Friday, January 8, 2021 | Reviews
By MICHAEL GINGOLD
Directed by André Szöts
Gravitas Ventures
Viewed as a movie, GRIZZLY II: REVENGE is pretty awful–but that’s not how it likely will, or should, be viewed. It’s of interest more as a resurrected piece of horror history, a long-lost flick that has been restored (somewhat) and made available to fans decades after its production.
Filmed in Hungary in 1983 as THE PREDATOR, the project actually dates back to 1979, when it was supposed to be shot in Canada under director David Sheldon, who co-produced and co-wrote William Girdler’s 1976 GRIZZLY. Sheldon also scripted with the original film’s co-star Joan McCall, and the producing team included Edward L. Montoro of Film Ventures International, which released Girdler’s movie and was to distribute the sequel in the U.S. Those plans fell through, and it was picked up by financier Joseph Proctor, who partnered with Hungarian producer Suzanne Csikos Nagy to shoot in her home c