I had the opportunity to see Bigfoot on the big screen at the Tupelo Film Festival and could not believe the audience reaction. It played to a packed house (at a Film Festival!) and the audience loved it, myself included.
Probably a low budget production (as most festival features are), writer/director Bob Gray delivers the look of a big budget production, with explosions, fun gore, and a beastly-cool Bigfoot. More bang for the buck. Gray also acts in the film as a supporting role, delivering one of the best performances of the movie, natural and engaging. I also enjoyed the performances of Liza Foster and Van Jackson. I hope to see more from all of them in the future. The one thing I wish were different is only that Gray's character (the sheriff) had been the lead and his friend returning home had been the supporting character. I could get behind Gray better. But that wasn't enough to pull me out of the film.
Directed with a great tongue-in-cheek sensibility, Bigfoot delivers just the right blend of gore, horror camp, and seat-jumping scares. I had heard at another festival that the film has received distribution, so keep your eyes open for it whether it be in a theatrical run or your local video rental house because Bigfoot is definitely worth the ride!