Sasquatch Hunters Screens
Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 11th, 2006
Recently, I mentioned actor Matt Lattimore’s death and one of the last movies in which he appeared. Now you have a chance to watch him and that film tonight.
Matt Lattimore
Fred Tepper, the director of Sasquatch Hunters (2005) writes in with news of his film’s screening today.
Tepper emails:
My Bigfoot movie, Sasquatch Hunters is making its television premiere today, Tuesday, July 11th at 8pm Eastern/Pacific (7pm Central) on the Sci-Fi Channel. (This is in the U.S. and maybe Canada — I think other countries have their own Sci-Fi Channel, so I don’t think it’ll be on there. But check your listings to be sure.)
If you haven’t seen the film I’ll tell you this: It’s very low budget (though we had a bigger budget than Patterson 🙂 ) and while it’s not a great film, we at least tried to treat Bigfoot with respect. For example, he’s not the crazed killer that you usually see in films like this, all is peaceful until the humans start causing trouble — Bigfoot is shown to be peaceful until disturbed.
The special effects are very hit or miss, and since I did them all, I’m to blame. Most are a guy in a suit, and some are all digital. If you go to this link and follow it to the Downloads page you’ll see a little “making of” video that you might find interesting — if for no other reason than to see what’s possible these days with one computer and a little free time. The potential that today’s technology has for hoaxers is extraordinary and quite tempting.
So watch the show! Tell your friends! Tell your enemies! Tell complete strangers! 🙂
PS: Loren, I saw your column on Cryptomundo about the death of my lead actor last month. Thanks for putting that up. It’s a shame Matt didn’t live to see the Sci-Fi airing, since he was always hoping it would make it there.
PPS: “Cryptomundo” is a very clever name and it really made me chuckle when I saw it.
About Loren Coleman
Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct).
Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015.
Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.
Watched the DVD some time ago..He is right it was low budget but if you like that kind of movie well it was ok.
My condolence to Matts family.
I watched this a little while ago. Originally I thought ‘this is the archetype for sci-fi originals’, but, now, after finding out it was done with one computer, it’s not bad, all things considered.
seen it before- not bad not great