CurseofBigfoot

Curse of Bigfoot (1978)

I got thru these strange phases sometimes where I dig thru my collection of films and grab watch a stack of them from the same genre. My latest obsession has been with Bigfoot and Sasquatch movies, mostly from the 70s. See the new sci-fi channel movies just don’t have the same effect on me and as the ones I grew up watching. Those “classic” movies, most of which are of dubious quality, were a staple of the late night movie shows. So it isn’t often that I find a Bigfoot movie from the 70s that I’ve not seen, but Curse of Bigfoot is one of those movies.

The movie opens up with a kid taking a bowl of water to his dog, who is barking. After what seems like several hours the kid (with one of those creepy unisex 70s hairdos that make it impossible to determine gender) is attacked by the Bigfoot that is creeping around. Don’t worry though because we see that this was only a movie being shown by a teacher to his class. The teacher then introduces a speaker who tells the story of an expedition of high school students who came face to face with a monster. This starts a flashback where we see students talking, then walking, then talking again, then more walking. Eventually they find a secret cave that has an Indian mummy in it! They bring the mummy back to the cabin and before you can say “I’ve seen this before in much better movies” it comes to life and terrorizes everyone! Did I mention that the mummy is the same creature from the movie that the teacher? Well as much as it can before being dispatched by the kids with a bucket of gas. Hey you know I just realized there isn’t a Bigfoot in this movie.

I’ve seen some pretty bad attempts at a Bigfoot movie in my day, but this has to be the worst I’ve ever seen. The movie features more scenes of random characters walking around than it does of the creature. There are plot holes that are a mile wide (same creature in the movie within the movie) that is just too much to swallow. If that weren’t enough the dialogue is just awful and is delivered by a cast that is bad, even by the standards of a “B” movie. The biggest and most damning thing about this movie is how mind numbingly boring it is. If I didn’t watch this with my friends I would have never gotten thru it, which considering some of the crap that I’ve watched is saying a lot.

All I have to say about the special effects is papier-mâché. Really the monster looks like someone rolled around in glue and then jumped on the floor of a barbershop. Of course then they topped it off by grabbing the most ridiculous papier-mâché mask they could find and there you have the creature. One of the worst Bigfoot creatures I’ve ever seen. Oh wait it isn’t’ Bigfoot, but in fact an ancient Indian mummy from 100,000 years ago.

Curse of Bigfoot (that is really not Bigfoot, but is in fact an ancient mummy) is a stupid movie that is a complete waste of time. Trust me I love me some Bigfoot movies, this is neither a Bigfoot movie nor worth bothering with as a piece of 70s cheese. Avoid at all costs.

0 out of 4

reviewed by John Shatzer