Day of the Animals

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PG,1hr 35min

Genres:

Action,Horror

Released:

January 1, 1977

Distributor:

Film Ventures International In

Starring:

Christopher George, Leslie Nielsen, Lynda Day George ... More

Synopsis: An interesting low-budget entry in the post-Jaws animals-run-amok genre (which also owes more than a little to Hitchcock's The Birds), this noisy, violent thriller features the prophetic premise of a widening gap in the ozone layer (thanks to human indulgences in hairspray and other aerosol products) which unleashes brain-frying radiation and causes assorted woodland creatures to go for the throats of unsuspecting Sierra backpackers. As if that weren't horrific enough, the poor kids are also placed ... Full Synopsis

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	Donald Guarisco, AMG Review This intriguing entry into the revenge-of-nature cycle of the 1970s shouldn't work, but it does. The script has some problems that would seem insurmountable under normal circumstances: the scientific explanation for the animals' sudden psychosis isn't ever put forth in a credible manner, the characterizations are pretty basic, and some of the subplots, namely the one with Leslie Nielsen's character ... Read Review

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	Christopher George Steve Buckner Leslie Nielsen Mr. Jenson, Paul Jenson Lynda Day George Terry Marsh Richard Jaeckel Prof. MacGregor