MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Day of the Animals (1977)
Genre: Horror
Director: William Girdler
Rating: NR (but it was rated PG when it was in theatre)
Length: 1h38
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:Christopher George
Leslie Nielsen
Lynda Day George
Richard Jaeckel
Michael Ansara
Plot:Scientist warn that the depletion of the earth's ozone layer is reaching critical levels, particularly in higher altitudes. How critical? Enough to unleash the vengeful wrath of the entire animal kingdom! No human is safe, particularly a group of nature-loving hikers (including Christopher George and Lyndia Day George) who are constantly menaced by every conceivable mountain-dwelling creature. Dogs, rats, snakes, hawks, owls, mountain lions and bears are out to send a clear message about chlorofluorocarbon abuse. But perhaps the angriest animal of them all is Leslie Nielson (The NAKED GUN Series, FORBIDDEN PLANET) who, fed up with his lily-livered companions, takes matters into his own hands.
My Thoughts:
During the course of his short career William Girdler did a lot of great low budget film improving his craft after each one. This one was made one year before The Manitou who is probably his most known film, The Manitou will be his last film too as he died in an helicopter crash while doing scouting location for his next film (he was only 30 years old).
This film is certainly the champion in the animal out of control category, usually those films feature only one crazy animal not this one since all the animals are in attack mode. Most is the action happen in a mountain location, so it's also a men against the nature film. The film features a very strong cast for a B movie and almost everyone do a good job. Even with a PG rating this film is "scary" mostly because of its isolated vibes and when the dog pack attack this is sure scary.
Also it's your chance to see Leslie Nielsen playing an unlikable jerk fighting a bear, you won't see this often
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