Have you ever taken your grandmother to see a movie where a giant black bear gets outrageously high on cocaine and goes on a violent killing spree? Probably not, if I had to guess. Most people ...

Cocaine Bear not only birthed a subgenre of low-budget animals-on-drugs movies, but changed the way horror depicted drug use.

Whether you've seen the new box-office success 'Cocaine Bear' or not, you may not realize the movie is based on a true story that has connections right here in North Carolina.

Yes, “Cocaine Bear” is a real movie. Since the trailer first debuted for Elizabeth Banks’ very, very loosely based-on-a-true-story R-rated comedy has stoked a rabid zeitgeist. At a time when ...

New movie 'Cocaine Bear' offers a mix of dark comedy, action and horror in a story based on true events.

"Cocaine Bear" will hit theaters Feb. 24. Here's a look at the bizarre-but-true story behind it that unfolded in Knoxville and Georgia in 1985.

In the end, Cocaine Bear is the silly fun that a movie called Cocaine Bear should provide us, the audience looking for silly fun. This is not a movie that takes itself seriously, even though the ...

The hysterical film is based on a true story in the loosest possible sense. In 1985, a bear really was discovered in the woods of Georgia — dead after devouring a drug smuggler’s stash of ...

Yes, "Cocaine Bear" is a real movie. And after it opens in theaters Friday, it might even be a hit. Since the trailer first debuted for Elizabeth Banks' very, very loosely based-on-a-true-story R ...

Yes, “Cocaine Bear” is a real movie. And after it opens in theaters Friday, it might even be a hit. Since the trailer first debuted for Elizabeth Banks’ very, very loosely based-on-a-true ...

Yes, "Cocaine Bear" is a real movie. And after it opens in theaters Friday, it might even be a hit. Since the trailer first debuted for Elizabeth Banks' very, very loosely based-on-a-true-story R ...

Yes, "Cocaine Bear" is a real movie. And after it opens in theaters Friday, it might even be a hit. Since the trailer first debuted for Elizabeth Banks' very, very loosely based-on-a-true-story R ...