
October 22, 1947 · 78 years old
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Girdler (October 22, 1947 - January 21, 1978) was an American filmmaker. In a span of seven years, from 1972 to 1978, he directed nine feature films in such genres as horror and action. Girdler also wrote and produced three of his features, Abby, Sheba…

An eighteen-foot-tall grizzly bear terrorizes a state park, leaving Ranger Mike Kelly, photographer Allison Corwin, naturist Arthur Scott, and chopper pilot Don Stober to track down the beast. Meanwhile, the body count rises.

A battle for survival ensues after a group of hikers encounters a chemically imbalanced forest.

A Chicago private detective returns back home to Louisville, Kentucky, to help her father fight mobsters.