith (born February 28, 1945, in Beaumont, Texas) played with the Baltimore Colts, Oakland Raiders, and Houston Oilers from the late '60s to the mid-'70s. From the late '70s on, Smith began to sporadically appear in films. His one notable big-screen role was that of soft-spoken florist-turned-police cadet Moses Hightower, later promoted to sergeant and finally lieutenant in the Police Academy movies of the mid-to-late '80s. Those were inane slapstick fare that was generally derided by critics; the first movie in the series, however, became a major box-office hit, collecting more $81 million in 1984 (or about $192 million today). Hugh Wilson directed, and...
- 8/4/2011
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
Allumination Filmworks has announced a May 27 DVD release date for Tom Skull's Grizzly Park, which stars Glenn Morshower, Kavan Reece, Shedrack Anderson III, Randy Wayne and Zulay Henad. The plot centers are eight very troubled young people sent to do community service in the California forests with a very wise and strict park ranger. Unfortunately for them, not only is a fugitive serial killer roaming the woods but so is a 1,500 pound Grizzly Bear. Check out the trailer inside. Also announced from Allumination FilmWorks is Lost Colony, which arrives on DVD May 20th after debuting on the Sci-Fi Channel. No details were revealed.
- 3/3/2008
- bloody-disgusting.com
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