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Willow Creek Review

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Tv & Film, After Shows, Film Reviews

4.4 • 640 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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We saw Willow Creek on Vudu and it was everything that I remember about talking to Bigfoot believers. @dgoebel00 on Instagram provided this amazing artwork. Follow him and check out his website. https://youtu.be/wJ5GEkHsnrs Synopsis Willow Creek is a found footage film focused on bigfoot enthusiast and documentarian Jim (Bryce Johnson) and his girlfriend Kelly (Alexie Gilmore).  Jim and Kelly are visiting Willow Creek, and the site of the original bigfoot footage shoot, the Patterson-Gimlin film shoot.  Jim has been a passionate Bigfoot believer his whole life and is super-excited to make this documentary that allows him to pay homage to the epicenter of his obsession. Kelly is not as crazy about the idea, but she is very supportive of his effort and holds the camera a lot of the time. While Jim interviews locals about the legend, we learn a few things about the mystery of bigfoot before the couple take the plunge into the forest primeval and get more bigfeet than they bargained for. Review Willow Creek is a remarkably simple film that capitalizes on everyone’s fear of the woods at night. It’s not the best found footage camping film (Blair Witch), but it’s so sparse and short that I really can’t hate it. The direction by Bobcat Goldthwait is simple and unobtrusive, but it makes sure to pay homage to all the tropes that you might expect it to.  Willow Creek knows it’s lane, which is cheap, barebones, short, and mostly improvised. As long as you go into it with that in mind, it probably won’t offend your sensibilities. If you are a person who is terrified of the woods at night, this is a fabulous way to scare yourself silly, or you could also try the slightly better version of this, Backcountry.  One of the most questionable choices in Willow Creek is the decision to make the whole movie rest on a 25 minute long single shot toward the end of the movie. Your enjoyment of the entire movie will hinge on how this shot strikes you, and strangely it worked better on me on my second viewing.  Overall Willow Creek is a fun found footage movie with a nice mix of subtle comedy and spooky moments. Watch Willow CreekWatch on AmazonClick Here to Buy or Rent Score 6/10 Get 13% Off your order at NightChannels.com when you use code HMT at checkout.

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0:00.0

Horror Movie Talk is brought to you today by Bigfoot Excursions.

0:04.0

You've heard of whale tours and guided hunting trips now experience Bigfoot excursions.

0:09.4

We can't promise you'll see a Bigfoot or tell you that anyone on our tour ever has or even be sure of what we've seen ourselves.

0:16.4

But we can promise you that Arnie will wake up at 3 a.m.

0:19.7

And sneak out of his tent to make a bunch of whooping and hollering noises while shaking your tent.

0:24.4

Bigfoot excursions.

0:25.6

It's mostly just Arnie yipping and flailing around at night.

0:29.4

Hello and welcome to Horror Movie Talk.

0:34.0

An opinionated and accidentally funny horror movie review show.

0:38.5

Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.

0:41.3

What?

0:43.3

It's got to just have this girl through a scraggly wood.

0:51.2

He had no face.

0:54.0

Horror! Sabrina, no face! Horror!

0:56.0

Sabrina, don't just stare at it, eat it.

0:58.0

The new theatrical releases always get priority.

1:02.0

But we also review older horror movies both good and hororable.

1:08.0

Uh-uh.

1:09.0

Ugh.

1:10.0

Uh. Wow, that didn't sound good.

1:15.3

Laza!

1:17.0

Luzza!

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