The movie! The concert! The bear! Sadly, the film never saw the light of day

-- until January 2021!

(Photo: Behind the scenes photo of me in my blue leather drummer's gear.)

Grizzly II: Predator is now titled Grizzly II. Revenge.

The Blu-ray and DVD is scheduled to release on January 08, 2021!

VOD  release also on January 08, 2021...

Check out the press and articles about Grizzly II Revenge here:

https://www.grizzly2revenge.com/press-and-articles

My experiences on the cult horror movie Grizzly II: The Predator --  AKA Grizzly II: The Concert -- were strange to say the least, but it was a memorable time.  I played the robotic mime drummer of the film's electronica band.

GRIZZLY 2: THE PREDATOR (1983) by Fred Adelman (Please note that this review is based on the rough workprint.)

"Here it is folks. The holy grail of unfinished and unreleased 80's horror. The cast contains such well-known names as George Clooney, Charlie Sheen, Louise Fletcher, Laura Dern, Deborah Raffin, John Rhys-Davies, Dick Anthony Williams, Charles Cyphers, Marc Alaimo and Jack Starrett."



 

(Photo: Rehearsing with the delightful Dick Anthony Williams.)

REVIEW by Fred Adelman (continued):

"The story is simple: The crooked superintendant of Summit National Park (Fletcher) agrees to have a huge rock concert in the park, much to the displeasure of the park rangers, who feel they are spread too thin as it is. As luck would have it, a 20 foot tall grizzly bear is wrecking vengeange in the park, thanks to a poacher killing it's offspring for it's gall bladder. When the grizzly kills the poacher, the other poachers (led by Starrett) go hunting for it. The grizzly then kills three campers (which includes a horny Clooney and Dern and a very young Sheen) and makes it's way towards the concert. When the rangers start finding the bodies of the grizzly's victims, they enlist the help of French bear hunter Bouchard (Rhys-Davies) to track it down. This doesn't sit too well with local grizzly bear conservationist Sam (Raffin), who would rather capture it alive. Bouchard, Sam and head ranger Hollister (Steve Inwood) go searching for the grizzly while the poachers shoot and injure another ranger (he eventually ends up as a grizzly meal). The poachers dig a huge pit with wooden stakes to kill the bear, but greed and the grizzly get to them first. The grizzly makes it to the crowded concert (it arrives backstage, so it must have had a pass) where it sets off the pyrotechnics, impales Bouchard on a metal spike and flips the Jeep Hollister and Sam are in. Hollister electrocutes the grizzly on stage where the audience thinks it's part of the show (you gotta see that shot to believe it) and applaud wildly. The End." 

(Onstage with the band in front of thousands of puzzled Hungarians, who thought they were attending a Nazareth concert.)

REVIEW by Fred Adelman (continued):

"It's the ecclectic cast that's the biggest draw. Seeing George Clooney, Charlie Sheen and Laura Dern at such early stages in their careers is a hoot, but their screen time amounts to less than five minutes. There's a subplot about Hollister's daughter Christy (Deborah Foreman) working as a gofer for the concert manager (Dick Anthony Williams) and falling in love with the girly-man headliner (before the concert, he prances around in a tight pair of short shorts!), but it eventually leads nowhere. Cannon Films was supposed to distribute this film, but went into bankruptcy, dooming this film before it was finished. Filmed mostly in Budapest, the Hungarian government seized most of the production's equipment for non-payment of bills. This film was directed/produced/scripted by David Sheldon, who co-wrote and produced the original GRIZZLY (1976)."



 

(Photo: Nigel, the lead singer of the band, posing on the stage set in Hungary.  His costume was designed by Andrew Logan.)

(Photo of some of the dancers and band members along with choreographer Bruno Tonioli.)


 

(Photo: Practicing the drums  . . .)