{"id":17572,"date":"2022-10-21T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T11:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/?p=17572"},"modified":"2022-10-15T14:50:28","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T18:50:28","slug":"video-visions-bigfoot-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/video-visions-bigfoot-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Visions: 32 Bigfoot Movies that Scratch that Squatchy Itch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Black<\/p>\n

So, yeah, I have a bigfoot costume in my attic. And I may have donned it during a multi-author book signing at a New Jersey brewery and run amok, startling every day drinker in my path. On Halloween, I quite possibly made some small children cry as I offered them treats from my hairy hand (see the author in his glory below). For shits and giggles, wearing the squatch mask at random doesn\u2019t seem all that strange to me, even as I sit in my belfry and write this column.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Hunter
Hunter “Sasquatch” Shea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I know, I have a problem.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m addicted to bigfoot. Even more so, cryptids of all shapes and sizes. But the big hairy wild man gets most of my attention because there\u2019s just more out there dedicated to the beast. Whether you call it bigfoot, sasquatch, yeti, yowie, skunk ape, batsquatch, a-hool-la-luk, skookum, momo, grassman (I can go on and on), the world\u2019s fascination with this potential missing link seems to grow with each passing year. Back when I wrote <\/span>Swamp Monster Massacre<\/span><\/i>, I didn\u2019t see that many books and movies dedicated to my favorite hirsute pal. Now, he\/she is everywhere! (not sure where bigfoot stands on pronouns)<\/span><\/p>\n

\"coverIn the good old days when I had a membership to every video store in the county — from Blockbuster to Suncoast Video, Tower Video and the indie store this column is named after, Video Visions — there were zero bigfoot movies on the shelves. I had been hooked on sasquatch when I saw the episode about it on <\/span>In Search Of<\/span><\/i> in the 70s, but there hadn\u2019t been much after that other than <\/span>Harry and the Hendersons<\/span><\/i>. I\u2019d read every book I could find in the library and saw a terrible quasi documentary movie about the creature when I was about ten. And that was that. I\u2019d heard about some movie called <\/span>The Legend of Boggy Creek<\/span><\/i>, but couldn\u2019t find a copy. In all of those video stores, there was nary a single VHS on any cryptid. It was a case of out of sight, out of mind. Well, never far from my mind.<\/span><\/p>\n

If I opened a video store of my own now, I could have an entire, fully stocked section dedicated solely to bigfoot. In fact, Scarecrow Video in Seattle has done just that. Good thing I live on the other side of the country because I can see myself squatting in that section for life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I know Halloween is all about ghosts and unkillable killers and monsters, but I posit (yeah, I said <\/span>posit<\/span><\/i>) that a good bigfoot movie can give you a dose of exactly what you need. The problem is, you have to wade through miles of muck to get to the good stuff. Yeah, I\u2019m looking at you <\/span>Bigfoot vs. D.B. Cooper<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Curse of Bigfoot<\/span><\/i>! It seems like most filmmakers take the subject as seriously and dedicate true craft work to squatch movies as they do found footage alien flicks. You know, shot on an Android phone and costing about fifty bucks and a burrito.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Despair not! If you\u2019re truly dedicated like me, you\u2019ll find greatness out there, lurking deep in the woods of dreck and mediocrity. Let\u2019s pretend you\u2019re now walking between the rows of video shelves in good old Video Visions. You want squatch? I\u2019ve got your squatch. Feast your eyes on 32 (any jamoke can give 30) bigfoot flicks to get your wild man kicks! I know there are many more out there in the sasquatch transom, but I\u2019m trying to avoid the ones that will make your eyes roll so much, they\u2019ll fall right out of your head.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Creature<\/p>\n

You say you like <\/span>The Legend of Boggy Creek<\/span><\/i> but want something a little more\u2026professional? Well, here\u2019s <\/span>Creature from Black Lake<\/span><\/i>, a much better foray into all things bigfoot. Two college dudes go seeking a mysterious beast in the wilds of Louisiana and get more than they bargained for\u2026including a girl. After you\u2019re done with that, why not try <\/span>The Legend of Boggy Creek 2<\/span><\/i>, a completely bonkers squatch hunt led by a professor and his hapless students. Best watched with some friends and a case of Batsquatch beer. This one is definitely so bad, it\u2019s good.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are a ton of documentaries out there, but none better than <\/span>Not Your Typical Bigfoot Movie<\/span><\/i>. More about friendship and obsession than actual bigfoot, it\u2019s a poignant look how the search for the unknown affects the lives of those who refuse to give up, no matter what hardships life throws at them. You\u2019ll be shouting \u201cMomo!\u201d the next time you\u2019re in the woods, and you may even shed a tear by the end of the movie. Great stuff. Another doc to rent is <\/span>Bigfoot Hunter : Still Searching<\/span><\/i>, one of the few set in New York. Not the city. This ain\u2019t <\/span>Bigfoot in the Bronx<\/span><\/i>. But it is something that will keep you glued to your television. An eerie fact to keep in the back of your mind — one of the stars of this went missing not long after it was shot and is presumed dead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How about something funny? They don\u2019t get much funnier than <\/span>The Bigfoot Project<\/span><\/i>. Look, all these movies involve teens or twenty-somethings going into the forest looking for bigfoot. Not all of them have the same witty banter and eyebrow raising sexism as this one. And there is a scene in the last act that will burn into your brain forever. Ah, interspecies lust.\u00a0 If you want to straddle the line between light comedy (in the first half) and sheer terror, check out Bobcat Goldthwaite\u2019s much lauded <\/span>Willow Creek<\/span><\/i>. I\u2019m not a fan of camping, and after this movie, you\u2019ll never find my ass in a tent in the dead of night. One of the best found footage movies of all time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n