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- Drehbuch
- Hauptbesetzung
- Henry's Father
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At first glance, this resembles the shot-on-cellphone glut of straight-to-streaming crap that's been flooding the market lately. It was made by a tiny cast and crew on a micro-budget, both the dialogue and acting are a little clunky in spots, and worst of all, it starts off seeming like yet another story about a YouTuber (which has become a whole subgenre of bad horror movies in the 2020s, but thankfully, the found-footage aspect here is fairly miniscule).
Beneath the modern conventions, however, it feels more like drive-in fare from the '70s. It's a character piece that's slow and talky, the humor (mostly provided by an older ranger named Al) is intentionally corny, and it sort of subverts expectations. Also, although this is technically a monster movie, the director opted to only show the Bigfoot in fleeting glimpses, which was probably wise.
I was in the right mindset to get invested in the story, and felt rewarded by the final act, which is where the movie really shines. Despite what others have claimed, I thought it was very well shot, edited, and scored. My one major problem was with the pacing, which could have been tightened up a bit.
People looking for a big-budget, thrill-a-minute flick filled with gore and prolific monsters need to look elsewhere for entertainment. But if you can overlook the various shortcomings, this is a solid little b-movie that's a cut above the other garbage that's coming out these days.
Anyone giving this garbage more than 1 star must be cast and crew trying to boost their own meagre investment (as evidenced by the downvotes, lol) because this is beyond terrible. I myself am only giving it one star because I can't give it zero.
If the incredibly dumb title alone doesn't tip you off to not bother with it, the low budget production value .and woeful acting should have you turning it off in less than 10 minutes.
Not one person can act. The dialogue is clunky, the delivery is full of long pauses and a palpable silence wherever they're trying to remember their lines, which is so obvious it shows. They didn't even try to edit out the awkwardness.
The storyline in the movie was bland and forgettable. I wasn't particularly entertained throughout the course of the 106 prolonged minutes that the movie ran for. Writers Ashley Chick, James Chick and Ryan Stahl just failed to conjure up an overly interesting, much less actually entertaining, script and storyline for director James Chick to bring to the screen.
I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie, but the acting performances were fair, though nothing outstanding really.
Visually then you're not in for anything grand. "Feet of Death" was a low-key special effects movie. Not that I think an abundance of great special effects would have mattered much, because the movie was lacking in the story department.
While I did manage to sit through the entire movie, I wasn't particularly entertained. And I can honestly say that I am not returning to watch "Feet of Death" a second time. Nor is it a movie that I would warmly recommend for horror genre fans to rush out and get to watch.
My rating of director James Chick's 2024 movie "Feet of Death" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.
I found a bit of exposition at the start and occasional dialogue to be a bit flat in parts but the Sheriff character's good and gruff nature seemed to fit well with the story and there were some standout dialogue scenes which made up for any weaker areas. There was some good aspects in the use of influencer video POV to mix things up a bit although jumping back and forth between present day and the influencer selfie videos gets a bit confusing along with the change in static camera views and YouTube style selfies.
As for Bigfoot in a furry costume - well what else would you use in a film..? A real Bigfoot? Of course it's a costume!! Besides Bigfoot is supposed to be a large biped. Not sure what some of the other reviews complained about here but it worked for me.
Overall the film was likeable, attention keeping and watchable and very well shot and set with good visually attractive scenes.
Nice joke. 'Bigfoot killing people sounds like a bad horror movie'
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- WissenswertesThe caves were remote from the principal shooting locations, and on the day the footage was filmed, the power generator wouldn't start, so they had to use a power bank. Unfortunately, the energy was quickly depleted, so the director had to plug it into his truck and keep the engine running to provide a charge.
- PatzerAlle Einträge enthalten Spoiler
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Jennifer: I found human DNA on the lips of the victim... It came back as a Mary Moore. Saliva, and placed on the victim's lips, postmortem.
Jason Easterly: I guess she snuck in a kiss goodbye.
Ken Clark: That's not funny, that's nasty.
Jason Easterly: Yeah, it's probably criminal.
Ken Clark: Well, not technically, but doesn't mean it's right. That's between her and the good Lord.
- Crazy CreditsA brief scene follows the closing credits.
- VerbindungenReferences The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
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- Budget
- 15.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Laufzeit
- 1 Std. 46 Min.(106 min)
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