You want Bigfoot? You got him in all his hairy, toothy glory. Barbeau is excellent as always and there’s even a compelling performance from Lance Henriksen at the end, who sets up a sequel through his portrayal of a comic book-style kingpin determined to uncover the truth about what’s in the forest.Īs for the monster, Big Legend delivers where most low-budget movies hide as much as they can to save money. As Eli, Robinson plays the perfect sidekick – a little off, but loyal and trusting to the end.
Makely nearly carries the film on his own, his character a lot like Andrew Lincoln’s Rick Grimes on The Walking Dead without the corny speeches and poor decisions. “… Army Ranger who proposes to his longtime girlfriend…until she gets kidnapped by a large, running humanoid…”įor a film with an extremely limited cast and virtually no budget, it’s one hell of a ride. Ultimately, they find their game with dire consequences. Robinson), a local poacher with similar interests. He returns to the forest and soon teams up with Eli (Todd A. One year later, Tyler leaves a psychiatric hospital and stays with his mother (Adrienne Barbeau), who encourages him to find the answer he’s been seeking. They set up camp and things are going well until he’s drawn outside and she gets kidnapped by a large, running humanoid. Kevin Makely plays Tyler, a former Army Ranger who proposes to his longtime girlfriend Natalie (Summer Spiro) on a camping trip. That’s about to change, however, with Justin Lee’s awesome, fun Big Legend. Recently, numerous reality TV shows have cropped up, claiming to search for the legendary creature alongside films like Eduardo Sánchez’s superbly intense Exists (2014) and Bobcat Goldthwait’s sadly misguided Willow Creek (2013). Its cousin, the Yeti, has popped up more often, taking the spotlight in 1957’s The Abominable Snowman, Paul Naschy’s 1975 Waldemar entry The Werewolf and the Yeti, the corny made-for-TV Snowbeast (1977) and even 1974’s oddball exploitation schlock Shriek of the Mutilated to name a few, leaving his Pacific Northwestern counterpart in the shadows.
1987’s Harry and the Hendersons brought a friendly PG version of the creature to mass audiences, but sightings on celluloid have been few and far between just like Bigfoot. Despite its prominence in American folklore, the Sasquatch hasn’t appeared much in film.
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