Bigfoot Ate My Boyfriend

Director - Richard Mogg (Teenage Slumber Party Nightmare, Easter Bunny Bloodbath)
Starring - Kirk Munaweera (Frames of Fear), Kevin Paynter (Massage Parlor of Death), and Lauren Richardson (Teenage Slumber Party Nightmare)
Release Date - 2016
Genre - Horror/Comedy
Tagline - "Hairy and hungry"
Format - Streaming (Online Screener)

Rating (out of 5):

     Sometimes there is a difference between being entertaining and being good.  I don't mean that to be disrespectful but sometimes a movie is just bad but still entertains.  I hate to use the term so bad it's good but that is about the best way to sum it up.  Most of the time when someone says the movie is so bad its good they are referring to a movie that was horrible in every sense of the word but the viewer still had a great time.  These movies were made with every hope and dream of being good but were way off their mark.  However, sometimes a movie was made bad on purpose which is an entirely different experience.  Recently, I reviewed two films from indie director Richard Mogg and we started talking where he revealed he was working on a new bigfoot film.  Most of you know how I feel about cryptozoology so I inquired about it.  He was kind enough to let me check it out.  Thanks Richard!

     The film begins with a young woman and her boyfriend out in the woods having a picnic when they step away to have a piss break.  When she goes looking for her boyfriend she finds bigfoot standing over his corpse.  He is spooked by her arrival and flees.  We then meet the local sheriff who is trying to get a team together to hunt the beast who is approached by a detective with a lot of bigfoot knowledge and a score to settle.  Also in the woods looking for the beast is a former child star who is now an adult and having a hard time finding work.  He plans on recording himself fighting bigfoot in a last ditch effort to rekindle his career.  Along for the ride is a news anchor trying to uncover the story as it unfolds.  What they don't know is that bigfoot is hungry and they all look tasty.
     I first came across Mogg and his work several years back when I discovered Easter Bunny Bloodbath.  The film was a throwback to the holiday slashers of old but had a charm about it.  A no budget comical charm.  The second film I saw of Mogg's was Teenage Slumber Party Nightmare which was another throwback to the slumber party slashers of the mid to late 80s.  I followed that up with Frames of Fear in which he had a segment.  Once again that segment was a throwback to the late 80s S.O.V. slashers.  I've come to realize that Mogg loves slashers and, big and, his films are very unique.  Almost Ed Wood like.  They are flawed and far from perfect but god damn you can't deny how fun they are.  He should have his own sub-genre in horror.  When Mogg mentioned he was working on another film I just assumed it was another slasher.  I was wrong.  Bigfoot Ate my Boyfriend embodies a lot of the charm that I like about Mogg's previous films but dials up the insanity to 11.  The acting in this one is rough for the most part.  That is something I have come to expect from a Rick Moe flick.  The cast has been in several films by this point so I am starting to think it is bad on purpose.  This is confusing considering how amazing Kevin Paynter and his character is.  The rest of the cast is awkward to watch but in a playful way.  They are comically bad which is what makes me think this is on purpose.  The story for this one is not that original but originality is not the point of this film.  It's the delivery.  The film gives us another monster movie that follows a group of people as they are stalked and killed by a creature in the woods.  Similar to a slasher in the woods.  What makes this one so fun is how flawed it is.  The creature "kills" and "eats" his victims but hes actually not doing it.  He attacks his victims and just brushes his hands over them until they falls down and pretends to scoop up parts to eat.  When the other character come across the bodies they verbally say what is wrong with the body but it is far from the truth.  Finally, those of you looking for blood and gore won't find any here but if you want some humor and cheese then this one is for you.  The film lacks gore but does has a man in a cheap costume.  Overall, Bigfoot Ate My Boyfriend is a ridiculous comedy that embraces it's flaws and delivers an entertaining experience.  If you like crazy characters and oddball scenarios this movie may be for you. Just be warned...its a bad one!