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Alaskan Killer Bigfoot (2021)
A charming fun time
I'm big into cryptids, and this provides the lovely charm and mystery that cryptids give me. Well researched and well put together for a fun time. I've seen most every doc on Bigfoot, and this provides a fresh perspective. I'd highly recommended this to anyone who is looking for something different, and hope this gets renewed for S02!
It Comes at Night (2017)
We're all human beings.
I don't normally write reviews on here, but I saw all the negative feedback and I felt like I should show some love for the film.
First of all, this film was sold as a Horror film, which was a huge mistake. People who go to see those movies aren't really into thinking very much, they just want the jumps and scares, which is fine, but this movie is not that. It doesn't try and scare you, just to scare you, it tries to make you think. I unfortunately have to quote one of the bad reviews on here that says, "I didn't come to the theater to use my imagination", which is extraordinarily sad in my opinion, but a truth that filmmakers and marketing directors need to adhere to. The person who goes to see horror films, doesn't like to use their imagination, and this film requires that to some extent. Or maybe it's just that one guy.
The film is centered around a family of three, locked away in their house in the middle of the forest due to a "sickness" that has plagued the outside world. That's all we know, and that's all we need to know, because this isn't the 10,000th zombie apocalypse movie, we all know that movie quite well. This is the movie that deals with human psychology and the paranoia that inflicts us all during a time of crisis. That's the story the director set out to tell.
The family is joined by another family, and the paranoia unfolds, with who is sick, who's not sick, who's dangerous, and has a very grizzly ending. Not trying to give too much away, but this is extremely similar to the Crucible, or the Hunt, both great stories.
The poster design and the trailer were deceptive, I did think I was going to watch something terrifying, but I believe that I did watch something terrifying. The scariest thing in the film wasn't a bunch of zombies trying to break in, or a big monster outside, but rather the humans, what they're capable of, and the negative power that imagination can have on us.