Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Day of the Animals (1977)

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The short of it: Due to the depletion of the ozone layer Solar radiation make the creatures of the forest attack all humans.

Seriously?

Another movie from the 70's warning us of the dangers of pollution. A group of hikers go...hiking in the mountains of Long Barn, CA. Unbeknown to them, all the animals have gone crazy. After running out of food and being attacked a second time, Paul(Leslie Nielsen) decides that the guides don't know what the hell they are doing. He convinces half the group to follow him.

Leslie Nielsen is the only reason to watch this movie. Shortly after forming his own group he goes lord of the flies kills a man, tries to rape the guys girlfriend, gets interrupted by a bear, FIGHTS THE BEAR and dies. the movie is pretty much over after that. Some people live, some don't and for some BS reason all the animals die.

points of interest
  • Dramatic zooming in on the animal eyes, a la shifty-eyed dog
  • Vultures throwing a woman off a cliff
  • Rat decapitation
  • Guy gets double teamed by a dog and rattlesnake
  • Tarantulas in the forest?
  • A Native American man punching dogs

3 Caution bears just for this scene:
Note to self: be careful when searching for Bears on google image search.