Though not exactly an awards contender, "Cocaine Bear" should be well worth a watch for fans of horror comedies and bloody genre flicks.

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The real story is less bloody. In December 1985, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced that a 175-pound black bear had “died of an overdose of cocaine after discovering a batch of the ...

Cocaine Bear tells the tale of a drug-fuelled black bear that goes on a murderous rampage. (Universal Pictures) ...

Inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug runner's plane crash, missing cocaine, and the black bear that ate it, this wild dark comedy finds an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens ...

A comedy thriller film series based on the 1980s true story of a bear that came across – and subsequently consumed – a lot of cocaine.

A comedy thriller film series based on the 1980s true story of a bear that came across – and subsequently consumed – a lot of cocaine.

(JTA) — By this point, the film’s title might only be unknown to those who have been hibernating: “Cocaine Bear,” a black comedy very loosely based on a true story from 1985, is the talk ...