Day of the Animals | |
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Directed by | William Girdler |
Written by | William W. Norton Eleanor E. Norton |
Story by | Edward L. Montoro |
Produced by | Edward L. Montoro |
Starring | Christopher George Leslie Nielsen Lynda Day George |
Cinematography | Rober Sorrantino |
Music by | Lalo Schifrin |
Distributed by | Film Ventures International/Warner Bros |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | United States |
Budget | $1.2 million |
Box office | $2.8 million[1][2] |
Day of the Animals (re-released as Something Is Out There) is a 1977 American natural horror film directed by William Girdler, based on a story by producer Edward L. Montoro. The film reunited Girdler and Montoro with stars Christopher George and Richard Jaeckel from the previous year's Grizzly. It co-stars Lynda Day George and Leslie Nielsen.
Day of the Animals tells the story of a psychosis brought on by depletion of the Earth's ozone layer, affecting all animals at high altitudes. A group of hapless hikers must survive the animal onslaught and make their way to safety, even as the psychosis turns them against each other.