Bigfoot Biker Flick
Posted by: Loren Coleman on February 12th, 2008
Old movie posters of Bigfoot movies are rare but do exist. But how often do you see one in this language?
I’ve mentioned this film before. In the USA, it was released as Bigfoot (1970), directed by Robert E. Slatzer. Nevertheless, this poster is new to me.
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I would like to see the movie.
Just for the record, the language of the poster is Swedish. You can probably all work the fact that Bigfoot is presented as the “son of King Kong”, which is a nice twist.
The poster also claims that the movie is “a dazzling tale in color!”.
along with every other bigfoot flick i could see as a youngster in the South growing up, i saw this effort — and i mean the word literally — starring John Carradine.
the pros: it had a pro actor, John Carradine, in it. at least, briefly. his scenes are limited, clearly a “we can afford him for a few days” budget.
the cons: too many to list! but here are some key pointers on why you should avoid this one unless you’re really into self-maschochism while watching bad bigfoot flicks:
1. it’s a pastiche job — the filmmakers bought some biker movie, inserted some bigfoot footage to capitalize, and ‘seamlessly’ worked the two plots together. yeah, about as seamless as the hem lines on the costumes, which isn’t very convincing! 😉
2. poor technical standards. even as a kid, i was laughing at the ‘not so very’ special effects. the scenes of the bigfoot tribe walking along against an Ed Wood style forest background painting in some cheesy studio set, one after another, like marching soldiers, is hysterical! guaranteed to make ya laugh!
3. it’s almost impossible to find! even EBay makes finding BIGFOOT! as difficult (if not more so) than glimpsing the creature itself!
all in all, the poster is the best thing about BIGFOOT! unless you’re a compleatist (like me, alas, who has to see EVERY single bigfoot movie ever made or die trying).