Actor John Carradine can sometimes be forgiven for some of
the schlock that he has been in which will include this 1970 film Bigfoot.
Following in the footsteps of the original ’33 King Kong is this story of the 8th Wonder of the World
as described by Carradin’s character of Jasper B. Hawks a local man who sees
dollar signs when the girlfriend of a biker is kidnapped by one of the
creatures.
Jasper and his friend Elmer (John Mitchum) are just trying
to make a quick buck when they see dollar signs after local legend becomes
reality. It seems that several women
have been abducted by the creatures who may be dying off and need a new way to
procreate and keep their species alive.
Jasper and Elmer head into the local woods to track down the creature
but soon get more than they bargained for when they realize that there is a
family of Bigfoot out there and even something bigger and far deadlier than
they could have imagined.
This might actually sound like an interesting film except
that the Bigfoot costumes are laughable (even by ‘70s standards) and that the
screenplay is incredibly bad in a film filled with horrible performances (not
even Carradine survives this). The film
is even made worse by the score which is repeated until it grinds in your ear
drums. There is no suspense anywhere in
the film (as the Bigfoot creatures are not at all shy from the sunlight where
you can see the imperfections in the costumes) and it is more a comedy by
accident than anything else.
This is a highly forgettable film that’s only a curiosity to
fans of Carradine and little else.
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