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Exists (2014)
Directed by Eduardo Sánchez
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Overview
A group of friends venture into the remote Texas woods for a party weekend and find themselves stalked by Bigfoot.
Rated R | Length 81 minutes
Actors
Denise Williamson | Samuel Davis | Roger Edwards | Chris Osborn | Dora Madison | Brian Steele | Jeff Schwan | George P. Gakoumis Jr. | Stefanie Sanchez
Viewing History (seen 2 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28/2023 | Home Theater | Streaming | Video on Demand | 8 stars |
| 10/11/2014 | Movie Screen | Digital | Theater | 9 stars |
| (Average) 8.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Our third film of Scream, Secret Cinema, Scream! horror marathon and easily one of the top Bigfoot films. This is a mostly found-footage film that prudently uses regular establishing shots, an actual score and top tier creature effects to bolster the found footage. I think that combination goes a long way to making this a lot more watchable than many found footage films.
The other thing that sets this film apart is experienced found-footage director Eduardo Sánchez’s (co-director of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT) willingness to go full Bigfoot right from the beginning, never shying away from showing the monster, but also prudent enough to keep many of the glimses fleeting. This Bigfoot isn’t shy or elusive though, it’s full-on pissed-off and really tilts this into action horror territory. There are some truly terrifying moments in this film that never fail to get me to jump even though I know they’re coming.
The first and only time I saw this before today was when it screened at the 2014 Mile High Horror Film Festival with Sánchez in attendance for a Q&A afterwards. This was one of the best films of the festival that year and yet it slipped into obscurity afterwards and never seems to get talked about. I had thought this hadn’t gotten a domestic physical media release but there is a DVD from Lionsgate (and a presumably out-of-print German Blu-ray). It does pop up on streaming channels from time-to-time. Currently it’s on Amazon Prime, so that’s the version we watched for the marathon.
This and WILLOW CREEK are easily my two favorite Bigfoot films for their radically different approaches to the sub-genre.
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