Savage

Too many story lines. Low budget film. Bigfoot doesnt look like bigfoot. Made BF out to be a monster and not all are. Any believer knows that. It was ok for a rainy Saturday to kill time.

Savage (2011) boasts an intriguing concept-a leaping, tree-jumping cryptid-but stumbles into mediocrity. While the creature's athletic antics should've been a highlight, they're buried under one of the worst Bigfoot masks ever committed to film.

The characters are serviceable but undercooked, and the obnoxious scientist-who sits in excrement and ends up covered in giblets-squanders what little comedic potential the script has. The plot crawls when it should sprint, with missed opportunities for tension and inexplicable choices (a random Jurassic Park reference, anyone?).

Director Jordan Blum delivers rare moments of atmosphere, but they're as fleeting as the creature's tree-hopping leaps. This is a film that promises a savage thrill ride and instead offers a sedative. Bigfoot deserves better, and so do we.

I first saw this in 2011 on a dvd which I own.

Revisited it recently.

We have Martin Kove as the hunter who doesn't serve any purpose.

Most of the kills are offscreen n the end is a big meh n very convenient.

The movie has absolutely no tension or scare factor.

The budget is very low.

The only scene noteworthy is that of the Bigfoot running n jumping n climbing trees.

Generous with a 4 for the attempt.

In the every burgeoning genre of Bigfoot horror, this goes right to the top, along with Abomination. Admittedly, when this includes stuff like Shriek of the Mutilated it isn't saying much.

This was done on a modest budget, according to the director (caught this at a horror film convention) but it looks every bit as good as anything on the Sci Fi channel with the added benefit of good acting and an actual script.

One thing i hate in these movie is bad CGI and while I wish they'd gone more for practical effects, the CGI used was pretty good. It's a wise filmmaker who knows to keep things to a minimum.

I hope this gets a good release with a push because it's way better than just about any other bigfoot movie out there (other than the aforementioned Abominable, which gets the nod thanks to some effective gore.)

After a forest fire brings about numerous causalities, a small town finds itself under siege by the same legendary creature they use to attract tourists and must find a way to stop it's rampage before it kills more townspeople.

Overall, this was a pretty decent Bigfoot movie that has some good stuff going for it as well as some flaws. One of the better areas in here is the fact that the body count is pretty high, giving us some pretty good gore in the bloody kills, as well as some great use of the local woodland scenery to provide some tension among the stalking scenes as it portrays the creature as using its environment to ambush its prey effectively. Also of note is the fact that it looks pretty decent as well, being a little more humanoid in appearance and not the big, hulking hairy brute so often associated with these movies, and the change is quite nice. On the downside, it does manage to waste a large amount of time on plot-points that go nowhere which tend to just drag this out by going nowhere and the fact that most of the gore is seen as aftermath and the on-screen mangling is hardly seen firsthand. Otherwise, this one is pretty decent.

Rated R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.