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This is probably one of the worst pieces of television I have watched in a long time.

The CGI is appalling, the physics of how the Bigfoot moves is comical and borders on stop motion quality.

The so called "concert" has no more than 30 people in the crowd, and this is obvious from the camera shots, yet the dubbed sound suggests there are thousands in attendance. The stage looked like it was constructed by drunk children as well. And to think Alice Cooper made an appearance in this is just sad.

The acting is ropey at best, the characters are unbelievable, The so called "master hunter" cannot even hold a rifle correctly.

To summarise, THIS IS GARBAGE and should never have been made. Waste of time for all involved.

Bigfoot is set in the small South Dakota town of Deadwood where local radio host Harley Anderson (Danny Bonaduce) is organising an 80's style rock festival, the local mayor (Howard Hesseman) wants the festival as a way of bring business into the town but local environmentalist Simon Quint (Barry Williams) opposes the festival as a large area of woodland has to be cut down to make way for it. Both Anderson & Quint argue over the plans but Anderson gets his way, the trees are cut down & the festival goes ahead. The headlining act is ageing rocker Alice Cooper, deep in the surrounding woods a huge Bigfoot type creature is annoyed by the loud rock music & rampages through the festival destroying equipment & killing people. The national guard are called in, local outrage & horror at the atrocity changes to sympathy as Quint argues that the Bigfoot monster is a victim & should be captured while Anderson wants to profit from the creature & calls in big game hunters to trap it...

Produced by the talentless folk at The Asylum & premiering on the SyFy Channel before going to DVD this piece of crap had the working title of Black Hills & was directed by Bruce Davison who oddly also starred in & directed a few episodes of the Harry and the Hendersons (1991-1993) television series which featured a Bigfoot creature living with an average American family so I guess he was chosen for prior experience in the Bigfoot genre, whatever the reason Bigfoot is total crap from start to finish & is an embarrassment to all concerned. While different films appeal to different people & they can have differing but no less worthwhile opinions about them Bigfoot is a film where you should take notice of all the bad reviews, the 2 out of 10 score on the IMDb is justified here, all the negative reviews & bad mouthing of this piece of rubbish is hard to disagree with. At just under 90 minutes it's really boring, the story is just so random, it has no central concept beyond this Bigfoot thing killing a few people & various character's running around with different agendas trying to capture it. Wouldn't a huge manhunt be organised in order to trap & kill it? If Anderson manages to capture it why does he think he will be able to do whatever he wants with it? The same goes for Quint. Why, when this Bigfoot kills people in cold blood is Quint still so keen to save it? Where are all the locals? The idea that bad rock music makes this Bigfoot go crazy is just lame, wouldn't anyone else have seen this thing before? It's 40 or 50 feet high, you could hardly miss it could you? The plot, that character's & the dialogue are all awful, the plans these idiots come up with to capture the thing just defy logic. Bigfoot is just painful to watch. I also couldn't help but think of King Kong while watching this, the Bigfoot monster looks more like a huge Ape much like Kong & with the climax set on a famous landmark like Mount Rushmore one can see the similarities of Kong's climax set on the Empire State Building.

Technically Bigfoot is an absolute mess too, some of the continuity is atrocious like when near the end Bigfoot is rampaging through a car park yet in the very next scene he's jumping down from a wall in front of Mount Rushmore nowhere near any car park or the inconsistencies of it's size. The special effects are terrible, the Bigfoot is a CGI creation & it looks awful as it awkwardly stomps, walks, kicks & slaps stuff. It does get embarrassing at times. The CGI helicopters also look rubbish. This thing is huge, like 40 or 50 feet high yet it is able to 'sneak' up on people & why does everyone just stand there waiting for it to kill them? Time & time again character's just stand there with stupid expressions on their faces, waiting for this huge monster to get close enough to kill them. God this is awful, how I made it all the way through I will never know. The ending set on Mount Rushmore is rubbish, the location is totally wasted & again the CGI work is atrocious.

Filmed in Carnation in Washington on what must have been a very low budget. The acting isn't very good, rocker Alice Cooper makes a small cameo appearance while has been television stars Danny Bonaduce & Barry Williams play the lead character's but look bored.

Bigfoot is a terrible film, make no mistake about it Bigfoot is as bad as any SyFy Channel original you care to think of. I don't know why I keep watching this crap for, it's not like I am unaware what to expect. The bad news is that the SyFy Channel over her recently played Jersey Shore Shark Attack (2012) which is currently waiting for me on my set top box, I shudder at the thought.

From an article with SyFy's head honcho three years ago, we learned that SyFy pays $2-3 million to groups like The Asylum and Roger Corman to make "original" pictures. Apparently, The Asylum is keeping most of that money.

This time around, instead of the bodacious Debbie Gibson and Tiffany, we're stuck with Danny "The Partridge Family" Bonaduce and Barry "Greg Brady" Williams battling each other and Bigfoot in Deadwood, South Dakota.

I won't spoil the ending but remember this is an Asylum flick, which means high body counts, people dying in incredibly stupid ways and, most of all, crummy special effects. I thought CGI was going to be the wave of the future? The effects in this movie look like a video game.

Even worse, the acting in this movie is more atrocious than usual for an Asylum movie. Bonaduce is his usual hammy self, just a bit more over the top than he is on "World's Dumbest..." Williams, however, has to play the straight man and fails miserably.

As for the plot, in a nutshell, Williams and Bonaduce play former singing partners who have parted ways 180 degrees. Bonaduce is a bigshot radio hack/producer whose greed knows no bounds, going so far as to take credit for a bloody Bigfoot attack bringing the town much needed publicity. Williams has gone environmentalist on us when he isn't trying to hit on his almost underage groupies.

Neither man is likable enough to root for. By the time we get to the inevitable fight scene between the two, it's too late. We can hit the restroom or make popcorn instead.

And I have to pity the poor city of Deadwood. The locals are portrayed as complete morons. Bigfoot annihilates about 10-15 construction workers yet no one in town pays attention. Tons of people go missing and business goes on as usual. Even when Bigfoot attacks a big concert stage, absolutely nothing fazes the citizenry until Bonaduce pays them to go after Bigfoot.

We got to see a more enthusiastic response from the rednecks in the notorious "Giant Spider Invasion" back in 1975. The Asylum needs to take a look at "Kingdom of the Spiders" or just about any Toho monster flick to show how the citizens are supposed to act when the monster attacks.

Oh and before I forget, Grade Z horror and monster flicks have had one thing in common from -- they either begin a great actor's career or show just how far the actor has fallen. SyFy abounds in the latter.

This time around, we get to see just how far Sherilynn Fenn of "Twin Peaks" has fallen out of favor in Tinseltown. She plays a deputy doing a poor imitation of Frances McDormand from "Fargo." Her hat has more to do than she does. Joining her is Howard "WKRP In Cincinnati" Hessman as the Murray Hamilton-style mayor and Bruce Davison as another deputy.

By the way, Davison directs and shows he apparently learned nothing from "Lathe of Heaven." He can't even successfully direct his own death scene.

Overall, by the time we get to the ending (hint: think "Piranhaconda"), we just want this film to be over with.

P.S.: The best part in this whole movie is Alice Cooper challenging Bigfoot for the title of "world's scariest creature."

Yep 6. This was a funny tongue-in-the-cheek movie, and the folks that panned it may not have noticed this aspect. Remember these SyFy flicks are the millennium's version of B movies from the 50's and 60's. Do they need to come with a label that says: WARNING This is not Alien.

Here's why it is funny, but with some flaws.

First of all Alice Cooper in a rock concert of about 20 attendees. Bigfoot is resting nicely while the folksinger strums his tunes to a bored audience. Then Alice Cooper and his loud rock music and audio mic/speaker feedback awake Bigfoot. Then as Alice claims he is the scariest guy in the world, Bigfoot drop kicks him to the stadium in Boston.

Plot: As usual a monster enters a town. One guy (Danny B.) wants to use the Bigfoot as a theme park and the other guy, Bruce Davison, wants to let the creature go even after he has killed dozens. Why? Because we are intruding on his space.

IMDb doesn't have the cast characters on some folks on it's listing page so I will use real names.

So Donny B. and Bruce D. duke it out to get the monster. Simple story.

Great line: Danny B. "We are going to bag and cage him or stuff and mount him". He says it several times. Also, what could be funnier than the girl who lies down in the Bigfoot footprint in a lustful manner, only to have Bigfoot stomp her into the ground with his, well, big foot. This was an homage to Bambi Meest Godzilla, where Bambi is blissfully munching in the forest only to encounter the big foot of Godzilla. It is a short animation, probably on youtube by now.

And who isn't on the floor after seeing the protesters with "save Bigfoot signs" which includes a demonstration march. And, the tourist guide at Mount Rushmore, who made a delicious snack for big foot and was so surprised at her fate.

Who can't laugh when the CGI boys "create" a police car that is set on fire. Didn't they have $500 bucks for an old car to burn. No, they used a phony CGI car with dull paint and dull glass. They they cut to a real car with shine, and rain drops and reflective glass. Way obvious. I laughed when Danny B. was sneaking through the snow covered slippery woodsy country side with his finger on the trigger of an M16. I liked the fake snow created in an iMovie effect called "snow".

Bigfoot is a great drop kicker as he boots people around like a soccer ball. He should be drafted to Manchester United next season. Hint for future National Guard meeting Bigfoot: Shoot at his feet, they are the least protected.

And who won't crack up when in one scene near Mount Rushmore when a military guy in a chopper has Bigfoot direct in the cross hairs with no obstructions on his tripod mounted M60 machine gun and declares, "I don't have a shot".

Comic moments like this abound in this satire of monster flicks. Filmmakers are lucky to have a couple of million for a small movie to practice their craft. Don't forget it was Francis Coppola who got $30,000 from AI to shoot his first feature, Dementia 13.

Biggest flaw: not enough babes in revealing clothing like in Mega Python Meets Gatorade. So location directors pay attention. Resist making movies in cold climates. Use islands, tropical areas, and coastlines. This is so buxom babes can dress appropriately.

It seems as several movies end with the heroes getting killed and then a plaque that honors them at the end.

And let us not forget the employment opportunities these low budget films provide for musicians, actors, writers, crew, and yes even CGI creators and of course the fun, entertainment factor for us viewers.

Terrible terrible film, but I loved it. I'm sure they went out of there way to make the worst film ever, and they succeeded. The cgi is beyond bad. Alice Cooper getting munched is a highlight. This film should be put in a museum there is a lot to learn from this complete and utter rubbish. I love a bad film and I loved this. Surely, hopefully that was the point.

Two former musicians are still competing; Harley Anderson (Danny Bonaduce) is an obnoxious DJ wanting to promote an oldies concert, but needs to clear some woods for the site. Simon Quint (Barry Williams) is a former lead man, who works to preserve the land and woods. In the meantime, the legendary Bigfoot wanders out of those South Dakota woods. Both have their reasons to capture the mythical creature. This is awful in every sense of the word. Laughable, but not because it is funny.

Also in the cast: Sherilyn Fenn, Alice Cooper, Cynthia Geary, Howard Hesseman and Bruce Davidson, who also directs.

Character actor Bruce Davison (of all people!) directed this silly bit of creature feature b-movie nonsense about an enraged, truly ticked off Bigfoot on a destructive rampage through an area of South Dakota. Syfy channel CGI Bigfoot runs around squishing people underfoot, pulling victims' heads off or crushing them in his bare hands. He snarls and roars, tosses around outhouses, RVs, ATVs, vehicles, and the like, dead set on raising as much havoc as possible. What is even more irresistible than this, you ask? The cast of former stars from yesteryear. Sherilyn Fenn (of Twin Peaks) as a deputy, Harold Hessman (WKRP in Cincinnati) as the mayor, Bruce Davison (X Men) as the sheriff, Danny Bonaduce (Patridge Family) as a radio DJ who decides to take up Sasquatch hunting, and Barry Williams (The Brady Bunch) especially fun as a "tree hugger" hippie former rock star (and Bigfoot supporter who claims that he's only so angry because Bonaduce and mayor Hessman were responsible for tearing up a lot of good land for a rock concert "return of the 80s" festival that the Big Meanie smashes up Incredible Hulk style). This movie got a 10 just because Bonaduce and Williams get into fisticuffs at a bar when Danny starts bragging about shagging Barry's mom! Seeing CGI Bigfoot tossing around CGI cop cars while stomping about while letting out primal screams is only adds extra laughs to this whole cornball experience. Want me to sweeten the pot? Alice Cooper (!) shows up at the rock concert (he says to Bonaduce to promote his book on golf!) ready to cut loose with Bigfoot crashing his act and kicking him out sight! Seeing Cooper and Bonaduce arguing over the shock rocker getting on stage at the sparsely populated concert was just surreal to me. Seeing Barry posters with his face and the tag "Save Bigfoot" was about as WTF. This whole deal is Davison's way of just having fun; he has the right kind of cast to play with the laughable material. It all boils down to Bigfoot laying waste to any local that gets in its way, and the cast wanting to kill (or save) it in the worst possible way.

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holy sh00t, It's about as entertaining as sitting on the toilet for an hour thinking you're going to punch out a good turd and all it is....is

a little water and a bad fart, maybe a brown ball bearing at the bottom of the drain...that's this movie...then you just set it free down the sh0t pipe and wonder how I

such a tiny piece of shat could come from such a colossal waste of time!