Shadows of Bigfoot

Shadows-of-Bigfoot
Shadows of Bigfoot

On the haunted land of Blackwood Forest, the filmmakers are investigating the myth of big foot when all Of a sudden a wretched monster relives their worst nightmare and their project gets transformed into a spine-chilling fight for self-preservation. This is how the synopsis of the movie Shadows of Bigfoot appears allowing one more step into the collage of cryptid horror.

Shadows of Bigfoot is written and directed by Brendan Rudnicki, a filmmaker who appears to be a crazed individual when it comes to making found footage movies. Like his previous work A Cold Grave screened at A Nightmare in the West Festival, he tries to adapt in this particular line of narrative, and adding his own twist to a fera familiar hypoth.

The story revolves around Drew (Andrew Thomas), his girlfriend Grace (Tatum Bates), and her brother Jake, a cameraman in the group who as they explore the black nature of Blackwood Forest. What are they looking for? Clues about the disappearing hikers and the more captivating local man who is accused of murdering his wife. The case against him was however, not condemned but after the trial, he entered the forest stating his wife had been snatched by some beast in the woods, which he claims is the truth. The team wishes to find him and obtain the first interview where he should provide more details regarding this cryptid.

The trio is also seen running with their cameras and other equipment trying to locate this hermit and the mysteries he holds. Drew and Grace are presented to us as freelance journalists, who take it upon themselves to expose and investigate urban myths raising from unexplained phenomena for their YouTube subscribers. In their heads, they are the storytellers but like everything people do there is a cost, and that people would not behaving themselves. The other witnesses of the event, the park guard, and his friends told them that no danger would come to them, instead imprisonment and heavy fines awaited them, which made them even more angry because they thought they had a golden story on their hands.

The quest grows more intriguing when they meet the locals and strange people on their quests in the woods. One such dangerous man warns them to be careful of the people as well not only the threats of the forest. Nonetheless, the team is rush thinking that there is nothing more complicated than going to a place, speaking with the people, and about shooting their B-roll. But what can we say about the horror genre for it does not take long for the action to get out of hand. Tension rises to the point where they start interacting with the beast themselves and the events that follow are actually pretty predictable right from the beginning.

Like any typical found footage film, Shadows of Bigfoot is mostly about Drew and Grace and the filming in chronicle of their movement through different spaces and places, most of which though in unusual positions, angles in controlled most handheld shots. The subsequent cut always looks for some basis something that has been shot in this case, the camera goes about incorporating action, although the plot isn’t very original as such some facts are worth mentioning.

As an example, one could mention the sound design which is quite nice. So you can like see the woods around the characters and there’s enough breakdown to the dialogue. Moreover, the sound effects contribute to adding a bit of aggression and horror to the film which makes it more captivating.

For a low-budget film, the special effects used in this film are also above average. They have a sufficient contribution to the horror aspects without overshadowing the film with extreme bloodshed. It’s a tricky situation and Rudnicki seems to know how to control that.

For me absorbing such types of found footage films, more particularly involving Bigfoot is most feeling not new anymore. It is always curious to observe how every author tries to change the shooting of the picture, the plot to make it all fantastic. But despite their utmost efforts Shadows of Bigfoot is just another film that does not add any interesting aspects to such an oversaturated genre. Its major weakness is the absence of any sense of strong focus on the storyline. Everything goes too slow and takes forever so you’re always looking at the time as to when there will be a scene worth the time. I believe it is the curse of each and every found footage film around the world which this movie tries to overcome.

What can I say about Shadows of Bigfoot? I would not consider it among my fondest moments of found footage, but thankfully I wouldn’t place it at the bottom either. It provides a decent plot and some decent technical aspects but nothing too new or inventive in terms of what the found footage style encompasses and the trends it contains.

This film will be graded as a 5/10 by me. To people who like the found footage horror subgenre and even more, if they are interested in some cryptid angle, it may be worth it. I should also warn people though that if they are looking for something that would light a fire within them creatively, this movie may come as a letdown.

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