The Bigfoot Tapes

A routine, paint-by-numbers version of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, lacking that film's originality, atmosphere, and genuine sense of uneasiness. THE BIGFOOT TAPES certainly has potential and I really wanted to enjoy it; those Californian forest locations look fantastic and are doubtless atmospheric in themselves. What a shame, then, that what ensues is so listless and predictable.

A trio of documentary film-makers set out into the woods to prove or disprove the legend of Bigfoot once and for all. There's some minor interest at first as they have run-ins with kooky inhabitants (shades of BLAIR WITCH already) and then lots of aimless wandering around. I could cope with the middle section of the film if it actually went somewhere, but it doesn't. Instead we get a tent attack scene that rips off BLAIR WITCH something rotten, before a dodgy twist ending which is unsatisfying to say the least. THE BIGFOOT TAPES is all build up and no pay off, which is nobody's idea of fun...

The third in the recent slew of Bigfoot movies and I'm afraid it was more of the same. Better than Night Claws (not that difficult), maybe not as good as Lost Coast Tapes but we're talking slightly one way or another.

I'm finding the biggest problem with all recent found footage / hand-held cam movies is the lack of originality and any real idea of a decent ending.

Blair Witch Project cornered the market of unexplained, cut-off endings, it's been copied countless times since. How many more times do we need the same!? It's a tool used to keep production costs low, where big Hollywood movies would wow us with special effects as a pay off movies with little or no budget will use the leave us guessing tool.

I really don't mind it if it's done properly, but there has to be a organic sequence of events otherwise the audience is forced to watch a bunch of people stumbling around in a dark forest for absolutely no reason whatsoever.

For once I didn't have a problem with the characters in this film, I was at times enjoying the ride. But there ultimately isn't enough meat on the bones of the movie to sustain itself and sadly after a few mild thrills it tails off into what I suspected all along.

There is a twist at the end but it's telegraphed from a long way off so don't expect any surprises.

The Bigfoot Tapes. Having seen several bad Bigfoot movies lately I picked this up dirt cheap in the hope that it may buck the trend. Well if anything it took things to a new low! Three people go searching for Bigfoot, filming every step (yes, this is yet another found footage movie, Zzzz). They hook up with Bible quoting local Travis but once he vanishes things go seriously bad. Within the first few minutes of the film the "expert" on the subject incorrectly says that the Yeti is European. That gaff didn't bode well. There are obvious shades of Blair Witch here, only that was well done & this isn't. This film is incredibly boring and if it doesn't send you to sleep then the awful camera work will give you a headache. I think it takes skill to make an effective found footage, but this just belongs in the great pile of bad ones. In fact this is one of the worst examples that I've sat through. The only reason that I can see for this being BBFC rated 18 is for a scene of male rape. An abysmal film, don't waste your time or money.

All you need to know is this movie SUCKS!! The estimated budget was $600,00? Not only was the acting some of the worst I've seen, it is also annoying. Every other sentence is either got the F-bomb or telling us about how religious people are "crazy". This horrible movie actually made me angry enough to seek out this page and right a review and it's not even half over. DO NOT watch this movie as it is a TOTAL waste of time. GRRR! Is this what Hollywood has become? Horrible actors acting out horrible scripts? Every person associated with this film should be embarrassed that they call this a movie. I bet the word F$#@ is used 1000 times throughout this movie... just horrible...

A ridiculous, pathetic 'Blair Witch' rip-off, an absolute insult to that horror masterpiece. Horrible acting, horrible, pathetic 'script', a shameful rip-off premise, you name it. Almost a parody of 'Blair Witch', with absolutely NONE of that brilliant movie's charm. Not even fun to watch ironically. They take concepts and scenarios directly from Blair Witch, and try to disguise them as their own. The dialogue is EMBARRASSINGLY bad. At least the Bobcat Goldthwait Bigfoot movie wasn't a rip-off, and had some truly frightening moments. One positive is some of the 'scary' sounds in the woods were pretty scary, OOOOH! The filmmaker(s) should be ASHAMED of themselves. It leaves you feeling NOTHING for the characters, except rooting for their slow, painful demises. I don't know how anyone involved in this celluloid abortion can look themselves in the mirror. Don't watch it. It SUCKS.