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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Jim remarking on the missing poster, "That girl seems pretty happy to be missing." [[spoiler:Turns out she's been kidnapped by the Bigfeet, taken as a breeding slave, and seems to be in the throes of Stockholm Syndrome.]]
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* UpperClassTwit: Both Jim and Kelly are sheltered, well-to-do suburbanites with absolutely no clue how to handle themselves in the wild or work through dangerous situations.

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* UpperClassTwit: Both Jim and Kelly are sheltered, well-to-do suburbanites with absolutely no clue how to handle themselves in the wild or work through dangerous situations.situations, Bigfoot related or otherwise.

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* EnchantedForest: The forest Jim and Kelly travel to is specific to the Bigfoot legend, and is where the only purported Bigfoot sighting was captured on film. Locals warn of a Bigfoot curse that allegedly causes relationships to sour and spoil, and explorers to become obsessed and permanently lost in the forest of Willow Creek.



* TheLostWoods: The forest Jim and Kelly travel to is specific to the Bigfoot legend, and is where the only purported Bigfoot sighting was captured on film. Locals warn of a Bigfoot curse that allegedly causes relationships to sour and spoil, and explorers to become obsessed and permanently lost in the forest of Willow Creek.
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* ActorAllusion: Bryce Johnson and Alexie Gilmore both played a love interest to the lead in one of Goldthwait's previous films (''Film/SleepingDogsLie'' and ''Film/WorldsGreatestDad'', respectively). Here, they're the two leads who are love interests to one another.
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* NothingIsScarier: [[spoiler:Best showcased in the above tent scene, it's just a lig sequence of Jim and Kelly waiting through the night in silent horror as they hear the sounds of Sasquatch getting increasingly louder as their tent. It gets creepier when they hear the sound of a woman crying and making the same noises as the sasquatches. Jim and Kelly try to keep their cool when the things begin pressing against the tent.]]

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* NothingIsScarier: [[spoiler:Best showcased in the above tent scene, it's just a lig long sequence of Jim and Kelly waiting through the night in silent horror as they hear the sounds of Sasquatch getting increasingly louder as their tent. It gets creepier when they hear the sound of a woman crying and making the same noises as the sasquatches. Jim and Kelly try to keep their cool when the things begin pressing against the tent.]]
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Developing Doomed Characters doesn't apply to main characters who last to the end of the film


* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: Most of the movie follows the couple as the bond, explore Bigfoot culture and interview the locals. All this serves to build up to the horror in the last half hour.
* DontGoInTheWoods: Played straight throughout.
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* IdiotBall: Mainly Jim who, as a grown man, ignored dozens of warnings and brought himself and his helpless girlfriend into the rugged outdoors (in search of a legendary monster, no less) without so much as: an edged weapon or tool, map, compass, first aid kit, or backup plan if things didn't go well... which they don't.

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* IdiotBall: Mainly Jim who, as a grown man, ignored dozens of warnings and brought himself and dragged his helpless girlfriend into the rugged outdoors (in search of a legendary monster, no less) without so much as: an edged weapon or tool, map, compass, first aid kit, or backup plan if things didn't go well... which they don't.
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* HystericalWoman: Kelly quickly becomes one, once she starts hearing noises in the woods.
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* IdiotBall: Mainly Jim who, as a grown man, drove himself and his wife into the rugged outdoors (in search of a monster, no less) without so much as an edged weapon or tool, or a first aid kit, or a backup plan if things didn't go well... which they don't.

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* IdiotBall: Mainly Jim who, as a grown man, drove ignored dozens of warnings and brought himself and his wife helpless girlfriend into the rugged outdoors (in search of a legendary monster, no less) without so much as as: an edged weapon or tool, or a map, compass, first aid kit, or a backup plan if things didn't go well... which they don't.
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* IdiotBall: Mainly Jim who, as a grown man, drove himself and his wife into the rugged outdoors (in search of a monster, no less) without so much as an edged weapon or tool, or a first aid kit, or a backup plan if things didn't go well... which they don't.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Jim and Kelly, on so many levels. First and foremost: traipsing deep into the forests and mountains of the Pacific Northwest with little to no survival gear or tools whatsoever, other than their tent and cutesy flannel shirts. Predictably, they end up cowering under a blanket in the dark and later getting completely lost, to the tune of Kelly gradually melting down and coming apart... all prior to the inevitable climax.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Jim and Kelly, on so many levels. First and foremost: traipsing deep into the forests and mountains of the Pacific Northwest with little to no survival gear or tools whatsoever, other than their tent and cutesy flannel shirts. Predictably, they end up cowering under a blanket in the dark and later getting completely lost, to the tune of Kelly gradually melting down and coming apart...getting hysterical every time the wind blows... all prior to the inevitable climax.
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* RealAfterAll: Bigfoot.
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* TheOtherRainforest: The movie takes place in the deep, heavily forested mountains of Northern California.
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* TheOtherRainforest: The movie takes place in the deep, heavily forested mountains of Northern California.
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* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: There is a grueling 20-minute-or-so scene with the main characters trembling under a blanket, as all sorts of creepy racket goes on in the dark outside their tent.

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