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They Call Him Sasquatch

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This is one of the most entertaining movies I have ever seen, as a matter of fact, I have so much fun watching it, i have seen it about a dozen times. When my friends are hanging out, I always recommend this movie...it's clever and witty and the actors really work well together. Plus, it's not your typical predictable hollywood story, you never know what to expect, and I promise you've never seen anything like it. This movie is a great way to spend time and won't let you down...I highly recommend it if you like to laugh and be entertained.

My original intention was to rip into this movie with as much savagery as I could muster, but I just can't do it for some reason. Sure, They Call Him Sasquatch is a terrible movie - make no mistake about that - but I suppose it has a few good points. The two rednecks did make me laugh, as did the lady with the psychic connection to Bigfoot - and it's a little difficult to judge the two grumpy old men too harshly when I fully intend to become a grumpy old man myself some day. Still, you could have knocked me over with a feather when I found out this movie had an estimated budget of a million dollars. Someone at the heart of this production had to be embezzling because they surely didn't spend that much money on the movie - more like a couple hundred bucks, if you ask me. Maybe Garry Marshall demanded the rest of the dough for appearing in such a legacy-killing film.

Basically, this is yet another "put a bunch of dummies in the woods and see what happens" movies, with the only twist being that these yahoos are "serious" Bigfoot hunters. You have the two rednecks who want to mount a "Sas-kee-atch" head in their trailer, two long-time Bigfoot hunters competing against each other, a science geek (and his horny wife) who plans to lure the beast with pheromones and Bigfoot voice recordings, a talkative dentist and his family (his wife tries to communicate with the Sasquatch through her psychic link to the legendary creature), two members of the rock group Bigfeet, and a TV reporter and his cameraman. The group is visited from time to time by some hairy lunatic who warns them to leave. Virtually all of these people are quite stupid and go about proving it on a regular basis. The only hope you as the viewer have is that there will indeed be a few funny moments here and there - the film has absolutely nothing else to offer. Fortunately, there actually are a few funny moments, thanks largely to the two rednecks - but it's not enough to make They Call Him Sasquatch a pain free experience. There were moments when I began questioning my love for bad movies, wondering why I torment myself with films like this. Still, since it did make me laugh a few times, I'm going to be really generous and give this film two stars. You're going to need a real passion for bad movies in order to make it through this one, though.

I would not waste my time or money on this show.. it is sort of dumb

This direct-to-DVD feature is largely composed of relative unknown actors, but a few familiar faces are also seen in this film. Neal McDonough (Boomtown, Medical Investigation, Desperate Housewives, Walking Tall (2004) stars as reporter Ned Dwyer, who is sent to the wilderness to investigate reports of Sasquatch sightings after two hunters obtain footage of one, but accidentally erase it. Ned's boss, Stu (played by Garry Marshall, creator of Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley and Mork and Mindy) is the one who sends Ned out on this seemingly wild goose chase. Ned meets with several individuals in the woods, including two dueling old-time Bigfoot experts (comic actor Chuck McCann and Warren Belinger), a family with a matriarch who can supposedly call in a Sasquatch with her voice and have psychic connections with it; the two hunters, a camera man and a scientist and his wife, along with a rock band called the Bigfeet. A local forest dweller, Buzz Schott, attempts to warn the group to leave, a real mountain man. The search goes on, and hilarity ensues. Does the group find the legendary beast? I recommend renting this one to find out. I would give it about 4 stars out of 5. It is pretty funny.

What we have here is a humorous look at what may be the variety of 'message board sasquatch hunters' that are all over the internet. A cast of improv comedy actors are gathered together to represent such a possible cross-collection of these less-than-scientific investigators and you get a crazy film that seeks out the big fella. Neal McDonaugh 'stars' in this film to give it a bigger name to promote. This film obviously lacks the big money for making a feature film but to make up for it we are presented with a variety of insanely crazy characters from all varieties of life and it is well done using up-and-coming actors. Amusing but I wouldn't pay more than $5 for it. You'll probably only watch it once or twice. (singing during fade out... "My name is Buzz... B-U-Z-Z-Z, my name is Buzz... b-u-z-z-z)

Great characters... very well put together. Neal McDonough is hillarious. I like good and funny things...

Bought this expecting it to be bad in the Ed Wood sense (I could have lived with that) but it's virtually unwatchable. There is nothing redeaming about this film...it makes "Manos: the Hands of Fate" look like "Citizen Kane" and that's saying something. Disregard all these other reviews and stay very, very far away from this utter waste of time.

Fun in a lot of places. Glad I don't know anybody like these characters.

This movie is hilarious...the characters are wacky! Grab yourself a brewski and some friends and enjoy the night!