Something is out there 1977 Continue Not to be confused with World Animal Day. Day of the Cover of AnimalsDVD Directed by William GirdlerProducted by Edward L. Montoro Written by William W. Norton and his wife Eleanor E. NortonStory by Edward L. MontoroStarringLeslie NielsenChristopher GeorgeLynda Day GeorgeMusic byLalo SchifrinCinematographyRober SorrantinoDistributed byMulticom Entertainment Group Inc., Film Ventures International/Warner BrosRelease date‹See TfM› May 13, 1977 (1977-05-13) Running time97 minutesCountryUnited StatesBudget $1.2 millionBox office$2.8 million[1] Day of the Animals is an American natural horror film directed by William Girdler in 1977. Released on May 13, 1977, the film brought together stars Christopher George and Richard Jaeckel, director Girdler and producer Montoro from last year's hit Grizzly. Leslie Nielsen is the main human antagonist. In 1978, Film Ventures International re-released the film in cinemas as Something Is Out There. Day of the Animals tells the story of a psychosis caused by the depletion of the Earth's ozone layer, affecting all animals at high altitudes. A group of ruthless hikers must survive the animal attack and make their way to safety, even when psychosis turns them against each other. Version reviews were generally negative. Plot The depletion of the Earth's ozone layer by CFC aerosols has been causing greater exposure to UV radiation at high altitudes. Scientists note that animals over 5,000 feet above sea level have become very aggressive towards humans. At Murphy's Hotel, in an Alpine village in Northern California, Steve Buckner (Christopher George) prepares to embark on a dozen hikers in two helicopters to fly up the mountain to Sugar Meadow, where they will begin a day-long natural hike. Local keeper Chico Tucker (Walter Barnes) privately tells Steve that there have been all sorts of accidents lately and maybe this hike is not a good idea, but Steve refuses to turn it off. Steve and his group were launched and, after a short break, the group was introduced: Professor MacGregor (Richard Jaeckel), an anthropologist; Frank and Mandy Young (Jon Cedar and Susan Backlinie), a married couple; A wealthy elderly woman, Shirley Goodwyn (Ruth Roman) and her son, Johnny (Bobby Porter); Paul Jenson (Leslie Nielsen), an advertising executive and psychopath with an angry and derisive sense of humour; Bob Denning (Andrew Stevens) and Beth Hughes (Kathleen Bracken), a teenage couple; Roy Moore (Paul Mantee), a former professional football player who was diagnosed with cancer; Terry Marsh (Lynda Day George), TELEVISION journalist; and Daniel Santee (Michael Ansara), a Native American guide and the strongest person among them. Meanwhile, at Murphy's Hotel restaurant, Tucker with Burt, the local sheriff, and tells him that there has been a sword of rattlesnake rattlesnake At the time, a reporter on the bar's TV set says a White House bulletin claims that chemical waste released into the atmosphere has dangerously depleted the ozone layer, which protects all life on Earth from radiation from the sun. On the mountain, hikers stumble into a camp where a fire is burning and coffee cups are ready to be filled, but no one is out there. Steve says campers will soon return and take hikers to a place near the bed for the night. They build a fire, and while Daniel set aside Steve to tell him that something strange is going on in the woods, Steve asks him not to say anything so as not to panic others. The two decide to take turns on guard. That night, while Terry wonders why the other campers haven't returned, several wolves attack Mandy in her sleeping bag. Campers are chasing them, but Mandy's hand has been bitten and needs medical attention. At dawn, Mandy and Frank leave the others and walk to a nearby bar guard tower to ask for a helicopter, but several species of birds gather in the trees and circle over. Suddenly, the falcons fainted and attacked her and, before Frank can chase them, Mandy falls over a cliff to her death. Meanwhile, as the rest of the hikers continue down the mountain, Johnny collects shots of radio reports about an ozone emergency, resulting in a chemical imbalance in the forest. When Johnny alarms the other hikers, Shirley shouts at him and accidentally hits his radio in a creek. When hikers arrive at a place where food has been left for them, they find that the boxes have been ripped off to attack animals and there is nothing left. Jenson, challenging Steve's competition, says the group must stay there and wait for a helicopter to return, but Steve insists on pushing down the mountain. Frank crosses a creek when he finds a little girl standing on the bench. Frank asks the girl where her parents are, but she is in shock and does not react to him until a hawk faints and makes her scream. Frank picks her up and takes her away. In the camp, after mountain lions attack hikers again and hurt Daniel, Jenson (who is clearly growing more messy due to solar radiation that now affects his mind) says he will walk back up the mountain to the coastguard tower, which is closer to the village. He convinces Shirley, Johnny, Bob and Beth to go with him, while the others continue down the mountain. That night, as lightning and rain pours in, Jenson, now completely mad, abuses Shirley and threatens to kill Johnny. Bob and Beth realise they've made a mistake coming with Jenson, as he's the only human now affected by radiation from the sun, Jenson kills Bob by pushing him your walking stick. As he drags Beth to rape her, a large brown bear appears. Jenson fights off bear, who kills him by biting him piece of the neck and then devour it. Shirley and Johnny take Beth and leave. That night in the city, Ranger Tucker is woken up by the phone. Burt says the National Guard is in town to evacuate everyone above 5,000 feet, where radiation is the strongest, making all animals aggressive and attacking people. As Tucker hangs up, he hears something that shakes and bleeds. Turn on the kitchen light, find the room empty, and get a plate of ham out of the fridge. But as Tucker enters a drawer with a knife, some rats jump on the table. Tucker tries to stab them, but a couple of rats jump on him. Tucker runs upstairs to wake his wife, Rita. They rush outside and get into their car and escape before several dogs can kill them. In the morning, after a night of walking, Frank and the little girl arrive in the desert village. Outside Murphy's Hotel, a dog attacks them. Frank puts the girl inside a vehicle, grabs a hammer from a toolbox and makes a run for his car nearby. As soon as Frank gets to his car and opens the passenger door, several snakes inside bite him. This results in the dog attacking Frank and killing him. Meanwhile, Shirley, Johnny and Beth take sanctuary in a Park Ranger helicopter, whose pilot has been killed by a group of dogs. Steve's group is attacked by another group of dogs in a dilapidated cabin camp. Professor MacGregor and Roy are killed by dogs, as Steve, Terry and Daniel have run out. The three rush to the nearby creek and push a raft into the water, but as they push them, the dogs jump into the pond, forcing them on board. The three hang in the pond while a current traps him and pulls him downstream through the rapids, while the dogs in the pond eventually drown. A while later, Shirley, Johnny and Beth are still in the helicopter on the ground. Everything is calm and the dogs are all dead. As Johnny and Shirley get out of the helicopter, they hear another helicopter coming and screaming and wave their hands as they approach. In the city, U.S. Army soldiers in costumes of dangerous material approach Murphy's Hotel. Dead animals were everywhere, killed by the same solar radiation that made them hostile in the first place. Four of the soldiers see the little girl hiding inside the car where Frank left her and rescues her. Not far away, Steve, Terry and Daniel sleep in the drifting pond when they hear voices and a distant siren. Looking up, they see a dozen people standing on a bridge, welcoming them back to the normal world. In the final shot, a surviving golden eagle flies to the camera, stopping the shot. Right after the break, the credit roll. The cast of Christopher George as Steve Buckner Leslie Nielsen as Paul Jenson Day George com Terry Marsh Richard Jaeckel com a Prof. Taylor MacGregor Michael Ansara com Daniel Santee Ruth Roman com Mrs. Shirley Goodwyn Jon Cedar com Frank Frank Frank Paul Mantee as Roy Moore Walter Barnes as Ranger Tucker Andrew Stevens as Bob Denning Susan Backlinie as Mandy Young Production The production budget was $1.2 million[2] and filming took place in Long Barn, California, in the film Todd-AO 35, with the cast recalling that they had fun. [3] The film's animals were trained by Monty Cox, a veteran of productions such as Apocalypse Now and The Incredible Hulk, who teamed up with cast member Susan Backlinie,[4] who also doubled down on Lynda Day George in some scenes. [2] Leslie Nielsen later recalled being very impressed by the bear. [5] Animal Liberation Day was released in US cinemas on May 13, 1977 and a film tie novel, written by Donald Porter, accompanied its release.