Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes

2012 "It Doesn't Like Being Called A Hoax."
4.5| 1h29m| R| en
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Sean Reynolds, a highly acclaimed investigative journalist (who strongly believed in paranormal phenomena), destroyed his career when the most watched episode of his reality show, based on paranormal phenomena, turned out to be a hoax. Sean saw a news report on a "Bigfoot Hunter" (Carl Drybeck) who claimed to possess the body of a dead Sasquatch. He believes Drybeck is a phony and decides to create a new show that reveals people's paranormal claims as hoaxes. Sean assembles his old film crew and heads to Northern California's "Lost Coast" to meet with and interview Drybeck. Obsessed, Sean is staking his comeback, his life and the lives of his documentary film crew on proving Drybeck's claim to be a hoax.

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
Michael Ledo A camera crew, with no benefits or life insurance, is on its way to film real evidence from a man (Frank Ashmore) who claims he has seen Bigfoot and has a BF body. Skeptic Sean Reynolds (Drew Rausch) leads this production in hopes of making a reality series out of it. He is accompanied by his producer ex-gf Robyn (Ashley Wood) who believes in earth mysticism. Darryl (Rich McDonald) is the cameraman who admires Robyn and Kevin is the nerdy sound man who "smells." He is also a Bigfoot believer.The characters and the dialouge I would rate as superior to most found footage films. Since they are filming for TV, the found footage aspect is above normal until the last 15 minutes of the film where they toss the camera around as much as possible for effect. This is the third or fourth film I have seen which duplicates the final scene of "Quarantine". Seriously Mr. Grant, all of us losers who still watch these crappy found footage films, have seen that scene several times before.As far as Bigfoot is concerned. Fear not. The special effects did not break the budget. You see more of Mr. B. Foot on the cover than you do in the film.Parental Guide: F-bombs. No sex or nudity.
mecheart I normally avoid appraisal of a film solely on entertainment value as the vast majority of movies I have recently consumed entertained me on some level regardless of how base or brief the excitement generated. However, every now and again a film comes along armed nicely with the oomph to thrill despite either the subject matter, expected premise or both.New horror releases these days may be abundant but not their quality - heck, even their classification as horror often takes a stretch of the imagination. Thus finding an actually spooky movie also with the ability to entertain is a treasure less and less likely to be discovered.With more than a small amount of gratitude then I must positively recommend 'Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes' to horror fans adrift like myself in the doldrums of decent spine-tingling flicks worth watching. This film comes loaded for Sasquatch with a cast of fun and convincing characters played by pleasingly capable actors, a premise that while not wholly original successfully sets the stage and builds suspense, and a twist that alleviates the disappointment of thinking you know how it will all turn out. The plot overall and twist in the third act very nicely distinguish this film from a sea of sameness and stale ideas plaguing so many other horror efforts these days.Against the norm then based on entertainment value alone,'Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes' hits for a very solid seven out of ten. The build up, throughout which is sprinkled a few hilarious scenes, will please most horror fanatics and the personalities of the four main characters and their host especially, will connect many viewers to the story through their well paced descent into the unknown.While we have a standard shaky shoulder cam setup here, the four investigators headed out into the spooky place this time around are on a mission to debunk rather than prove real the subject of their expedition. I found this take fresh and entertaining compared to so many other very similar found footage films that absolutely take themselves seriously and aim to force the viewer to believe whatever proof of the supernatural they are out to catch on camera.Also refreshing is the not too stereotypical individuality of each of the four main characters. Yes, there's an over zealous director who insists every moment of the expedition must be filmed, and yes he is out to secure a network deal for a weekly show with the whole reality television pilot documentary he is filming.There's a cameraman too who comes off as slightly fearless, a sound man who fulfills the scaredy-cat (a role made famous by Bill Paxton in 'Aliens'), and there's also a pseudo psychic female who performs rituals to sense and ward off dark energies. However something original has been written into each of these well tread roles, interesting enough to make them fun to sit with through the film.The highlight of them all is addled Bigfoot expert 'Carl Drybeck' played extremely entertainingly by Frank Ashmore whom I had never come across before but hope to see in future films. He's a bit of a wild man recluse who for decades has been pursuing Sasquatch and within the scope of the film has finally secured the holy grail: an intact Bigfoot corpse.As the set up unfolds and build up ramps up 'Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes' effectively conditions the viewer to expect a tense but fairly generic outcome and then slams a home run with a very fresh twist and finale. My thinking is viewers who thought the entire film would be all Bigfoot all the time until the end were likely feeling somewhat let down. While I was expecting a Sasquatch showdown in the big dark woods, the reveal did not fail to please, and if you're willing to proceed to its climax with an open mind, this film will not let you down.Seven out of ten for an entertaining experience throughout, plus one for a pants on fire type of scene and references to Scooby-Doo the original and a great performance by Frank Ashmore; Ashley Wood is also quite easy on the eyes and her countenance nicely compliments the whole effort.
erica425 I'm an hour into this movie, and have yet to be shocked or awed. The keep speaking of the Patterson tape; please, that tape was ages ago. What about the "Beast of Wood Hill Woodbooger" tape??? Refer to something that is recent. When people that are into Bigfoot want to watch media about bigfoot, they do not want this kind of crap. So it's based on real stories they state at the beginning. The growling in not accurate; I've heard the bigfoot sound is more like a screech or something you have never heard before. Next great, exciting part of the movie is they find a footprint. Wow!! Like everybody knows about the footprints. There is so much proof out there, and different theories of how they jump from realm from realm, they could have had an action packed film - bam, bam, bam - leave out the damn Patterson tape, my God!!! There's so much more out there to play with and to scare the crap out of people. Please, someone else come out with a respectable film on the Sasquatch phenomenon and put this one to it's grave officially.
J-M Hogan First off you have a movie that is a Blair Witch style rip off, then you have a lead character who for some reason reminded me of Shia LeBouf, that is not a positive thing.Like many people I agree the movie starts out OK. It then goes way off the rails We are told Bigfoot may travel between the spirit world and ours. In one scene a character stands in front of a window a bright light comes on and POOF he is sucked back thru the window? SO was this a Bigfoot or Spirit? You have some Bigfoot moments walking by a window, seeing a leg thru the bush and yet the camera people saw nothing? REALLY REALLY disappointing. It had potential at times felt rushed, but in the end I think that was for the best.Telling a girl stay in the cabin but if you think you hear something walk your hurt self to another cabin grab the gun and shoot. Ummm wouldn't it have been easier to say here is the gun right here right now? Overall very disappointing.I had hoped this would have been better