THE
MYSTERIOUS MONSTERS-1976-Pseudo-documentary from Sunn Classics. Hands
on narrator Peter Graves is your host for this examination of the
Bigfoot phenomenon. He visits sites where the creatures have been
sighted, interviews eye witnesses and skeptics. Many locals testify
to their experiences and other stories and photos are used but
(except for the controversial Roger Patterson film) all the Bigfoot
action is reenacted. (a note at the end of the credits says: Portions
of this film taken from “Land of The Yeti”....)
There's a rather
lengthy segment on The Loch Ness Monster and psychic celebrity Peter
Hurkos convinces Graves that Bigfoot is real. Hypnotism and lie
detector tests are also used to confirm the legend's existence. It's
outdated, far fetched and not as entertaining as other ones of it's
genre (or pseudo-genre?).
Although
writer/director Robert Guenette (who died in 2008) also made
MONSTERS! MYSTERIES OR MYTHS? and THE WORLD OF PSYCHIC PHENOMENON
he also tackled more serious projects like segments of TV's HEROES OF
THE GAME, cable's CRAZY ABOUT THE MOVIES and the excellent
documentary ORSON WELLES :WHAT WENT WRONG?
Not very important note:
Though always referred to as TMM, the film is actually titled
BIGFOOT:THE MYSTERIOUS MONSTER. At least the version I saw was (it
was taken from a 16 mm print).
Thanks for reading!
1 comment:
I'm too scared to watch another Big Foot 'documentary' after suffering through The Legend of Bigfoot. This one looks a little better though. At least there are closeups of something Bigfoot-like instead of 500 shots of squirrels and some shaky BF footage from a mile away.
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