Top 5 Bigfoot Films

Posted by: Craig Woolheater on November 12th, 2014

XLrator Media’s horror-thriller Feed the Gods will release on VOD November 25 through its “Macabre” brand from Bleiberg Entertainment’s genre label Compound B. (The film is slated to hit DVD January 27, 2015.)

The film, which stars Shawn Roberts (Resident Evil: Afterlife, Diary of the Dead), Tyler Johnston (“The Killing,” “Supernatural”), Emily Tennant (Jennifer’s Body) and Aleks Paunovic (This Means War), “follows the journey of two brothers in search of their long lost parents. Their quest leads them to Tendale, a small mountain town that is home to mythical Bigfoot-like creature with a “taste for tourists.””

Bloody Disgusting caught up with director/writer Braden Croft who told us 5 of his favorite Bigfoot “films” (including footage).

Harry and the Hendersons

Perhaps the most harmful piece of Bigfoot film ever shot, Harry and the Hendersons successfully altered the public’s perception of an otherwise fearsome, heinous beast into a charming, misunderstood family pet. I say the film is harmful not because it risked taking Bigfoot in another direction, but because if ever a creature existed you could bet a shiny dollar it has enjoyed mauling a few well-to-do families. Their blood is on your hands, John Lithgow.

The Legend of Boggy Creek

It was the best Bigfoot film at the time and earned a buttload of cash on a shoestring budget – I’ll always tip my hat to this film. Embrace the cheese and you’ll find something to like about it.

Willow Creek

Inevitable for the found-footage treatment, Bobcat’s Bigfoot tale delivers sufficient scares on a less-is-more level. It’s a welcome change to a sub-genre that almost exclusively relies on the physical exploitation of the Bigfoot creature.

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Though not explicitly a Bigfoot film, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives earns second place for its spiritual depiction of a Bigfoot-like creature. The film itself – an arthouse drama – accomplishes an unnerving tone by treating its fantastical elements with a strict, somber tone. The film’s themes of transformation prove haunting while also establishing the Bigfoot-like-creature as ethereal and mystical – not just an elusive wild animal. Did I mention their red-glowing-eyed, minimalist man-ape design is fucking great?

“Patterson-Gimlin Footage”

An obvious front-runner, Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin footage remains the most seminal piece of all Bigfoot lore. Before becoming a pop culture sensation, sightings of an ‘Ape-Man’ or ‘Wild Man’ remained solely as a thing of legend in many cultures around the world. These cultural legends, along with Patterson-Gimlin’s depiction of Bigfoot, were a major influence on the “God’s.”

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Also see: Feed The Gods Bigfoot Movie

About Craig Woolheater
Co-founder of Cryptomundo in 2005. I have appeared in or contributed to the following TV programs, documentaries and films: OLN's Mysterious Encounters: "Caddo Critter", Southern Fried Bigfoot, Travel Channel's Weird Travels: "Bigfoot", History Channel's MonsterQuest: "Swamp Stalker", The Wild Man of the Navidad, Destination America's Monsters and Mysteries in America: Texas Terror - Lake Worth Monster, Animal Planet's Finding Bigfoot: Return to Boggy Creek and Beast of the Bayou.


One Response to “Top 5 Bigfoot Films”

  1. Howard Goldthwaite responds:

    He left out “Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny?”

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