Is Bigfoot real? There are several different shows about Bigfoot experts trying to find this elusive creature in the Appalachians mountains or the Sierra Nevadas. Some people claim to have found evidence of its existence and even some have claim to see it. This 1976 monster flick, Curse of Bigfoot, is telling of one professor’s experience with this creature and his efforts to convince the students that Bigfoot is real.
There’s not much information on this film. What I do know is that this is a TV film and it is an extended version of a 1963 unreleased film, Teenagers Battle the Thing. The original film didn’t even mention the word Bigfoot; that part was added in. How this film was chosen to be included in the 100 Greatest Terror Classics movie collection that I own, we may never known. This film was like those re-enactment scenes you see on medical shows, like Untold Stories of the E.R. or 100 Ways to Die, mixed with classic 70’s commercials. It was utterly hokey and boring. Bigfoot reminded me of a deformed Leatherface mask on an ape. This was the weirdest movie I’ve seen in a long time. It was like watching a snuff film trying to be a 1950’s creature feature. It was just….odd.
Come back tomorrow for my review of the 1990 classic Stephen King novel adaptation of It. Until then, stay spooky, my friends!
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