The Sighting

Movie 1: The film opens up with a typical house under siege setting, monster crashes a house party in the first few minutes and "found footage" shows one victim being tossed about by an off camera growling thing. It was done by a camera man somewhat in the style of Cloverfield which got me thinking is this gonna go space alien disaster? The the camera operation was terrible, didn't hold for more than 250 milliseconds on any subject making the establishing of the scene disjointed. That told me that I was in for an interesting ride on this film but I did not expect what followed.-abrupt cut to Movie 2-Movie 2: A guy is being interrogated for being the only survivor of his trip where his friends went missing. This serves as an intro cut to him filming his trip up to Canada or something. This is in the style of a found footage movie. On the way up the thread involving the found footage is lost and it turns into a road trip gone bad style of movie when they meet the anti-harbinger who offers a short cut. There was "uh oh, we want to add emotion to the driving scene but we didn't film it that way, lets add some dialogue" here. They are driving at night past some blue and black blobs and one character reacts to a nondescript blob (audience perspective) and he says that shack is really creepy who would build that out here? I was like "What are they looking at?" because I could not see anything. I was amused though! Very quickly they encounter spooky stuff and things go south quickly but then...-abrupt cut to Movie 3-Inexplicably the movie shifts into "The Search for Bigfoot" movie motif. A high school teacher is lecturing on subject of Big Foot to the guffaws and cackles of his immature students. I found it very funny when the teacher says "The reason we have the press here..." <cut to a man holding a consumer grade c.1960's 8mm camera with a - get this - HAND CRANK and he's just cranking along> "The Press!" This quick shot is meant to establish the excitement and notoriety of the press, but it made me laugh out loud at least.-return to Movie 2 only it is now Movie 4-The suspect from Movie 2 is now in a different movie, the Big Foot hunt! But no wait it isn't it is actually something else. What is it? Who knows, you'll have to watch and figure out because it was fun to watch so long as you don't get to hating the movie for it's terrible cinematography and after thought writing (which is one reason I liked it actually). Remember that "spooky shack"? It is revealed here in the daytime. You can see a single engine manifold seal hanging on a wall so this is just your basic logging or hunting shack. It is rustic but it is not spooky at all and no effort was made to make it so (no bones/pelts on the walls, creepy implements etc.). We'll fix it in post. The ending is slightly ambiguous as to what the creatures are (there are three theories proposed in the movie) but the mid credits scene (look out for that) offers some reinforcement but not much clarification.The acting was really good if nothing else was. I especially enjoyed the (too) good cop - mad cop scenes and their role in the movie added much value to the film. The anti-harbinger scenes following his introduction were just plain weird, not intentionally by the director but weird to me given his role from the start which anyone could figure out (especially by the suspect [the target]) and the fact that the suspect and him have conversations (that don't revolve around I'll smash your face) after his introduction was just pure plot-contradictory and surprising weirdness. The fact that it wasn't intended makes me like it even more.Even or perhaps because of its flaws, in the spirit of what I learned from Red Letter Media, I actually enjoyed this and would name it one of the Best of the Worst and worth watching at least once.

I liked it a lot. I was very impressed that the lead actor also wrote, directed and produced the film. I thought the special effects were done pretty well. I thought they made a really good use of what they had and even though some of the costumes were clearly done on a budget, they did a pretty good job with the camera work so that it was that big of a distraction. The acting was for the most part pretty good and I was impressed at how well Adam Pitman (The lead) acted in this film. I'm not sure if the Dr.'s theory of how Sasquatch came about was accurate but it kinda made sense. I really like the female cop, she was believable and very likable. The scene where Nate is taken is done really well. It was creepy and intense, especially after it was over and he just sits there terrified as this awesome blues come on the radio. I didn't expect the ending but went back through a few scenes afterward and was able to see the clues. If you watch all the way to the end through the beginning of the credits, I think the answer is clear as to whether or not it was Sasquatch. Overall, really impressed with the film. It was a breath of fresh air to see how well the production value and quality of sound were given that I spend a lot of time watching low budget horror to find little gems like this. Definitely worth the watch!

I think this was an interesting take on a Bigfoot encounter movie, the Wild Man. It was a very interesting multilayered tale that started off a little questionable but became more interesting once more laments came into play. I think some of the shots where you dont see the creature are quite effective to intimidate you some. The scene where the four Sasquatches were in the road in front of the boys car was creepy as hell. They just stood there and you knew they were about to wreck these boys lives. I gave this one four stars. I love monster movies and think this one has a decent story and I stayed up late watching this one.

I'm not totally sure what to make of this movie. I found it overall enjoyable and could recommend that you give it a watch if you just don't feel like tooling around the Prime horror section looking for something that strikes you.Parts of this movie are actually very suspenseful, and offer a decent payoff for it, while other parts suffer from childish dialogue and hammy overacting. It's like two different movies mashed together that, between them, make a decent, if uninspired horror/suspense/found footage-adjacent story. I think I liked it well enough for what it is, and that's good enough for me.

The story is an interesting idea. There are also bits of filming that I think are creative. Some shots are very thoughtfully done and it leaves me hopeful that there will be more. Others are insanely bad.The acting of the lead actor is really bad. Some of the more minor actors are actually better. These are apparently supposed to be high school kids. It's really obvious that they are just guys in their mid 30's dressing like they did in high school. I can't tell if it's intentional or not. I hope it is. Is this movie supposed to take place in 1997? Did I miss that in the opening credits?The sound mixing lacks quite a bit.The plot moves along very unnaturally. Painfully so.There's not many redeeming qualities but the story is one that I like.

Der Film solte bei Tele 5 im Rahmen der SchleFaZ Filmreihe gezeigt werden. Der Film ist so schlecht, dass er teilweise unfreiwillig komisch ist.

Ich kann vom Kauf der DVD nur abraten, der Film ist wirklich grottenschlecht. Der Film soll uncut sein, dauert aber hier nur 81 Minuten, in den USA 98 Minuten. Diese Differenz ist auch mit PAL vs. NTSC nicht zu erklären.Aber eigentlich ist das gut so, jede weitere Minute hätte nur mehr Qualen für den Betrachter bedeutet.Die Darsteller agieren schlecht, die Synchro ist wieder einmal ein Reinfall. Die beiden Regisseure spielten gleich mit und es gab sage und schreibe 22 (!) ausführende Produzenten. Das waren dann wohl die Kumpels, die den Regie - Amateuren Geld geliehen haben. Die Filmfirma Bad Fritter hat dann auch bisher nur 4 Filme gedreht (seit immerhin 2005) und jeder davon hat denselben Regisseur. Das zeigt ja bereits, dass es sich hier um (untalentierte) Feierabend - Filmer handelt.Wenn ich so etwas sehen will gebe ich ein paar Freunden 100 € und sage ihnen "Macht was draus", da bekomme ich dann wahrscheinlich einen besseren Film zu sehen.Als bitte Hände weg von diesem Schund, sonst fühlen sich die Macher womöglich noch berufen, einen weiteren Film zu drehen und das sollte man keinem Filmfan zumuten.