Bigfoot County (2012)

Director:

Stephon Stewart

Writer:

Stephon Stewart

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

They do exist.

Plot:

Siskiyou County, California has the most reported Bigfoot sightings in the world. In August of 2009, a documentary filmmaker went to investigate these alleged sightings.

Cast

Stephon Stewart	...	Stephon Lancaster
Davee Youngblood	...	Davee Lancaster
Shy Pilgreen	...	Shy Driskell
Sam Ayers	...	Travis
Don Scribner	...	Stranger
Brad S. Clayton	...	Townie
Michael Villar	...	Store Clerk
Joey Napoli	...	Townie
Johnnie Colter	...	Interviewee
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kyle Quinn	...	Himself

Directed by
Stephon Stewart

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Stephon Stewart

Produced by
Johnnie Colter	....	executive producer
Art D'Alessandro	....	associate producer
Angelique De Luca	....	associate producer
Phillip Stewart Halpern	....	associate producer
Richard Halpern	....	producer
Joey Napoli	....	executive producer
Shy Pilgreen	....	producer
Stephon Stewart	....	producer
Michael Villar	....	producer

Cinematography by
Hunter Mossman

Film Editing by
Taichi Erskine

Casting by
Joe Thornton Jr.		(casting director)

Production Design by
Kyle Quinn

Costume Design by
Elizabeth Smith

Makeup Department
Lauren Bracco	....	makeup artist

Sound Department
Brock Babcock	....	sound re-recording mixer
William Flynn	....	sound editor

Other crew
Melissa Maurene Dalton	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• DragonGate Films
• You Wanna Do This or Not Prods.

Distributors

• Program Store (2012) (France) (all media)
• Grindstone Entertainment Group (2012) (USA) (all media)
• Lionsgate (2012) (USA) (all media)
• Signature Entertainment (2013) (UK) (DVD)

Other Companies

• JR Media Services  closed captioning
• Point.360 - Westside  post-production facilities

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R For pervasive language and a brief sexual assault

Runtime:

USA:82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Siskiyou County, California, USA

Company:

DragonGate Films

The wait for Bigfoot goes on.

The third in the recent slew of Bigfoot movies and I'm afraid it was more of the same. Better than Night Claws (not that difficult), maybe not as good as Lost Coast Tapes but we're talking slightly one way or another.

I'm finding the biggest problem with all recent found footage / hand-held cam movies is the lack of originality and any real idea of a decent ending.

Blair Witch Project cornered the market of unexplained, cut-off endings, it's been copied countless times since. How many more times do we need the same!? It's a tool used to keep production costs low, where big Hollywood movies would wow us with special effects as a pay off movies with little or no budget will use the leave us guessing tool.

I really don't mind it if it's done properly, but there has to be a organic sequence of events otherwise the audience is forced to watch a bunch of people stumbling around in a dark forest for absolutely no reason whatsoever.

For once I didn't have a problem with the characters in this film, I was at times enjoying the ride. But there ultimately isn't enough meat on the bones of the movie to sustain itself and sadly after a few mild thrills it tails off into what I suspected all along.

There is a twist at the end but it's telegraphed from a long way off so don't expect any surprises.