Grizzly Park

When the killer in a horror film happens to be a grizzly bear, you know filmmakers have sunk to the bottom of the barrel. And with a film title like Grizzly Park, it can't be taken too seriously, which is supposed to be the point of this pointless, silly, and intentionally unfunny low-budget flick.

The basic premise: a bunch of young juvenile delinquents are sent to Grizzly Park to pick up trash and clean the park as part of their community service. Of course, they are all attractive, yet not one of them takes their clothes off. Only in one brief scene do we see these actors get down to their bathing suits. Isn't the point of a low-budget horror film to show at least some nudity and/or sex?

This newly released DVD tries to be a throwback to the horror films of the late 70s and early 80s. You know, the ones where creatures of nature attacked humans, such as in "Jaws," "Alligator,' and Prophecy." "Grizzly Park' is just a downright bore: nothing happens for at least 50 minutes in this 90-minute snoozefest. The bear finally appears and while it looks real, the shots of it are fleeting (yes a real bear was used, as seen in the Behind the Scenes special feature). And, spoiler alert, the whole cast is dispatched of in the last 15 minutes. The gore is also intentionally silly.... severed limbs and intestines are so obviously fake. There's also a subplot featuring a serial killer, perhaps to confuse the audience and throw us off track.

Without one recognizable actor, awful "campy" dialogue, and not one scary moment, "Grizzly Park" isn't even worth a rental.