The Curse of Bigfoot

Look at that picture.  That's not the actual poster for this movie (I couldn't find one), but it may be the best representation one could hope for.

"The Curse of Bigfoot" is awful.  But like many truly terrible movies, it has enough odd or funny bits to keep you watching.  With TCoB, it's the first half. 

The movie begins with a standard monster movie scene playing out.  A gal hears her dog whining outside (the sounds are whining but the dog is happy and yapping).  She grabs a pitcher of milk and a robe and wanders out into the night.  After giving her dog a half gallon of milk, the creature jumps out and... we cut to a classroom where the teacher is showing the students this scene.  Showing horror movies and discussing yetis and sea serpents seem to be this teachers curriculum.  He then brings in a speaker to tell the students about his encounter with Bigfoot.

The movie is now about a group of students who find a mummified monster (never referred to as Bigfoot) and accidentally revive it.  The beast goes wild and attacks people.  That is until someone runs up to it and sets it on fire.

So the first thing to discuss about TCoB is the fact that it actually two movies.  When the guest speaker starts his tale, that's the start of the original movie.  It blatantly goes from the 70s to the 50s.  I was confused at first that the company making this movie had put so much effort into recreating the 50s (they have no budget).  Then I noticed that two of the young actors are the teacher and guest speaker from the beginning!  Which is really odd, in that the teacher acted like this was his guest's story and that he had no direct experience with Bigfoot.  So, the 50s movie reaches its conclusion and the movie does not return to the classroom so the speaker can wrap up his tale.  Nope, it just ends.

 

I never really knew where people were or what was going on the entire time I watched this.  And that can be fun.  The brutal ineptitude behind both sections of the movie is thoroughly engaging (but the 70s parts are the best). 

But let's get into the whole two movie thing.  A minimum of research was needed to figure out what was going on with that.  There is a movie from 1958 called "Teenagers Battle the Thing."  That movie was taken and using a couple of the original actors, expanded into "The Curse of Bigfoot."  But I'm wondering if elements were cut from "Teenagers."  TCoB is only 88 minutes long and the 70s stuff is the first half hour.

The acting in both movie is atrocious.  Everyone speaks like robots and the speaker's introduction is phenomenal.  Bad actors should never try to play at crying.

Get some friends and some booze together and watch this as a double feature with "The Legend of Bigfoot."  Both are available on YouTube here and here.  Enjoy!

3 out of 10 (but in a good way)