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Theme: Bigfoot


Bigfoot or Sasquatch is a mythic humanoid creature that is believed to exist in the woodlands of North America. It is seen as tall and ape-like. There are numerous real world accounts of sightings and claimed evidence of its footprints, although much of this falls into pseudo-science and tabloid exaggeration.

The fascination with Bigfoot began with the Patterson–Gimlin film of 1967, a short piece (less than one minute) that supposedly depicts Bigfoot in the woods. This led to a number of pseudo-documentaries and low-budget films throughout the 1970s.

By the 1980s, Bigfoot has become a regular as a monster in horror film. Treatments from the late 1980s onwards vie between Bigfoot as a monster and others that show it is a shy, genteel creature that is a guardian of the environment. More recent treatments have included a number of Found Footage Bigfoot films, comedies and various children’s/animated films about Bigfoot.


The ABCs of Death (2012)

26 February 201312 November 2021

Rating: ★★★

Horror Anthology

Director: Aaron Becker, Nacho Vigalondo, Adrian Garcia Bogliano, Ernesto Diaz Espinoza, …
Actors: Adam Wingard, Simon Barrett, Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley
Category: Horror

Abominable (2006)

22 October 201825 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Bigfoot Film

Director: Ryan Schifrin
Actors: Matt McCoy, Lance Henriksen, Jeffrey Combs, Mike Deak, …
Category: Horror

Big and Hairy (1998)

26 October 200014 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Bigfoot Joins the School Basketball Team

Director: Philip Spink
Actors: Richard Thomas, Robert Burke, Donnelly Rhodes
Category: Fantasy

Big Bad (2016)

1 February 201814 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Kids’ Adventure vs Werewolf/Bigfoot

Director: Opie Cooper
Actors: Cameron Deane Stewart
Category: Horror

Bigfoot Ate My Boyfriend (2016)

26 July 201615 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Bigfoot Comedy

Director: Richard Mogg
Actors: Lloyd Kaufman
Category: Horror

Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes (2012)

25 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Found Footage Bigfoot Film

Director: Corey Grant
Actors: Drew Rausch, Rich McDonald, Ashley Wood, Noah Weisberg, …
Category: Horror

Bigfoot vs Zombies (2016)

6 December 201711 January 2021

Rating: 0­

Bigfoot Tackles a Zombie Outbreak

Director: Mark Polonia
Actors: Danielle Donahue, Dave Fife, Jeff Kirkendall, Ken Van Sant, …
Category: Horror

Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues … (1983)

4 May 20224 May 2022

Rating: ★★½

Bigfoot Film

Director: Charles B. Pierce
Actors: Charles B. Pierce, Chuck Pierce, Cindy Butler, Jimmy Clem
Category: Horror

The Capture of Bigfoot (1979)

27 October 199910 September 2020

Rating: 0­

Bigfoot

Director: Bill Rebane
Actors: Stafford Morgan, George Buck Flower, Richard Kennedy, Otis Young, …
Category: Horror

Creature from Black Lake (1976)

8 July 200511 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Bigfoot Film

Director: Joy Houck Jr
Actors: Jack Elam, Dennis Fimple, John David Carson, Bill Thurman, …
Category: Horror

Exists (2014)

10 April 201510 September 2020

Rating: ★★½

Found Footage Bigfoot Film

Director: Eduardo Sanchez
Actors: Chris Osborn, Roger Edwards, Dora Madison, Samuel Davis, …
Category: Horror

Feed the Gods (2014)

4 November 201417 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Sinister Small Town/Bigfoot

Director: Braden Croft
Actors: Tyler Johnston, Shawn Roberts, Emily Tennant, Britt Irvin, …
Category: Horror

Harry and the Hendersons (1987)

11 January 200310 June 2021

Rating: ★★★

Friendly Bigfoot

Director: William Dear
Actors: John Lithgow, David Suchet, Don Ameche, Kevin Peter Hall, …
Category: Fantasy

The Invisible Guardian (2017)

4 May 20207 September 2021

Rating: ★★

Spanish Serial Killer Thriller

Director: Fernando Gonzalez Molina
Actors: Marta Etura, Elvira Minguez, Carlos Librado “Nene”, Benn Northover, …
Category: Horror

The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972)

10 June 201225 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Bigfoot Film/”True Story”

Director: Charles B. Pierce
Category: Horror

Letters from the Big Man (2011)

26 October 201129 June 2019

Rating: ★★★

Communing with Bigfoot

Director: Christopher Munch
Actors: Lily Rabe, Jason Butler Harner, Isaac C. Singleton Jr, Jim Cody Williams, …
Category: Fantasy

Lost Woods (2012)

3 March 201631 August 2021

Rating: ★★

Bigfoot Film

Director: Nathan Ellering, Phillip Ellering
Actors: Joey Brown, Phillip Ellering, Nathan Ellering, Garrett Vander Leun, …
Category: Horror

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot (2018)

15 March 201923 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Aging Assassin’s Secret History

Director: Robert D. Kryzkowski
Actors: Sam Elliott, Aidan Turner, Caitlin Fitzgerald, Larry Miller, …
Category: Horror

Missing Link (2019)

27 July 20198 October 2019

Rating: ★★½

Bigfoot Comedy/Stop-Motion Animation

Director: Chris Butler
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Zach Galifianakis, Zoe Saldana, Timothy Olyphant, …
Category: Fantasy

Primal Rage (2018)

1 April 201925 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Bigfoot Film

Director: Patrick Magee
Actors: Casey Gagliardi, Andrew Joseph Montgomery, Eloy Casados, Marshall Hilton, …
Category: Horror

The Son of Bigfoot (2017)

10 June 202110 June 2021

Rating: ★★

Animation/Family with Bigfoot Genetics

Director: Jeremy DeGruson, Ben Stassen
Actors: Pappy Faulkner, Chris Parson, Terrence Stone, Lindsay Torrance, …
Category: Fantasy

Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny (2006)

26 March 20071 June 2022

Rating: ★★

Rockstars’ Gonzo Quest

Director: Liam Lynch
Actors: Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Paul F. Tompkins, Tim Robbins, …
Category: Fantasy

Willow Creek (2013)

1 October 201310 September 2020

Rating: ★★★

Bigfoot Found Footage Film

Director: Bobcat Goldthwait
Actors: Bryce Johnson, Alexie Gilmore, Bucky Sinister, Tom Yamarone, …
Category: Horror

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