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Bigfoot Marathon

The recent Bigfoot movie Sasquatch Sunset got us curious as to what other Bigfoot movies are out there. So we dived deep to find these five combatants from years past:

Letters from the Big Man

Exists

Willow Creek

The Legend of Boggy Creek

Tahoe Joe

Do you believe in Bigfoot? What would you do if you met one—fight it, run away, or become pals? Grab your favorite snack, feed your wild side, and let’s mess with some sasquatches (and talk about movies)!

BRAD’S GOLDEN IDOLS

  1. Best Location: TIE Willow & Boggy Willow Creek "Bigfoot Capital of the World" & Arkansas Swamps

  2. Best Character: Boggy Narrator -Vern Stierman

  3. Best Kill/Death/Defeat: Exists Baby Bigfoot & Camper kills

  4. Score or Soundtrack: Boggy If you take the time to write songs about nature and Bigfoot, and make them sentimental and unintentionally cheesy, I've got to give you some points

  5. Best Screenplay: Willow Bobcat Goldthwait

  6. Best Special Achievement: TIE Boggy & Tahoe Joe Boggy Creek is a pioneer of the genre. Also, it made $25M with a budget of $160k & Tahoe Joe had a $800 budget. That’s impressive and inspiring

  7. Best Scene: Willow Bigfoot bookstore owner is talking to our main characters about the lore of Bigfoot

  8. Defining Moment/Attribute/MVP: Tahoe Joe Get out there and make a movie!!!

  9. Best Director: Willow Bobcat Goldthwait

  10. Wildcard: Exists Best Bigfoot Award

  11. WTF: Willow 18 minute tent scene is overlong

  12. Worst Picture: Letters from the Big Man

  13. Best Picture: Willow Creek

Total after deductions:

  • Exists: 2

  • Letters from the Big Man: Negative 1

  • Tahoe Joe: 2

  • The Legend of Boggy Creek: 4

  • Willow Creek: 5

NATHAN’S GOLDEN IDOLS

  1. Best Location: Tahoe Joe Lake Tahoe

  2. Best Character: Big Man Big Man

  3. Best Kill/Death/Defeat: Willow Jim’s proposal

  4. Score or Soundtrack: Big Man Ensemble Galilei & Steven Gates

  5. Best Screenplay: Willow Bobcat Goldthwait

  6. Best Special Achievemen Tahoe Joe Shoestring budget $800

  7. Best Scene: Willow Tent scene

  8. Defining Moment/Attribute/MVP: Boggy Sightings

  9. Best Director: Willow Bobcat Goldthwait

  10. Wildcard: Willow Best Duo

  11. WTF: Big Man Jedi YouTube edit

  12. Worst Picture: Exists

  13. Best Picture: Willow Creek

Total after deductions:

  • Exists: Negative 1

  • Letters from the Big Man: 2

  • Tahoe Joe: 2

  • The Legend of Boggy Creek: 1

  • Willow Creek: 8

RACHAEL’S GOLDEN IDOLS

  1. Best Location: Boggy Arkansas Swamps

  2. Best Character: Willow Jim

  3. Best Kill/Death/Defeat: RUBBER CHICKEN

  4. Score or Soundtrack: TIE Big Man & Boggy Ensemble Galilei/Steven Gates & Jaime Mendoza-Nava with original songs

  5. Best Screenplay: Willow Bobcat Goldthwait

  6. Best Special Achievement: Boggy Boggy Creek is a pioneer of the genre

  7. Best Scene: Willow Tent scene

  8. Defining Moment/Attribute/MVP: Exists Camper scene

  9. Best Director: Willow Bobcat Goldthwait

  10. Wildcard: Big Man Wow…how did they manage to make Bigfoot boring Award

  11. WTF: Big Man 86% RT Score?

  12. Worst Picture: Exists

  13. Best Picture: Willow Creek

Total after deductions:

  • Exists: 0

  • Letters from the Big Man: 2

  • Tahoe Joe: 0

  • The Legend of Boggy Creek: 2

  • Willow Creek: 5

JEREMY’S GOLDEN IDOLS

  1. Best Location: Boggy The Arkansas Swamps

  2. Best Character: Big Man The Big Man

  3. Best Kill/Death/Defeat: Exists Elizabeth getting snapped like a twig

  4. Score or Soundtrack: Big Man Ensemble Galilei & Steven Gates

  5. Best Screenplay: Tahoe Joe Dillion Brown & Michael Rock

  6. Best Special Achievement: Boggy Made $25M with a budget of $160k

  7. Best Scene: Big Man Sarah meets Big Man for the first time

  8. Defining Moment/Attribute/MVP: Tahoe Joe Dillon evades Bigfoot…twice

  9. Best Director: Big Man Christopher Munch

  10. Wildcard: Boggy Based on a True Story Award

  11. WTF: Willow Creek too many boring townspeople interviews

  12. Worst Picture: Willow Creek

  13. Best Picture: Letters from the Big Man

Total after deductions:

  • Exists: 1

  • Letters from the Big Man: 7

  • Tahoe Joe: 2

  • The Legend of Boggy Creek: 3

  • Willow Creek: Negative 1

Golden Idol Winner: Willow Creek