Bigfoot County
Siskiyou County, California has the most reported Bigfoot sightings in the world. In August of 2009, a documentary filmmaker went to investigate these alleged sightings.
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- Cast:
- Shy Pilgreen , Don Scribner , Michael Villar , Sam Ayers
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Am i the only one who thinks........Average?
The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.
Contrary to what some reviewers write, the title is appropriate. The scares and dangers in the film come not from Bigfoot, but from the inhabitants of the area which is Bigfoot Country; the drug-dealers and other rural denizens of Bigfoot Country are the scariest things in those woods.I enjoy found-footage films, but this was boring. The protagonists, while not as annoying as in some other films of this type, still are irritating, what with their insipid dialog and moronic decisions. The cleverest part of the film is the final shot, a close-up of a dead protagonist while in the background Bigfoot walks by--oh, the irony! Unfortunately, I watched this after Wild Men which is a comedy/horror found-footage film about searching for Bigfoot that is much more entertaining. Bigfoot is the scariest thing in the woods in that one.
This is my first review of a film, the only reason i feel compelled to write one now is to try a save anyone else from wasting their time watching it. Found footage horror is one of my favourite genre's, this film sadly does not do it justice.I've just reach 55 minutes in the film and actually feel glad that one of the cast has just been dragged off into the woods, hopefully it won't take much longer before the rest are eaten.As mentioned in other reviews whoever "wrote" the script is far too fond of using f**k probably to cover up the fact the actors were incapable of relaying emotion.
This movie was.... terrible? Awful? Abysmal? Wretched? Just plain bad? Hmmm, I can't think of quite the right word to convey my disappointment. I like lost footage films when they are done right. This one wasn't. the writer saw Blair Witch once, thought "Hey! I can do that!" and then fell over and hit his head causing massive brain damage. That is the only way I figure this could have been made. Some people talk about how this is a homage to Blair Witch, or that it's just carrying on the style; it's three schmucks lost in the woods yelling at each other while one of them films it. Now then I know that's what pretty much any Lost Footage film is, but in this one, no one seemed to care. At all. I'm putting more love into this review than anyone did to that movie. But I can forgive the slow pacing, predictability, poor acting, flagrant use of the the F- Bombs (a sign that the writer doesn't know how to write dialogue) because I do love my silly horror/monster films. What I can't forgive is the ending: The "Teehee, I saw Deliverance as a child and I added my own backwoods rapists into it! They're the real monsters! But oh wait, if you watch the dead guy at the very end for long enough you see Bigfoot for 2 seconds letting you know he might have been responsible for... something?" Honestly, I hate that crap. It's insulting. If they just kept it simple they might have had something, but the "twist" followed by a last minute even more predictable "twist" is just lazy.
As soon as I saw the shoddy camera-work on "Bigfoot County", then I knew this was going to suck big time. I loathe these "found footage" movies, especially because I don't pay to watch something that is shot by a teenager with his first DV camera. It is epically lame on so many levels.The story told in "Bigfoot County" could have been somewhat more interesting and the movie that much more watchable, had they opted to go with proper camera-work and held the cameras steady. But no, that was not to be, and for 82 minutes the audience have to suffer through questionable camera-work and end up with a bad case of SCS (Shaky Cam Syndrome).A young film enthusiast treks into Bigfoot County in his search for clues about the legendary Bigfoot (Sasquatch, Yeti, Abominable Snowman, or whatever you call him in your respective area). And he drags his friend along with him, and also the friend's girlfriend, deep into the woodlands in search for proof of the legendary creature.I will say that the three main cast people did good enough jobs with their given roles, but they were just struggling futilely against the whole "found footage" genre.I managed to suffer through this movie, albeit I was tempted so many times to just turn it off and end my suffering and find something else to watch. So was it worth it? No, not at all. Not unless you count into the equation the hilarious and oh-so-predictable ending to the movie. It was so lame that I ended up in tears from laughing so hard."Bigfoot County" is bad with a big B (might be B for Bigfoot, but it ain't, trust me). And if you are looking for 82 minutes of entertainment, you are best of looking somewhere else, far, far away from this movie. I am giving "Bigfoot County" a 2 out of 10 rating. It manages to scrape itself off the floor and not get a 1 for the actual attempt of making a proper movie, and had they opted (as I mentioned above) for proper steady camera-work, the movie would have rated much higher than a 2 out of 10 rating.