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If you are a fan of the horror genre and are also familiar with the filmmaking style of found footage, In that case, you probably know that the blend between found footage and horror is exhilarating and brilliantly horrifying. That’s why we have compiled a list of the 7 best-found footage horror films you can find on Prime Video right now.

The Outwaters (Watch Now) Credit – Cinedigm

The Outwaters is a found footage sci-fi horror thriller film written and directed by Robbie Banfitch. The 2022 film revolves around a group of campers in the Mojave Desert as they begin experiencing weird sounds, unnatural animal behaviors and other unexplainable phenomena. The Outwaters stars Robbie Banfitch, Angela Basolis, Scott Schamell, and Michelle May.

Hell House LLC (Watch Now)

Hell House LLC is a found-footage supernatural horror film written and directed by Stephen Cognetti.

Get ready for a hilarious new episode of “Lopez vs Lopez” titled “Lopez vs Swap Meet,” airing at 8:00 Pm on Tuesday, April 9th, 2024, on NBC. In Season 2, Episode 3, viewers will be treated to a wild ride as George and Oscar take Quinten under their wing to toughen him up after he misses out on a promotion at the Apple Store.

With George and Oscar’s guidance, Quinten embarks on a crash course in street smarts and assertiveness at the swap meet. As they navigate the bustling marketplace, Quinten learns valuable lessons about standing up for himself and seizing opportunities in the cutthroat world of retail.

Meanwhile, Rosie finds herself in hot water when Mayan expresses her disdain for Rosie’s leopard-print style. Will Rosie be able to win Mayan over and prove that tacky can be trendy?

Join us as we witness the laughs, lessons, and chaos unfold in “Lopez vs Swap Meet.

Lopez vs Lopez fans, we’ve got a fresh off the press preview for the new Season 2 Episode 3 episode titled Lopez vs Swap Meet!

Find out everything you need to know about the Lopez vs Swap Meet episode of Lopez vs Lopez, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!

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Get ready for an uproarious episode of “Lopez vs Lopez” titled “Lopez vs Swap Meet,” airing on NBC at 8:00 Pm on April 9, 2024. In this installment, tensions rise when Quinten faces disappointment after missing out on a promotion at the Apple Store for being perceived as too soft. Determined to toughen him up, George and Oscar take him to the swap meet, where they hope to impart some valuable life lessons.

As the family navigates the chaotic world of bargain hunting and bartering, they encounter...

Bigfoot’s relationship with the horror genre is a strange one.

On its own, the idea of a towering woodland ape is pretty pants-shittingly scary, especially if you happen to be contemplating the legendary cryptid while in the middle of a deep dark forest. However, for some strange reason, that terror too often gets lost when it’s seen through the lens of a movie camera. Maybe it’s the aftermath of films like Harry and the Hendersons essentially turning the beast into an upright and trunkless Mr. Snuffleupagus. Or perhaps it has something to do with the fact that it’s just too easy to make inappropriate jokes centered around its, ahem, big feet. Whatever the reason, the vast majority of cinematic representations of Sasquatch seen in horror just don’t hit the way other monsters do.

Of course, there are exceptions to this rule. One of them is...

A trio of Dark Sky Films titles have made their way onto Screambox this Friday the 13th!

A young couple find themselves face to face with a terrifying evil when they venture into the heart of Bigfoot country in Willow Creek, director Bobcat Goldthwait’s unique spin on the horror genre.

“Looking to make a splash with his research videos into the existence of Bigfoot, Jim (Bryce Johnson) and his skeptical girlfriend Kelly (Alexie Gilmore) take a camping trip to the mountains surrounding Willow Creek, California, a small town where famous footage of the legendary Sasquatch was filmed decades earlier. Jim believes Bigfoot exists and is intent on finding the very spot where the huge, hairy, man-like creature supposedly strode.

But before long, Jim and Kelly are lost in the woods and discover that someone – or something – is stalking them. With each passing night bringing unknowable danger, the two must...

Hey,"Bull" fans. Unfortunately, we have some very bad news for you guys in this article. For some reason, CBS will not be airing the new episode 8 of this current season 4 tonight, November 11, 2019. The good news is that this delay will only be for this week. You guys can expect to see the new episode 8 air next Monday night, November 18, 2019 at approximately 9 pm central standard time on CBS of course. So, definitely be sure to mark down that very important date on your TV show calendars. So, what is CBS airing tonight instead of "Bull?" That is a very good question, and we do have an answer for it. According to the TV guide listings, CBS is actually airing an episode of "Bull." It just won't be a new episode. They're airing a dreaded rerun or repeat episode. The repeat episode they are airing is the 16th episode of last season 3. This episode is titled,...

"Team Dally & Spanky!" From the "I can't believe this is really real" collection. Sony Pictures has debuted a trailer for an adorable, campy movie titled Adventures of Dally & Spanky, the feature debut of director Camille Stochitch. The "family-friendly film" tells the story of the friendship between Dally and Spanky, a miniature horse and a miniature Jack Russell Terrier. Yes, of course, this is actually based on the real-life friendship between these two. There is not much of a plot, but they do eventually bring this dog and horse combo to Hollywood in hopes of winning a live TV talent show. The film stars Brenna D'Amico, Reylynn Caster, Elaine Hendrix, Timothy Hornor, Trace Adkins, Brielle Barbusca, Kylee Russell, Jake Busey, Alexie Gilmore, and Denise Richards. This looks pretty awful, but I can't help share it anyway. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Camille Stochitch's Adventures of Dally & Spanky, on...

Alexie Gilmore has booked a heavily recurring role on TV Land's Lopez, a semi-autobiographical, single camera comedy starring and executive produced by George Lopez. It revolves around America's most successful Hispanic American comedian (George Lopez) playing himself, and explores how he struggles between his two worlds and crises – often of his own making. Gilmore, repped by Global Artists Agency, Crimson Media and Untitled, will play Lopez’s love interest. Gilmore’s…...

New Amsterdam

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Created by Allan Loeb and Christian Taylor

Produced by Sarabande Productions, Scarlet Fire Productions, Regency Television, Fox Television Studios

Aired on Fox for 1 season (8 episodes) from March 4 – April 14, 2008

Cast

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as John Amsterdam

Zuleikha Robinson as Eva Marquez

Alexie Gilmore as Dr. Sarah Millay Dillane

Stephen Henderson as Omar York

Susan Misner as Detective Sergeant Callie Burnett

Show Premise

John Amsterdam has been around for a long time…a very long time. He’s an immortal man who was blessed with the gift after saving a Native American woman during his tenure as a Dutch soldier in the year 1624. The prophecy of the spell foretold that he would be immortal until the day he meets his one true love, who will make him whole again and ready for mortality. In modern day, Amsterdam passes the time as an NYPD detective, using his centuries of knowledge to solve cases.

  Always Woodstock (2014) Film Review, a movie directed by Rita Merson, and starring Katey Sagal, Brittany Snow, Ryan Guzman, Rumer Willis, Allison Miller, Richard Riehle, James Wolk, Alexie Gilmore, Anna Anissimova, Sean McNabb, Richard Reid, Finesse Mitchell, Jim Klock, and Kate Lacey. Always Woodstock is delightful, upbeat, happy, and I would [...]

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Recently, CBS released the new, official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Person Of Interest" episode 10 of season 4. The episode is entitled, "The Cold War," and it turns out that we're going to see Samaritan try to take over the whole city of New York, so that sounds pretty wild to say the very least. The episode is titled, "The Cold War." In the new, 10th episode press release: Samaritan is going to show its true power by taking control of New York for 48 hours in an attempt to lure the machine out of hiding. Press release number 2: Samaritan will show its power by erasing crime from the city for a day in an attempt to force The Machine out of hiding. Guest stars features: Alexie Gilmore (Rachel Farrow), Emrhys Cooper (Young Greer), Michael Siberry (Blackwood), Roman Blat (Oleg Luski), Oakes Fegley (Gabriel), Rafael Poueriet (Swat Team Officer #1), Veronica Reyes-How...

Though Allison Miller may be best known for TV roles such as Michelle Benjamin in Kings, Skye in Terra Nova and Carrie in Go On, the actress is starting to make some waves on the big screen as well. After starring in the thriller Devil's Due earlier this year, the actress takes on a far less frightening role as the eccentric Catherine Brown in the indie Always Woodstock, which is available in select theaters and on VOD formats starting today, November 14.

The actress portrays Catherine Brown, who has a soul-sucking job working for a major record label, but she really wants to write her own music. After she catches her boyfriend Garret (Jason Ritter), an emotionally unstable actor, cheating on her, she decides to move back to her childhood home in Woodstock, New York. "Quirky" is almost an understatement when describing Catherine, who has a bizarre habit of screaming silently,...

This weekend’s onslaught of smaller new films will have awards contenders and big names to jostle with at the box office. Awards hopefuls Foxcatcher and The Homesman begin their theatrical runs in limited New York and L.A. rollouts, with the former a likely winner in the first weekend when the numbers come in Sunday. The films from Sony Pictures Classics and Roadside Attractions, respectively, tell particularly American stories, though from very different eras. The Daily Show‘s Jon Stewart took time off in 2013 to work on his directorial debut. Open Road’s Rosewater, starring Gael García Bernal, will begin its theatrical rollout this weekend. It will be the biggest opener of this weekend’s cadre of specialty newcomers, playing in several hundred locations in the U.S. and Canada. Actor Chris Lowell also makes his filmmaking launch with Beside Still Waters. The project had smooth sailing until it came time for distribution,...

In just four years, since his breakout roles in 2010's You Again and the critically-acclaimed but short-lived drama series Lone Star, James Wolk has put together an impressive string of performances. While he's best known, of late, for playing Bob Benson on AMC's Mad Men, he has also showed off his diverse talents in For a Good Time, Call..., Shameless, Happy Endings, Political Animals and The Crazy Ones. The actor returns to the big screen this weekend in the charming indie Always Woodstock, opening in select theaters and on VOD formats November 14.

The story centers on the quirky Catherine Brown, stuck in a miserable job at a New York record label, who decides she needs a change of pace. She packs up everything and moves to her family home in Woodstock, New York. It's there she meets charming local doctor Noah Bernstein (James Wolk)

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Blair Witch meets Bigfoot as a documentary maker (Bryce Johnson) and his skeptical girlfriend (Alexie Gilmore) head into the California backwoods in search of the American yeti. Whether they believe in the legend or not, neither is prepared for what's about to happen. Police Academy actor turned maverick filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait pitches into the found-footage genre with a tent full of jolts and scares.

Would you believe me if I told you that Bobcat Golthwait contributed more to the world of film than just screaming a the camera? I’d wager to say that even casual viewers of cinema have seen a film that the man has directed, even if they didn’t realize it. Recently Bobcat came back onto the scene with a little angry film called God Hates America, and it was one of my favorite films the year it was released. When I heard he was trying his hand at horror, with a Bigfoot-themed “found footage” film, it immediately piqued my interest. Based on everything I had read about the film, it promised to be returning to the roots of found footage, and styling itself more after Blair Witch than anything else. I’m happy to report that those claims are valid, and it really is an interested little take on the genre.

Dark Sky Films and Mpi Media Group are set to release Bobcat Goldthwait's Willow Creek. The release will take place on home video formats, including DVD and Blu-ray. The film involves the legendary bigfoot and a young couple who crosses the beast's path. Willow Creek stars Alexie Gilmore and Bryce Johnson. More details on the release are below. The film begins in Willow Creek, California. This area is notorious for the appearance of the mythical bigfoot. Jim and Kelly come face to face with this ferocious beast and their lives are forever changed, for the bloodier. Willow Creek has received multiple positive reviews. Jeannette Catsoulis of the New York Times enjoyed the tension of the film and described it as "unnerving." Alan Scherstuhl, of The Village Voice, noted director Goldthwait's long history in the film industry and his latest excellent production skills on the feature: "[this is Goldthwait's] most satisfying work." Fans...

The latest sasquatchploitation flick from Bobcat Goldthwait, Willow Creek (review) is on its way to Blu-ray and DVD and right now we have all the details you need to get ready without even having to plan out your camping trip!

From the Press Release

A young couple find themselves face to face with a terrifying evil when they venture into the heart of Bigfoot country in Willow Creek, director Bobcat Goldthwait's unique spin on the horror genre. It creeps onto Blu-ray and DVD from Dark Sky Films and Mpi Media Group on September 9, 2014, with SRPs, respectively, of $29.98 and $24.98.

Looking to make a splash with his research videos into the existence of Bigfoot, Jim (Bryce Johnson, Pretty Little Liars) and his skeptical girlfriend Kelly (Alexie Gilmore, Labor Day, God Bless America) take a camping trip to the mountains surrounding Willow Creek, California, a small town where famous footage of the...

Jim and girlfriend Kelly embark into the wilderness to prove that a monster is real. Their target: Bigfoot. But in Director/Writer Bobcat Goldthwait’s found footage horror film, Willow Creek, finding real evidence about the ape-like creature could kill them. Willow Creek is coming to Blu-ray and DVD this fall, and we have the official release details and cover art.

Due out on Blu-ray and DVD from Dark Sky Films on September 9th, Willow Creek marks the horror debut of dark comedy Director/Writer Bobcat Goldthwait.

Special features on both the Blu-ray and DVD release include the following and more:

Commentary with Writer/Director Bobcat Goldthwait and Stars Alexie Gilmore and Bryce Johnson Deleted Scenes Bryce Johnson’s “The Making of Willow Creek”

Press Release - “A young couple find themselves face to face with a terrifying evil when they venture into the heart of Bigfoot country in Willow Creek,...

Blair Witch meets Bigfoot as a documentary maker (Bryce Johnson) and his skeptical girlfriend (Alexie Gilmore) head into the California backwoods in search of the American yeti. Whether they believe in the legend or not, neither is prepared for what's about to happen. Police Academy actor turned maverick filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait pitches into the found-footage genre with a tent full of jolts and scares.

The Fault in Their Yeti: Goldthwait’s Found Footage Cheapie a Generic Endeavor

Following his bitterly angry vituperation of American culture in 2013’s God Bless America, a problematic yet passionately realized film (and, sometimes, quite funny), Bobcat Goldthwait tackles the found footage subgenre with Willow Creek. Going for a sasquatch version of The Blair Witch Project, featuring a romantically involved couple engaging in a video project revolving around an area where the big ape-like creature has been often sited, it’s certainly a more entertaining film on the subject than, say, those Boggy Creek films. As far as found footage goes, Goldthwaite seems to have made this fast, loose, and strictly by the numbers. Certain chilling moments during a protracted night time sequence in a tent are indeed calibrated to give the film’s core audience exactly what it’s looking for. But it’s simply not enough to make...

Today’s film is the 2005 short The Anger Eater. The film is directed by Kg Kleiman, and is written by Macon Blair, who also stars in the film alongside Alexie Gilmore. Gilmore has been seen in tv shows such as New Amsterdam, and movies such as Definitely, Maybe, Labor Day, and God Bless America. Her newest feature, titled Willow Creek, opened in limited release in American theatres this weekend, and marks her third collaboration with filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait. Macon Blair can also be seen on the big screen in Blue Ruin, which is currently playing in limited release in American theatres.

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Deviating from caustic comedies, Bobcat Goldthwait reaches into his toolbox and delivers a surprising foray into found-footage horror. "Willow Creek" embraces the limitations of this now-tired genre and breathes new life into it—it's not a true original but certainly a memorable rumination. Effectively a two-hander with our leads Jim (Bryce Johnson) and Kelly (Alexie Gilmore) dominating the frame for the majority of the running time, "Willow Creek" does a commendable job in fleshing out the ill-fated couple. Presented as a malformed Bigfoot documentary, Jim, steeped in cryptid mythology, strikes out to retrace the steps once taken by Roger Patterson and Bob Gilmin, whose footage, though largely dismissed as a probable hoax, remains hotly debated and cited. Along for the ride is his skeptical partner, Kelly, who embarks on the venture to support the idealistic Jim, enveloped by the Bigfoot legend and reveling at the townsfolk who've made a living out of marketing it.

Being a huge fan of Bobcat Goldthwait since his 1987 standup show “Share The Warmth,” I’ve seen him go from actor to comedian to writer-director. Huey Lewis, Barnacle scrapers, and Top Gun were never thought of the same way again after his concert.

There was nothing like him when he first came on the scene and almost thirty years later, the man is still a genius.

Described by Jimmy Kimmel as “Scary and the Hendersons” and by Bobcat himself as “The Blair-Squatch Project,” found footage movie Willow Creek is a radical departure in Goldthwait’s career after directing a string of black comedies (World’S Greatest Dad, God Bless America).

In the great American tradition of people venturing into the woods and encountering absolutely pants-wetting terror, what starts as two dorks with a video camera having a lark in a national park metastasizes into something much deeper, darker, and queasier.

Bobcat Goldthwait is racking up the director credits over on his IMDb resume. Two of his biggest hits so far, comedy Sleeping Dogs Lie and the underrated Robin Williams-starrer, World’s Greatest Dad, are in a world of their own when compared to his latest effort. Shot in 2013, found footage horror Willow Creek isn’t what you would come to expect from the comedian who made his name playing helium-pitched buffoons. His big break came as the absolutely crackers Zed in the Police Academy franchise, who stole most of his scenes what with his bizarre fish-kissing antics and the like. Times have changed though and so has Goldthwait – whose current goal is to scare your trousers brown.

The newest trailer and poster for Willow Creek have arrived today to heighten the anticipation before the upcoming release. In true found footage style, Willow Creek is a bricolage of film shot...

Writer/director Bobcat Goldthwait is back with what looks like something different for the offbeat filmmaker. If you have seen his great movies World’s Greatest Dad and God Bless America then you will understand what I mean. Willow Creek isn’t a dark comedy, it’s more like a horror movie which follows Bigfoot believer Jim (Bryce Johnson) and his skeptical girlfriend Kelly (Alexie Gilmore) as they head to the title town in the hopes of snagging a look at the beast

What’s in the forest? You will have to watch the tried and tired found-footage technique to find out. The Blair Witch Project tent scares are even here!

The film appears in theaters and on VOD starting June 6th 2014.

The first trailer and poster for Willow Creek comes courtesy of EW.

Landing on DVD here in the UK this week was former 'Police Academy' graduate Bobcat Goldthwait's new directorial effort 'Willow Creek'. The movie is the latest found footage project which uses the legendary sasquatch as its main focus for fear and will no doubt make you think twice about heading out into the woodlands in search of Mr Bigfoot. A new alternative poster has been revealed which cleverly blends togethers a group of hikers and the hairy one into a large footprint design which you can check out below. 'Willow Creek' hits theatres and On Demand over in the Us from 6 June and stars Alexie Gilmore and Bryce Johnson. Fans of extended plot summaries will be pleased with what's on offer below....

Mpi/Dark Sky Films has released the first trailer and poster for the upcoming found footage thriller Willow Creek, debuting on VOD formats and in theaters June 6. Bryce Johnson and Alexie Gilmore star as Jim and Kelly, who take a vacation in Humboldt County, California, where Jim tries to capture Bigfoot on camera at the site of the famous Patterson-Gimlin film from 1967. Writer-director Bobcat Goldthwait's new film debuts in theaters and on VOD formats June 6.

Described by Jimmy Kimmel as "Scary and the Hendersons" and by writer-director Bobcat Goldthwait himself as "The Blair-Squatch Project," found footage movie Willow Creek is a radical departure in Goldthwait's career after directing a string of black comedies (World's Greatest Dad, God Bless America). In the great American tradition of people venturing into the woods and encountering absolutely pants-wetting terror, what starts as two dorks with a video camera having a lark in a...

Bobcat Goldthwait is no stranger to prestigious festivals. His 2006 film "Stay" played Sundance and Tiff (among others), while "God Bless America" hit Tiff and SXSW (and more), while even "World's Greatest Dad" stopped in Deauville and Stockholm among other places. As for "Willow Creek"? Well, it hit Fantasia in Montreal, smaller fests in Toronto, Vancouver and some other places. A step down for the filmmaker? Well, a new trailer is here so you can judge for yourself. Led by Alexie Gilmore and Bryce Johnson, Goldthwait's latest is a found footage exercise, following a young couple — one of whom is a Bigfoot believer — who head into Six Rivers National Forest in Northern California, to try and capture the creature on camera. Of course, things don't go as planned and there is lots of shaky cam and reacting to things off camera. Haven't we been here before? Hopefully there's a bit more...

Since the famous footage of the crypto critter in 1967, Bigfoot enthusiasts have been taking to the California wilderness in search of more evidence year after year.  Such is the object of writer-director Bobcat Goldthwait's latest effort, Willow Creek, which follows Bigfoot believer Jim (Bryce Johnson) and his skeptical girlfriend Kelly (Alexie Gilmore) as they head to the title town in the hopes of snagging a look at the beast.  What begins as a good-natured trip into the absurd ends in horror as the couple is at the mercy of the forest and those who dwell within it. The first trailer for the creature feature is now online, along with its first poster. Unfortunately, Willow Creek uses the tired found-footage technique to get its story across while apparently doing little to advance or innovate the genre.  Perhaps there's more to the style than the trailer shows, much like there's probably...

It's been nearly a year since we saw a trailer and a wild poster for the horror film Willow Creek from comedian turned filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait, and the film is finally coming to limited theaters and VOD this summer. The found footage film has been described as The Blair-Squatch Project since it follows a bigfoot believer who heads into California’s Six Rivers National Forest in order to finally capture footage of the infamous Bigfoot. Now we get another trailer hyping the release next month, and there's also a cool new poster that cleverly uses the footprint of the possibly mythical creature. This looks pretty fun. Watch now! Here's the latest trailer for Bobcat Goldthwait's Willow Creek from Entertainment Weekly: The magazine also debuted this cool poster teasing the film's release next month: Willow Creek is written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait (Shakes the Clown, World's Greatest Dad, God Bless America...

The bigfoot legend gets a found footage twist in the new horror movie Willow Creek. Directed by comedian-turned-filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait — who has described it as “The Blair-Squatch Project” – the movie stars Bryce Johnson (Pretty Little Liars) as a bigfoot believer who heads deep into California’s Six Rivers National Forest on a quest to record the mythical beast. He’s also accompanied by his reluctant girlfriend, played by Alexie Gilmore.

Willow Creek debuts in theaters and on VOD June 6, but you can exclusively check out the film’s new poster above — and the new trailer below.

Stars: Bryce Johnson, Alexie Gilmore | Written and Directed by Bobcat Goldthwait

Another week passes and yet another found footage film is out. Lately though I’d say I’ve been lucky and the ones that I’ve had to review have actually been good movies. Willow Creek is an interesting idea, hunting down Bigfoot at least pulls away from the usual ghost hunting that seems popular with found footage, and with a director/writer like Bobcat Goldthwait you can’t help but be hopeful that Willow Creek could be something just a little special.

When Jim (Bryce Johnson) and Kelly (Alexie Gilmore) decide to make a documentary about Bigfoot the best place to start appears to be Willow Creek. As they arrive though they soon find that the locals are not as welcoming as they would have hoped, and they soon find it clear that people just want them to leave.

Nerve-wracking horror Willow Creek comes to DVD on 26 May 2014 and to celebrate, we have 3 DVDs to give away!

Directed by celebrated film-maker Bobcat Goldthwait (God Bless America, World’s Greatest Dad, Sleeping Dogs), Willow Creek was well received at several festivals last year including Fantasia, Sitges and Frightfest, where it was named as the winner of Total Film’s Best Scare.

Jim (Bryce Johnson – Pretty Little Liars) and his girlfriend Kelly (Alexie Gilmore – Definitely, Maybe) are visiting the infamous Willow Creek, the alleged home of the original Bigfoot legend – the tale of huge ape like creatures that roam the forests of North America. It was there that in 1967, the legendary beast was captured on film and has terrified and mystified generations since.

Keen to explore more than 50 years of truth, folklore, misidentifications and hoaxes, Kelly goes along for the ride to keep Jim happy, whilst Jim is determined to prove...

Stars: Bryce Johnson, Alexie Gilmore | Written and Directed by Bobcat Goldthwait

Footage has been found of a couple on the hunt for Bigfoot and the site where that infamous Bigfoot film of 1967 was made, known as Bluff Creek. That in itself suggests the fate of these two intrepid explorers as they search around in the nearby town looking at evidence and gathering interviews. Despite being warned away by locals through use of polite suggestion and angry threats they head off into the forest itself in search of the beast armed with a tent and their camera equipment.

“Ha, you’ll be fine.” Jim (Bryce Johnson) says to his girlfriend Kelly (Alexie Gilmore) at the start of this film, which no doubt makes the entire audience roll their eyes as they think “Oh no he didn’t!” Willow Creek is a hand held camera, found footage horror flick, so you prepare yourself for shaky footage,...

Across a diverse career, and a range of eclectic projects, Bobcat Goldthwait has now turned his head to the horror genre, and in particular, found footage, in his latest picture, Willow Creek.

We had the pleasure of speaking to the comedian turned actor turned director, about his decision to explore this genre and why he chose the myth of Bigfoot as his base for this tale. He also tells us whether he was scared when shooting on location, and what made actor Bryce Johnson cry during a take…

So why did you decide to tackle the horror genre? Was it one you were always keen on exploring?

Well I don’t really think of it like that, I just think about how I can do something, can I pull it off, and that’s what I think about. My favourite filmmakers are people like Billy Wilder, who did all kind of things.

Found-footage horror by a former Police Academy star about a couple searching for America's mythical Sasquatch apeman gets properly creepy

As un film de Bobcat Goldthwait, the former comedian co-star of Police Academy films turned cult auteur, Willow Creek is a mild disappointment, lacking as it does in the out-there wackitude of Shakes the Clown or the scrappy satirical vigour of World's Greatest Dad or God Bless America. But as a horror film using that now-tired device, "found footage" supposedly shot by the characters themselves,, it's quite passable. Alexie Gilmore and Bryce Johnson star as a semi-likable, semi-obnoxious hipster couple who venture into the woods of northern California to shoot a YouTube documentary about the legend of Bigfoot, aka Sasquatch. (Goldthwait has described the film as The Blair Squatch Project.) In town, they snark at the tacky Bigfoot merchandising and wryly interview the locals (played by real people), but once...

The buzz surrounding Bobcat Goldthwait's Willow Creek (review) has been massive throughout the past year, and thanks to Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment, UK horror fans will get to see what it's all about when it hits DVD on May 26 following a limited theatrical run from May 2.

Bigfoot's coming home!

Synopsis:

Jim (Bryce Johnson - Pretty Little Liars) and his girlfriend Kelly (Alexie Gilmore – Definitely, Maybe) are visiting the infamous Willow Creek, the alleged home of the original Bigfoot legend – the tale of huge ape like creatures that roam the forests of North America. It was there that in 1967, the legendary beast was captured on film and has terrified and mystified generations since.

Keen to explore more than 50 years of truth, folklore, misidentifications and hoaxes, Kelly goes along for the ride to keep Jim happy, whilst Jim is determined to prove the story is real by capturing the beast on camera.

Generally speaking, you often associate the found footage genre with younger filmmakers, working on a smaller budget, hoping to create something accessible, and frankly, somewhat basic with limited financial backing. It’s therefore fascinating to see established directors hone their crafts in this style and inject their experience into the genre, as following on from Barry Levinson’s commendable endeavour The Bay, now Bobcat Goldthwait turns his head to found footage with Willow Creek.

Alexie Gilmore and Bryce Johnson play Kelly and Jim, respectively, a couple who set out to explore the mythology surrounding Bigfoot. The latter is a firm believer in the creature and aspiring documentarian, so they head to Humboldt County in California to speak to locals, and to camp in the very same woods the famous 1967 sighting took place, are find out if the rumours of Bigfoot’s existence are true, once and for all.

The subject matter is brilliant,...

★★☆☆☆In Bobcat Goldthwait's God Save America follow-up Willow Creek (2013), Alexie Gilmore and Bryce Johnson play Kelly and Jim, a young couple heading out into the great outdoors to look for the legendary figure of Bigfoot. Kelly is an aspiring actress and wryly sceptical about the expedition, while Jim is a goofy enthusiast pursuing a childhood fascination. On the way, the pair interview creepy Sasquatch experts, ambivalent eye-witnesses and singing hill-billies. They stay at the Bigfoot Motel, eat Bigfoot burgers and visit the museum to gape at the pictures and snigger at the models. Their final destination is on a patch of land near to Willow Creek, where the famous Patterson-Gimlin footage was shot.

We told you that the sliver of sasquatchploitation from Bobcat Goldthwait known as Willow Creek (review) has scored itself some domestic distribution via Dark Sky Films, and now we have some release details for ya!

Mpi will release the flick in NYC on June 6th at the IFC Center with a theatrical rollout to follow.

Described by Jimmy Kimmel as “Scary and the Hendersons” and by writer-director Bobcat Goldthwait himself as “The Blair-Squatch Project,” found footage movie Willow Creek is a radical departure in Goldthwait’s career after directing a string of black comedies (World’s Greatest Dad, God Bless America).

In the great American tradition of people venturing into the woods and encountering absolutely pants-wetting terror, what starts as two dorks with a video camera having a lark in a national park metastasizes into something much deeper, darker, and queasier.

Set in Humboldt County, California, Willow Creek centers on Jim (Bryce Johnson,...

[This is a review of Castle Season 6, Episode 16. There will be Spoilers.]

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Whether or not it’s meant to set the stage for ABC’s new drama Mind Games - which premieres tomorrow night – tonight’s Castle does do a good job of showing how the human mind can be tampered with. “Room 147″ also sees the return of Alexis (Molly Quinn) and delivers the long-awaited news that Pi (Myko Olivier) is history.

At the start, the case is every bit as bland and boring as Castle (Nathan Fillion) says it is. A man is dead and a woman has confessed to killing him. The problem is, Anita (Alexie Gilmore) was seen by plenty of other people at a restaurant at the time of the murder. Only when ...

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Title: Labor Day Director: Jason Reitman Starring: Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith, Tobey Maguire, Clark Gregg, Brooke Smith, James Van Der Beek, Maika Monroe, Alexie Gilmore Four times Academy Award nominee, Jason Reitman, after having portrayed delightfully poignant and irreverent stories, such as ‘Thank You For Smoking,’ ‘Juno,’ ‘Up in the Air’ and Young Adult,’ delivers an intensely suave adaptation of the novel ‘Labor Day’ by Joyce Maynard. It is the very Labor Day weekend that is bound to mark the lives of Adele (Kate Winslet) – a divorced, single mother who rarely ventures further than her house – and her judicious thirteen year old son, Henry (Gattlin Griffith/Tobey [ Read More ]

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Title: Labor Day Paramount Pictures Director: Jason Reitman Screenwriter: Jason Reitman, from Joyce Maynard’s novel Cast: Josh Brolin, Kate Winslet, Gattlin Griffith, Brooke Smith, Clark Gregg, J.K. Simmons, James Van Der Beek, Maika Monroe, Alexie Gilmore, Tobey Maguire, Bri Screened at: Paramount, NYC, 11/12/13 Opens: December 27, 2013 in La, January 31, 2014 elsewhere As this film moves along at a steady pace, occasionally stopping for flashbacks, you may be thinking, “Hey, this doesn’t sound believable.” True enough: the romance between a convicted murderer and an innocent, divorced woman may not be something that has occurred to any of your neighbors, but stranger things have happened. Apropos, think of Stockholm [ Read More ]

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Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening passes up for grabs to the highly anticipated new drama “Labor Day” starring Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin!

“Labor Day,” which is rated “PG-13” and opens on Jan. 31, 2014, also stars Tobey Maguire, Clark Gregg, James Van Der Beek, Gattlin Griffith, Maika Monroe, Brooke Smith, Alexie Gilmore, Elena Kampouris, Brighid Fleming and Lucas Hedges from writer and director Jason Reitman (“Up in the Air,” “Juno” and “Young Adult”) based on the novel by Joyce Maynard.

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With the American Film Market tapering down ahead of its final day on Wednesday, buyers from around the globe acquired a bunch of films for release in their local markets. Amongst the notable deals:

Dark Places

Exclusive Media has sold most of the worldwide rights to various companies for Gilles Paquet-Brenner's "Dark Places". Charlize Theron leads the cast of this story about a woman forced to re-examine the massacre of her family more than twenty years beforehand.

Wolf Creek 2

Image Entertainment has scored the U.S. distribution rights to the sequel to Greg McLean's cult horror hit "Wolf Creek" with a 2014 release being targeted. John Jarratt returns as homicidal bushman Mick Taylor who preys on backpackers in the Australian Outback.

20,000 Days on Earth

HanWay has acquired world rights, excluding UK and Australia, to the Nick Cave music documentary "20,000 Days on Earth" for a late 2014 release. The film...

Mpi Media Group has taken all Us rights to Bobcat Goldthwait’s Bigfoot title Willow Creek starring Bryce Johnson and Alexie Gilmore.

Kaliedoscope represents international sales at Afm.

Mpi Media Group has set a second quarter 2014 release on the story of aspiring documentary film-makers who try to capture a mythical beast on film.

Greg Newman, evp of Mpi Media Group, negotiated the deal with Zac Bright and Kevin Iwashina of Preferred Content and Cassian Elwes.

The sliver of sasquatchploitation from Bobcat Goldthwait, Willow Creek (review), has scored itself some domestic distribution via Dark Sky Films, and we have the details for you right here to dig on!

Deadline reports that Bobcat Goldthwait has inked a deal with Mpi for all U.S. rights to his latest thriller, Willow Creek. The pact adds the Bigfoot chiller to Mpi’s Dark Sky line-up. Following recent Goldthwait films World’s Greatest Dad and God Bless America, Willow Creek puts a faux-docu spin on the Bigfoot mythos as seen through the eyes of an aspiring documentarian (Bryce Johnson) and his skeptical actress girlfriend (Alexie Gilmore) as they take a tour of Northern California’s Trinity National Forest in search of Sasquatch. Goldthwait wrote and directed the film, which will get a spring theatrical release in Q2 2014.

With Willow Creek Goldthwait has mixed satire with suspense, and overall his film...

Bobcat Goldthwait directed a “found footage” horror movie about a couple searching for Bigfoot called Willow Creek. Why should you care about that statement? Go and watch World’s Greatest Dad and God Bless America, come back, and re-read my statement. Go ahead. I’ll wait.

See? Now do you understand? Bobcat Goldthwait is one of the most interesting filmmakers in the game today, and his newest release marks his first adventure into the horror genre. While it’s no surprise that Bobcat also works a belly full of laughs into his hairy screenplay, the real surprise is Goldthwait’s true appreciation of the horror genre, and his ability to hold us breathless for minutes. This is a man who has been Squatchin’ before, who has attended Bigfoot conventions, and who seriously believes in the gigantic creature – which shines through in his passion-filled heart-stopper. There’s a reason locals aren...

Willow Creek

Written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait

USA, 2013

While trying to document and find evidence of the mythical Bigfoot, believer Jim (Bryce Johnson) and his skeptical girlfriend Kelly (Alexie Gilmore) arrive at Willow Creek, near where the famous Patterson-Gimlin film was originally shot. Despite the many warnings from locals to stay away, the couple venture into the woods to find Bigfoot, which doesn’t go too well, to say the least.

Although a good chunk of the film early on is dedicated more to setting up the history and mythos behind Bigfoot than actual exposition (which, given its found-footage/faux-documentary style, is understandable if tedious), the film manages to preserve a human element thanks to the tangible chemistry and humour shared between the two leads.

While comparisons to The Blair Witch Project is inevitable, Willow Creek manages to stand out with its expert use of sound and pregnant moments of silence to build tension,...