Starring - Sofia Papuashvili (Robot Girls, Body of Nurses), Jamie Grefe (Sasquatch Attacks, Maid Robot), and Dawna Lee Heising (Dick Reno: Monster Slayer, The House That Zombie Built)
Release Date - 2026
Genre - Horror
Format - Streaming (Tubi)
Rating (out of 5):
I tend to review anything that catches my eye regardless if it's horror or horror adjacent. I don't care if it's a thriller, sci-fi, sci-fi thriller, or so on. I love indie horror and I'm always looking out for the next thing to review. Several weeks back I received a press release for the 2026 survival thriller Sasquatch Within from director Gregory Hatanaka. The press release was announcing the film's release on Tubi. The title caught my eye and I made a note to check it out when I could. I wish I would have skipped it instead.
The film follows two assassins who awaken in a room they are unfamiliar with. While they try to collect themselves, they look around the room only to discover that they are locked inside. They star reminiscing about former missions they had together but before long they soon learn that in order for one of them to survive then the other must die.
I went into this one expecting what I'm sure a lot of disappointed viewers did and that was a sasquatch centered horror film. Instead, what we get is a claustrophobic film with one of the laziest written stories I have ever seen. I went into this one very excited but found myself very disappointed. This is easily one of the worst films I had seen during my time here at Horror Society. The acting in this one is extremely flat and one dimensional. The cast is fairly small and the two leads have zero emotional range. The dialogue is delivered in a way that it almost felt like they were reading their lines off something out of the the sight of the camera. They do seem very comfortable together but there is very little attempt as creating or establishing a character. The story for this one is basically nonexistent. We follow two women, with no memory of how they got there, try to figure out how to escape and what the motive is for locking them away together. The title is very misleading and what we are given is a feature length film about two unlikely assassins reminiscing before a cat fight breaks out. It's painfully dull and damn near impossible to finish. I have no idea what the point the director originally had in mind for this one but it couldn't have been this. Finally, don't go into this one expecting campy kills and someone in a bigfoot costume. You will not find a body count or memorable deaths here. Overall, Sasquatch Within is not what I expected at all and was an experience I hope I never have to relive. Skip it.

















