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Eyes In The Dark: The Sasquatch Experience

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Being a Sasquatch researcher and writer I am always looking into films and documentaries about the Bigfoot mystery. Often times documentaries are rehashed theories, tired unsuccessful methods of tracking and arguments. Imagine my surprise when I wathced Todd Partain's "Eyes in the Dark," Finally a breath of fresh air in the realm of Cine du Sasquatch! Todd gives an excellent collection of accounts from a variety of witnesses and gives us, the viewer, something we often aren't treated to in a Bigfoot piece...great re-enactments of the stories being told! Kudos, Todd, and anyone else on a job well done! Even though this is a small independently produced film this by far surpases many of the documentaries with an actual budget being shown on stations such as Discovery, History and others. And as a special treat we get a brief and humorous "behinds the scenes" look at Todd's buddy reluctantly transforming from man to beast. Shows what a true friend will endure for a pal! Todd, if you plan on future films let me know. You've made a fan!

Being a bigfoot junkie, I watch all kinds of programs and read all kinds of books on the subject of sasquatch. John Partain puts out this independently produced/directed documentary that stemmed from an experience of his family. It appears that the Partains attended one of the Texas Bigfoot Conventions to do these interviews. There are 5 or so tellings of encounters with the top profile one being Scott Herriott's, who with Darryl Owen (not positive that's his last name), expedition ended up with purported video footage of a sasquatch in the bushes (see Squatching/Journey Toward Squatchdom dvd put out by Herriott). The rapid cuts on this interview segment takes something away from it and you get distracted by the cuts. The other perk of this dvd is an interview with "The Bigfoot Hunter" Richard Noll who has put much personal time into this phenomenon but doesn't ever seem to crave any spotlight. He's been around for decades, involved in bigfoot research, and rarely is seen on camera. It's always good to get more encounter stories and it's a good addition to my collection.

Onto the dvd itself... What you get is approx. 50 minutes of documentary containing 5 or so interviews. Then there's the 'behind the scenes' segment which is a 5 minute piece with the Partain children talking and how Partain's friend Tiger was willing to "play" sasquatch. The suit they made isn't the best when seen in this segment but during the actual program it looks pretty good; there's definitely less effort put into other costumes for these kinds of projects and this costume is even better than some that make it into low budget B-movies. This is an independently made dvd of decent quality if somewhat short on running time. The menu is extremely basic and could have looked much better with a little effort in that department. While I'm not as gungho about this dvd as some of the other reviewers, it is certainly worth putting in your collection and watching repeatedly.

This is a new documentary produced and directed by Todd Partain and his family, and it's a great one. It features Todd's story, as well as the testimonials of Bob Strain, Scott Herriott, Mike Hall and Richard Noll and their experiences. There are recreations (very professionally done) of each story, including the Skookum Cast incident. The recreation actor is also very good, the one in the Sasquatch costume. Dr. Linda Brent, a primatologist is also interviewed about her views on the Sasquatch phenomenon. It is quite a professional and well-done documentary, and highly-recommended. 5 out of 5 stars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some good moments, but over all a lack luster production and effort compared to other Bigfoot videos to be seen and owned. If you are new to the subject and want a good jump start on bigfoot info, I would start elsewhere on higher rated videos. If you own it all already and this is your last bigfoot video, then by all means pick it up. Just OK. Not bad but certainly not great.

I received my copy of filmaker Todd Partains Sasquatch documentary and have watched it 3 times already. The Interviews are very compelling, informative and very credible in my opinion. He autographed my copy, and I hope he makes more as this documentary was very well done and was helpful to my research as I have been studying these creatures/mystery for close to 30 years. I had the opportunity to hear him on The Sasquatch Experience Radio show and he is one of the nicest, humblest researchers out there,&who really knows his subject matter well. I highly recommend this to all Bigfoot researchers.

If it wasn't for the fact that the DVD is about Bigfoot, it wouldn't be worth the buy. The DVD has poor sound quality and effects that should make you laugh...not what I expected for the price. Don't expect anything from the title either... It sounded like a great Bigfoot DVD I could turn the lights off to and get creeped out! Not the case. On the upside, the DVD contains some great "first encounter" stories from folks who claim to have seen Bigfoot. If you're a true Bigfoot fan, take the plunge and buy it. Don't expect too much!

As Curator of a Bigfoot Discovery Museum in Central California--someone who has probably viewed just about every film or documentary ever done on bigfoot--I can say with impunity that this is one of the best. I was stunned to learn that this is a low-budget, home-made video, as it comes across as professionally done. Even the home-made bigfoot suit used for the "dramatic recreations" of sightings holds up as well as most professionally-made costumes. The video starts with videographer Todd Partain's own bigfoot encounter as told by various members of his family, who were also there for the event. He goes on to interview a cross-section of witnesses, field researchers and authors which does a better than usual job of convincing the viewer that this mystery primate might actually exist. Definitely worth a look, especially if you want to convince your skeptical friends and relatives that people do indeed see bigfoot.

Michael Rugg
Bigfoot Discovery Project

It is so refreshing to view a DVD and see eye-witness accounts that are not only being retold by the actual witness but also have a re-enactment to go along with it. I really liked the interviews with Rick Noll but especially the one with Scott Herriott.

But perhaps even more interesting is Todd's own experience. It sent chills up and down my spine as I watched and the sheer terror of that eventful night definitely makes me think twice about living anywhere near the woods.

Very informative video and a must have for a "bigfooters" home movie collection.

Really enjoyed the sasquatch story's and the humor on the bonus footage was a riot.

If you are a Sasquatch researcher I could imagine this documentary to be pretty interesting, but for the average curious layperson like me it was pretty boring - just a bunch of interviews. Yawn!