Maneaters Are Loose! (1978)

The 1978 Made for TV Classic! Aired on Television: May 3 1978 When a washed-out alcoholic animal trainer is forced to set his exotic tigers free because he can no longer afford to feed them he foolishly turns loose the most ferocious predators man has ever known on an unsuspecting sleepy community. With baffled authorities on the hunt these bloodthirsty beasts quickly turn the quaint California town into a carving board of carnage with every man woman and child only serving one purpose... food! This savage and rare TV movie has rarely been seen since its initial airdate and is an instant collector s classic! Starring: Tom Skerrit Steve Forrest Harry Morgan. Directed by Timothy Galfas.Run Time: 93 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR Rating: NR UPC: 804879044390 Manufacturer No: WE4439 Product Description

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the movie Maneaters are loose was awful, the resolution of the film was horriable it was so foggey and barely had any color to it i was very dissappointed in the product,. April 24, 2008

DO NOT BUY THIS DVD

I was extremely disappointed to discover that the picture quality of this film looked as if a bad copy of the film had been taped onto video and then transferred to DVD. There is no color and the sound is horrible. This DVD should be taken off the market until a better copy comes along. October 9, 2007

Where's Siegfried and Roy when you need them?

Not the best of the "animal attack" movies but not the worst either. The 1973 made for TV film "Maneater" is a much more tense, thrilling film, similar to "The Most Dangerous Game." "Maneater" was never officially released in the U.S. but there are some copies of the foreign release VHS still floating around so try to track one of those down if you can.

The "Maneaters are Loose" villians, two Bengal tigers, are too cute to be threatening in my book. The story is still interesting, just not scary. It's always good to see Tom Skerritt, he's a pretty good actor and nice eye candy for us ladies.

I think that fans of made for television movies from the 1970s and 1980s should start a campaign to get more of these films released onto DVD. There are a lot of gems out there still waiting for official releases. September 11, 2007

Unless you REALLY have to see this movie.....

First of all, let me say, this is NOT a review of the movie itself, but of the DVD release. Unless you are a die hard fan and you absolutely and positively HAVE to see this movie, DO NOT buy this DVD. It is a horrible and completely awful bad video transfer, almost to the point of being unwatchable. In most scenes, it's hard to distiguish the actors from one another. It looks like it was copied from a bad SLP video that had already been watched about 1000 times. It's really a shame, as the movie itself is a classic '70's made-for-tv film, with many of the stars of the day (Harry Morgan, Steve Forrest). Hopefully someone will put out a decent and watchable version of this film in the future. Until that day comes, I would steer clear of this release. August 19, 2007

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