Claws is a 1977 U.S. horror-thriller film. Released soon after the highly successful Jaws, Claws attempted to translate the man-meets-deadly-animal theme to Alaska.
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Cast
Jason Evers as Jason Monroe
Leon Ames as Commissioner
Anthony Caruso as Henry
Carla Layton as Chris
Glenn Sipes as Howard
Buck Young as Pilot
Myron Healey as Sheriff
Buck Monroe as Buck Monroe
Wayne Lonacre as Gil Evans
Bill Ratcliffe as Marshal
Production
Claws was shot on location in and around Juneau by Alaska Pictures, an independent production company.
Critical response
Critic Jon Abrams labels Claws "a mishmash of most of the popular genre tropes at the time" of release, but praises the independent film for its "impressive array of stock footage."