Sasquatch (2003)

Hmm, How could I best describe 2003's "Sasquatch" (originally titled "The Untold")? If you can imagine a low budget version of both "The Edge" and "Predator," substituting a Bigfoot for the bear and alien, with some elements of "The Blair Witch Project" thrown in, you'd pretty much have "Sasquatch." The story involves a plane crash in Bigfoot territory and the group of people who search for the wreckage. As a matter of fact, the ENTIRE FILM takes place in the forest except for flashbacks, shot in British Columbia near Vancouver.I'm kind of a sucker for these types of crisis-in-the-woods stories, so I have to admit that I marginally liked "Sasquatch," especially since the tone is totally serious. The film is marred a bit by some strange directorial techniques; particularly the irritating overuse of the 'fade-to-black' technique. Moreover, some of the characters and dialogue come off unbelievable.On the plus side, the tone is serious and the filmmakers throw in a literal 'babe in the woods'; and, yes, she does have a nude hotspring scene (not that you see much, so don't get too excited), but the character's too much of a biyatch to be appealing and the actress, Andrea Roth, isn't THAT attractive anyway, at least not to me (the older woman who plays Nikki is actually more of a babe). Lance Henriksen is always good, of course; and some of the BC locations are quite scenic. I also liked the ending as it was more profound and moving than anticipated, but there's too much marking time; the film could've easily been cut by 15 minutes.But, you ask, what about the appearance of the creature? In other words, is the 'payoff' any good? I kinda liked what they came up with, although it appears as if one of the beast's ancestors mated with Ben Franklin. Just joking; it's not the conventional look of the creature, but it's pretty cool.This is not a great bigfoot flick; it's not even very good. In fact, it's one of the lesser recent SyFy films on Sassy (discounting the abysmal "Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon" and that one with 'Greg' from The Brady Bunch and that other guy from The Partridge Family). But if you're a fan of the creature or a sucker for these types of stories, "Sasquatch" is mandatory.The film runs 86 minutes.Here's how I rate the various bigfoot flicks since the new millennium (see my reviews of each for details):"Sasquatch Mountain" (2006): A- "Sasquatch Hunters" (2005): B+"Abominable" (2006): B"Snowbeast" (2011): B- "Clawed" (2005): C+ "Sasquatch" (2003): C"Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon" (2008): F

(r#64)Unredeemable, merit-less, and above all dreary trash. You know a movie is going to be bad when its sole star power is Lance Henriksen. The French title for this movie says it all: "Inexplicable". How can you possibly make a movie this unbelievably bad in this day and age? Whatever Jonas Quastel's trick is, it worked. This is über-trash, I'm talking 'Manos'-level crap, meaningless, unwatchable, not-even-so-bad-it's-good, cinematic bile of the highest order.Lance Henriksen IS Harlan Knowles, a character who could have been interesting if he wasn't so utterly devoid of characteristics or personality. He, along with a bunch of morons, goes on a field trip to search for an evil Sasquatch which is believed to have attacked a plane which crashed out in the woods, or something. Not much else happens. There's some soft-core (meaning: Teletubbie level) nudity and some blatant rip-offs of "Predator". After 92 minutes of utter pain and another ripped off scene, this time from "Blair Witch", the movie finally staggers across the finish line and ends. As a bonus, we only see the monster itself for about one or two scenes in the entire movie.There's really not much to say about this film. All you need to know is, this is a very bad movie and not even worth viewing as a "so-bad-it's-good" flick. "The Untold" is to entertainment value what Orlando Bloom is to character acting. Avoid it like arsenic.

Okay, if you watch a Bigfoot movie you are either a Bigfoot fan (like me) or a horror fan (me sometimes). This film is fairly basic, has some nice scenery and the great Lance Henriksen. It is a bit patchy at times, lingers on the Beast POV a bit too much and has what I think is a fairly bad take on Bigfoot. The look of the thing (if he exists) is still up for grabs, but this interpretation is more man-thing than beast. Strangely enough, the close ups of the Sasquatch's jaw it looks like a different creature.Anyway, not great, a bit slow, but has some decent acting at times and an okay Bigfoot vs. Henriksen fight.

I love when people rag on a horror flick because it wasn't 'deep' or 'brilliant' or 'epic'. It's a monster movie. I wanted to see a monster kill some people in a cool landscape or environment. That's what I saw.I thought it was a good flick, just what I wanted when I rented it. I didn't want to be moved, or think a lot. I wasn't looking for stunning cinematography or amazing special effects. Sometimes a guy just wants a good old fashioned monster movie. A little gore, a little twist...that's it. Every film shouldn't be the 'Thin Red Line'. Entertainment isn't always rocket science.Good performances by Lance Henrickson and Russell Ferrier.