I don’t know much about Bigfoot, (Ed Note: He beats up people who screw with him and then eats dried meat) but I have never been a believer. I also had never seen a film about Bigfoot up until yesterday. I chose Exists because I wanted to try something new and I am a fan of Director Eduardo Sanchez. His most famous film would be The Blair Witch Project. I actually liked two later films of his, Lovely Molly and Altered much more.
Exists opens up with a group of five friends heading to a family member’s cabin in the woods for the weekend. On the way, they hit something with their car. They find no body of an animal or person — just a little blood. After assuming it’s a deer, they get back on the road. They eventually arrive at the cabin and it’s a filthy mess looking as if no one has used it for years.
Later that night, something or someone comes for them and it’s pissed. I came to a realization about halfway through this movie: Exists is The Blair Witch Project with a Bigfoot instead of a witch. It’s set in the woods with a cast of kids that are stuck out there trying to escape something they have not seen but know is there. In fact there is a lot that goes unseen. I was disappointed in this movie overall. There are deaths, but they are all virtually bloodless. That would have been fine if the atmosphere had been creepier and there had been more suspense. But there wasn’t. In a way it was much like an episode of Scooby Doo in that it was a bunch of kids running from a monster. Though no one ever died in a Scooby Doo episode, that show was very suspenseful compared with this drivel.
There was no horror, comedy, gore or even tits! It was a hollow mess. I only hung on too see Bigfoot and get my $6.99’s worth. Yes, you do get to see Bigfoot and there is a twist but even those disappoint. Wait til it is on Netflix.
LITTLE MISS HORROR NERD’S RATING: 2 out of 5
