Mulliga's Myths and Folktales, Part 2 - Willow Creek

This Halloween, I'm featuring freaky folklore from around the world...everything from the Mothman, to Bloody Mary, to the alligators in New York sewers.  This post will look at a found footage horror flick about Bigfoot...written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait (?!):

First, a disclaimer - I am someone who has been to multiple Bigfoot museums.  I watched all those Discovery Channel shows about Sasquatch growing up.  I am the target audience for a movie like Willow Creek: 

Yes, it's found footage in the style of The Blair Witch Project, and no, it's not particularly original. The film's leads, played by Alexie Gilmore and Bryce Johnson, are making a low-budget documentary about the Patterson–Gimlin film, and along the way, they interact with the locals, get antagonized by a strange man in the wilderness, and eventually spend one terrifying night in the California woods.

It's a good premise, but the execution is a bit lacking.  Aside from one long take inside a claustrophobic tent, there's nothing here that really cries out for feature film treatment, and most of the time, Willow Creek feels like a watered-down V/H/S segment. Still, this is one of the few films to tackle Bigfoot (aside from the obvious), which is why I am giving it...

Rating: 5/10 (subtract 4 if you hate found footage films, add 2 if you're a Bigfoot fan)