Blu-ray Review – Dogs

Man's best friend goes insane in 1976's "Dogs," a rather assertive attempt on part of the producers to cash in on the growing eco-disaster/animal-attack subgenres popular in the decade of disillusionment. That's right, old Spot and Snoopy are the enemy in this feature, which gleefully serves up violence, preying on fears of a domesticated animal uprising where no one is safe from harm. The premise is goofy, but nobody told director Burt Brinckerhoff (a longtime television journeyman) and screenwriter O'Brian Tomalin ("Acapulco Gold") they needed to play the picture tongue-in-cheek. In fact, "Dogs," outside of some obvious touches of camp, plays out with refreshing severity, watching the cast maintain straight faces as they engage in battle with neighborhood pooches. Extremely entertaining when it isn't tying its shoelaces together with laborious scientific exposition, the movie delivers exactly what the title promises, organizing stalking sequences and kills that highlight the four-legged co-stars and their insatiable appetite for human blood. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com