Bigfoot County
Starring Stephon Stewart, Davee Youngblood, Shy Pilgreen, Sam Ayers
Directed by Stephon Stewart
Stephon (Stephon Stewart), his brother Davee (Davee Youngblood) and Davee's girlfriend Shy (Shy Pilgreen) decide to head to California to find the ever elusive Bigfoot, in a town that's known for having the most Bigfoot sightings in America.
They track down Travis (Sam Ayers), who had made a 911 call saying a Bigfoot had torn his dog in half. He agrees to take the three wannabe adventurers into the woods to find Bigfoot, but then abandons them, causing them to survive several nights alone in the woods with not just a legendary cryptic, but also a gang of weed growing redneck backwoods hillbillies who have their own odd agenda for the three strangers.
Most of the time, when you see that the director, writer, AND lead actor is the same person, you should be wary. That's because there's no one to tell him that he sucks at all three and should never attempt any. Unfortunately, that's what happened with "Bigfoot County," which was directed, written, and starred by Stephon Stewart.
Well, in all honesty, it was directed and starring him. The "writing," as it were, was a lot of primped dialogue complete with the "F" bomb at least twice in every sentence. Not since "District 9" (which, by the way, is an exceptional film) have I heard so much pointless uses of the "F" word. I spent the majority of the film fast forwarding their "adventure" in the woods, which looks like someone's backyard instead of a vast expansive wilderness, and then the film abruptly ends with the most moronic way that leaves you scratching your head wondering what the heck was the whole point of the film in the first place.
Also when you see that this is a "found footage" film, you know what to expect - shaky camera, shots of pointless scenery, night vision of the most horrid capacity, and the survival of absolutely no one. This was done earlier with "Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes," which I actually enjoyed. Enjoyed as much as having a Big Mac instead of a T-bone steak, but it still had its unusual charm. "Bigfoot County," on the other hand, was like eating a pile of dirt and expecting it to be steak.
But Bigfoot does make a cameo appearance! At the end. In what I'm hoping was a planned comedic way and not a dramatic one, because I was laughing my butt off when I saw him at the end of this drivel.
Rating: F
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