Released soon after the highly successful Jaws, Claws attempted to translate the man-meets-deadly-animal theme to Alaska.
A mature male grizzly bear living Alaskan mountains is stalked and wounded — but not killed — by poachers.
Casualties include a logger, campers, hikers, hunters, a juvenile Boy Scout, and the local sheriff.
With the backing of Alaska Forest Commissioner Ben Jones, master hunter Jason Monroe must find and kill the deadly animal.
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.