ROUS Reviews Reviews Of Unusual Size!Re: Sasquatch is killing people in the woods, so a few drunk hunters and stereotyped high school kids decide to dink around in the woods for an hour of my life.Outstanding: The Bigfoot costume was pretty decent for a B-Movie.Unacceptable: The music was overbearing, the acting wooden, the story non-existent and even worse, the whole shambling mess was as boring as watching plaster dry in a footprint casting.Summary: It's a bad sign when the most charismatic actor in a movie is the "blond bimbo" whose only purpose is to take her clothes off and act as a plot exposition device. Which would have been fine, if the Sasquatch had been cooler or acted less randomly. And really? The native American deputy was named John Eagleheart? Was the name Indian Plentywampum already taken?1/5

TheUnknown837-1 One would think that Sasquatch, being one of the most popular culture icons of the Americas, would be given decent treatment in at least one of the monster flicks that was based on its legend. Sasquatch has revolutionized the minds of the curious and the adventurous anew over the years, so why is it, I ask many times, that whenever somebody decides to bring the concept to a film story, does it have to be given the poorest of treatment? There does not have to be a big budget. History has taught us that one does not need a big budget to make a good, or even wonderful film. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", the Best Picture-winner of 1975 is all the proof anybody needs. "Clawed*: The Legend of Sasquatch" (or "The Unknown") is also a low-budget film, but that does not excuse it from the fact that it's dreadfully boring, amateurishly (and sometimes poorly) acted, awfully written, and an utter catastrophe of a motion picture.I was not expecting much from a movie called "Clawed: The Legend of Sasquatch", but even the plot I got with low expectations disappointed and baffled me with disbelief. A high school punk (Brandon Henschel) is told by his biology teacher that if he doesn't pass his endangered species report, that he will fail. So he teams up with the school brainiac (Dylan Purcell), two girls, and head out to film grizzly bears and look for Sasquatch when all they have to do is write a paper. Ridiculous, but then again, something has to get the stupid, brainless characters into the woods, doesn't it? Meanwhile, a cantankerous poacher (Miles O'Keeffe) is out seeking revenge on a Native American ranger (Nathaniel Arcand) whom he blames for the deaths of his friends, when in reality…well, you know. It's just the basic B-grade monster-on-the-loose flick. And even with this being in mind, it still disappoints.I guess two nonsensical human stories was just too much for me and there wasn't enough of the cheesy Sasquatch attacks to keep my interested. I would have rather the story focused on the kids in the forest as opposed to the unnecessary hunters-seeking-revenge subplot. Not only is the latter utterly absurd (even for a film of this grade), but the actors who played the hunters…well, let's just say they'd be better off in another line of work. The young actors and actresses playing the kids were decent. Not great, but decent.But of course, we can't leave out the Sasquatch. Now, the film tries to work in the "Jaws" (1975) realm, with the monster hardly being seen and its presence being merely suggested. But where as the mostly unseen shark in "Jaws" was terrifying, the Sasquatch suspense in this B-movie is not riveting in the least manner. And why is it, I ask, that every creature in these B-movies needs to have some crazily-colored vision? Now, when the Sasquatch does appear, which it rarely does, well, it's also a disappointment. I am glad they chose not to go with CGI, for looking at the rest of the movie's qualities, it would have been deplorable. Instead, a man in a suit was used with some animatronics. But the Sasquatch looks pathetic even still save for a few close-ups of the eyes, in which it's merely passable. In full-view, the creature looks like a nine-foot-tall version of Gollum from "The Lord of the Rings" with a little bit of muscle. I was literally waiting the entire film for the creature to just cough out "GOLLUM! GOLLUM!" every time I saw it.In case I haven't made it clear yet, which I think I have many times, I abhorred this detestable B-grade malicious monster 'adventure' film. This is one of three film adaptations of the legend of Sasquatch that I have seen over the years. And I'm still waiting for that good version to come along.Scratch that…I'll live with a PASSABLE Sasquatch story. And then I'll be satisfied.*footnote: Sasquatch is supposed to be a primate. And as far as I know, primates do not have claws. So even the title of the movie doesn't work.

slayrrr666 "Clawed: Legend of the Sasquatch" is a decent enough Bigfoot entry with a few flaws.**SPOILERS**Due to a savage animal attack, Sheriff Drake Kassel, (Jack Conley) warns that a dangerous bear is on the loose on nearby Echo Mountain, which gets Richard Winslow, (Dylan Purcell) and his school partner Jay Kelter, (Brandon Henschel) excited about finishing a school project there. Inviting friends Jenny Ackers, (Chelsea Hobbs) and Shea Landers, (Casey LaBow) along, they head into the woods looking to get a one-on-one encounter with the bear. Hoping to find what they're looking for, they instead stumble across a dangerous animal that is on the loose and killing anything it can get a hold of, putting them all in danger. Realizing that it's the deadly Sasquatch that is to blame instead of the bear, they try to get out of the woods alive and get away from the creature.The Good News: This was a pleasantly fun Bigfoot entry. The main thing about this one is that there's a lot of great suspense to this one, which is really great. The woods here are genuinely creepy here, with the completely foreign and unknown area of the forest makes for some really good chills with the best parts to this coming from the film's use of marking the creature's use there. Using only twigs snapping in the distance or the different loudness of the creature's roars coming in from everywhere at different areas and using volumes and pitches that are really unnerving and make it seem like the creature is right there, and along with the complete and utter darkness makes for some really great atmosphere in here. That makes for some really nice segments in the middle parts, as they're chased around the woods mainly through a camera's POV and along with the wood's scenery and sounds, which make for some great things to it. The kills in here aren't that bad, as there's one in here ripped in half, a pair of intestines pulled out, the skin around the eye ripped away, a throat ripped away and the side of a face scratched up, along with a lot of gruesome shots of aftermath and blood-splatter which makes for some really messy moments at times. The last good part is the way this one ends, which has a really fun air and is a really unique and fun way to do this and comes off as pretty clever. These here are what work for the film.The Bad News: This one had a couple of flaws that really keep it down. One of the main ones is that the creature in here is the cause of two big problems. The first is that it's rarely seen on-screen for most of the time, leaving it feeling very much like a guest star in it's own movie. The beginning offers up very few moments of actual visual sightings, which is due to the back-story and such but there's almost nothing that shows the creature. Even the ending, which is when it should've been at the centerpiece of the film, it makes a fleeting appearance only to thwart something else entirely for a brief glimpse and nothing more, which is quite surprising and a little damaging. Beyond the bookends, the middle of the film offers very little. There's either brief shots of body parts or the face, which has the potential to carry it through the fear of the unknown if only it would've looked better when it was shown. The creature here looks really laughable, not at all like a creature that would've been living in the woods. The hair doesn't look wild or dangerous and the creature's face has almost nothing fearsome about it. This is one of the most nonthreatening Bigfoot costumes ever, and they make this one that much less intimidating when it does show up. The last one is the really lame and cliché back-story scenes in here, which are presented as the film's flashback moments. They're cheesy and really corny-looking, despite the fact that the rest of the film is played as being serious. It takes the viewer straight out of the scene and really ruin it. These here are what hurt the film.The Final Verdict: Not entirely worthless, but the fact that the flaws are so damaging is a cause for concern but not a huge one. Give this one a shot if you're into the Bigfoot genre or have a compulsive need to watch a creature feature, otherwise heed caution if you're not that much into these kinds of films.Rated R: Graphic Language, Graphic Violence and Brief Nudity

Diaboyos This was obviously a low-budget film but even so it wasn't so bad. I've definitely seen tons worse low-budget films. This didn't have anything really special or outstanding to offer but with the money they had to make it they did quite well. The acting wasn't too bad. The sound could have been better but that's just because of the lack of funds to pad that area. The big foot costume could have used a little more work tho in my opinion. As well, the views when we were looking thru bigfoots vision were level with the top of a car and not of something 8 feet tall lol. This is worth a view if there's nothing better on but don't expect too much, just enough to pass the time.