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Fear the Forest
Fear Forest: The Legend Lives
USA 2009
produced by Matthew Bora for Radiant Pictures
directed by Matthew Bora
starring Anna Kendrick, Matthew Bora, Jared Michalski, Elana Safar, Stephen Sherman, Alan Schilling, Bill Kalatsky, Don Evans, Kevin F. Barrett, Vera Vanguard, Broadway Bill Lee, Joe Causi, Valerie Palma, Joseph Leone, Wendy Baron, Adam Laudicina, Steve Beck, Richard Score, Fernando Aleitte, Alev Dinc, Ferzan Saygin, Heather McAllister, Alex Valez, Keghan Hurst, Clay Campbell
written by Matthew Bora, music by Sherhiy Chornous, Alexander Vasilenko
Bigfoot
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Five college students (Anna Kendrick, Matthew Bora, Stephen Sherman,
Jared Michalski, Elana Safar) decide to spend a few nights camping in the
forest, quite despite the recent Bigfoot craze ... they all figure Matt
(Matthew Bora) knows the wood well enough for them to make it out safe
anyways, so ... and on day two, only Barbara (Anna Kendrick) and her
fiancé Kurtis (Stephen Sherman) are left alive, the others have died
under mysterious circumstances. Now our two heroes of course suspect
Bigfoot, and now try to make it through the woods back to civilisation
always trying to evade Bigfoot, who hardly ever makes himself known
though. But Bigfoot might not be their biggest problem by a longshot, as
the human species turns out to be the most dangerous of them all, so
Kurtis is soon shot by two hillbillies (Alan Schilling, Bill Kalatsky),
who shoot Kurtis and then want to have their fun with Barbara, and a
human-hating hermit (Don Evans) with a fake animal arm. But Barbara is a
martial arts champ, so she's not one to give up easily ... and eventually,
it turns out Matt has survived his own death, too. And then there's also
the real Bigfoot, but whose side (aside from his own) is he on? Fear
the Forest admittedly takes quite a bit of time to kick into gear - it
takes too bloody long to establish the simple fact that these five kids
want to go on a camping trip to the Bigfoot-infested forest -, and even
then, the first few killings are kind of a letdown. But once Barbara is
left running and fending for herself, the whole thing totally picks up
steam, because from then on the film is well-paced, features a few nice
and unusual ideas, and Anna Kendrick has the right charisma and agility to
fill the role. Plus, while the Bigfoot monstersuit might not be perfect
regarding pure craftsmanship, it's a very original rendition of the beast. Definitely
flawed, but worth a peak anyhow.
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