Clawed: The Legend of Sasquatch (2005)

So much average

Brilliant and touching

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

What to say about a formula that has been used over and over with just a change in actors and settings.Something is in the woods. No, it is not a grizzly as the Deliverance-like poacher claims it is. And, no, it is not Casey LaBow. She hasn't arrived there yet.We all know what it is because we have seen so many of these films. So why are we watching this one? Maybe we are just hoping for something different.Next thing you know Richard (Dylan Purcell) and Jay (Brandon Henschel) are assigned to work together on a report for Biology class. We don't really know why, but it is crucial to the plot so they do it. They bring along Jay's girlfriend Shea (Casey LaBow) and his cousin Jenny (Chelsea Hobbs), who has a thing for Richard. Now, we may have a reason to watch this film.Jay is just what we expected. The only contribution he makes is to take a shot of Shea (Casey LaBow) as she is changing closes and put her in Mr. Skin's database.That's all for the movie as it follows a predictable path from here on out. 10 seconds of excitement out of 85 minutes. Boring.

So, I just spent 84 minutes of my life watching "Clawed: The Legend of Sasquatch" And, Yeah...I wouldn't mind getting that time back.Now, I found this movie in a bargain bin at a local pawn shop for $3.00. Knowing that, you can understand why I wasn't expecting much. I, at least, figured it may be worth the time of putting it in the DVD player.Any of you who know me, or read any of the old wetmutt horrorcast articles would know that I am a huge cheesy movie fan. Especially cheesy horror movies. I think of horror movies as an art form all their own. Something about the low barrier of entry for filmmakers with horror movies really makes for great movies. Anyways, back to the film.The story is virtually non-existent. Much like a snuff film. They have points A, B & C in the script & didn't seem to care how they get from A to B to C. The story seems like it must have been an afterthought.The camera work wasn't bad, but there were some interlace & artifacting problems. Suggesting that the camera was not your high end model & the editing system had some rendering problems. There was even a transition in the middle of the movie that was very plain and "home-movie" like. It was your typical wipe where both shots are on screen at the same time at one point.The "Bigfoot Vision" was mediocre at best. A simple sepia overlay with ZERO contrast. Leaving all shadows grey & washed out. While on the subject of the "Bigfoot Vision", I want to make a point that Bigfoot seemed like a pervert, spying on teenagers while they sleep or even taking a leak!The death scenes were terrible. Every one of them the same. Bigfoot vision creeping up on the unsuspecting victim, followed be a quick cutaway to some unrelated part of the woods, a scream, then a bloody (sort of) body. And not that good of a bloody body. The dead bodies seemed like another afterthought. Which is amazing to me since the movie has an R rating, but shows no death scenes and very VERY little blood. Sadly, some of the people you wanted to die...didn't.My overall rating of Clawed: The Legend of the Sasquatch is a 3.5. Replayability is NIL. I will only watch this movie ONE MORE TIME. That will be for a vidcast review with Mikal & KC (coming soon).The people who made this movie had some of the Sasquatch myths correct, from throwing large rocks at camp sites to having the ability to teleport. But they broke the cardinal horror movie rule...If you see a girls stuff in the film...her character CANNOT survive!

Yes, yet another movie about the infamous Sasquatch. However, this movie, despite its creepy video cover was not a creature feature but more of a conflict between man and man, or man and nature, not man and creature/animal. I will say that it had some pretty good elements and plot points but overall this movie was not that scary.The elements that made this movie work, to a point, was the scenery shots of the woods and the seemingly endless forest. They incorporated great sunsets, sunrises, tree canopies and a beautiful shot of the fog gently rolling into the forestry. These shots made for great establishing shots and transitional elements. The beginning of the movie, which was a montage of these shots, was a even greater ingredient because it had an Native Americana influence as well as a little back story of the Sasquatch, which not many movies have.However, there is a bad egg in this carton, or should I say a few. The main conflict in this movie was not the Sasquatch but in fact a battle between man and man, and teen and teacher. Basically a hunter is getting his revenge on the whole town because his friend died in the hands of that beast and he's just running around killing people because he's mad. It's almost funny and pointless. The conflict was weak and, at best, a humorous parody of typical forest-fright movies. The other conflict was a slacker teen who gets assigned a nature project because his teacher is mad that he's failing, so the teen is paired up with a brain and they run into Sasquatch. Again, a conflict between the teacher, the slacker teen and the geeky teen.The only time that you ever see the Sasquatch, or the only reason why he is even in this movie is just to stalk the teens and act scary, which he is not. Like I said, this movie could be considered a weak drama more than a horror, with great scenery shots. I would not recommend this movie to hard-core horror fanatics but for b-movie drama fans. Maybe even beginner horror fans this would be acceptable, but definitely not those who want the fur scared off of them.

Steer clear of this piece of junk- it's made for television quality all around with horrible special effects, dopey plot and uninteresting creature. They couldn't even get the sexuality of the campers to be interesting. This movie fails on all points it's a story about sasquatch being pi$$ed off and killing people in the forest and people continually testing to see if that will actually happen. THose that test bigfoot wind up with sausages hanging out of their gut to simulate intestines that were ripped out. Almost scary. But really lame instead. Really lame. Super duper boring dull cast dopey story stupid effects lame. BOOOOo!