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A 2012 American horror directed by Creator/DavidAPrior that has a Bigfoot terrorizing and the sheriff (Creator/RebBrown) has to work with a government official (Creator/LelianiSarelle) to hunt down the creature.

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A 2012 American horror directed by Creator/DavidAPrior that has a Bigfoot [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Bigfoot]] terrorizing a small town and the sheriff (Creator/RebBrown) has to work with a government official (Creator/LelianiSarelle) to hunt down the creature.



It was released in 2012.

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It was released in 2012.
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* AccidentalTruth: The ending reveals that [[spoiler:Sarah never actually believed in Bigfoot, and simply used it as an excuse to go to the town because she knew Crawford would be there]]. The film's closing shot is of her [[spoiler:running into a whole ''pack'' of Bigfoots, and implicitly getting killed]].
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* BestServedCold: It's never explicitly mentioned, but based on the circumstances of [[spoiler:Michael Danton]]'s death, it seems that [[spoiler:Testi]] shows up to take revenge on [[spoiler:Crawford]] for something that took place during the Iran-Contra affair, at least a quarter-''century'' before the film's setting.


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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The town's mayor refuses to let Sheriff Joe issue any warnings about the wild animal that killed the two teenagers, because he's afraid it'll hurt business at that year's pumpkin festival. And this is ''before'' Joe has any reason to suspect that Bigfoot is involved, making the mayor's actions just seem ridiculously short-sighted instead of a reasonable reaction to an outlandish claim (as was the case in ''Jaws'', which the scene clearly takes its lead from).

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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: In the ending, [[spoiler:Crawford admits that he doesn't remember who Michael Danton was, despite Testi intending to kill him for it]]. Of course, this is partly the result of [[spoiler:Testi and his backstory having not being mentioned at all until this point, meaning that the writers needed a reason to give him a MotiveRant]].

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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: In the ending, [[spoiler:Crawford admits that he doesn't remember who Michael Danton was, despite Testi intending to kill him Testi's being out for it]].revenge over Crawford's having killed him]]. Of course, this is partly the result of [[spoiler:Testi and his backstory having not being mentioned at all until this point, meaning that the writers needed a reason to give him a MotiveRant]].


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* LetsSplitUpGang: This happens ''four times'' during the film's ending, resulting in most of the sheriff's department and the few survivors getting massacred.


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* OffWithHisHead: One of Bigfoot's preferred ways of dealing with his victims, with him either crushing their head to a pulp or ripping it off.

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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The movie is pretty much ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' with Creator/RebBrown, Bigfoot, and a horror-flavored ClicheStorm. Suddenly, near the end, [[spoiler:Sarah Evans straight up snaps Sheriff Kelly's neck, is revealed to be a bounty hunter, and then suddenly, Testi, played by Creator/FrankStallone, [[AdvertisedExtra who despite being named had NO screen time up to this point]], comes out of ''nowhere'' and confronts a generic antagonist who has a Sasquatch hunter about something ''completely different form the main plot''! After that plot's finished, [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment it's never mentioned again]]]].

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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: In the ending, [[spoiler:Crawford admits that he doesn't remember who Michael Danton was, despite Testi intending to kill him for it]]. Of course, this is partly the result of [[spoiler:Testi and his backstory having not being mentioned at all until this point, meaning that the writers needed a reason to give him a MotiveRant]].
* ChekhovsSkill: Subverted with Sharon, who is set up as an expert survivalist and seemingly an important character, but ends up falling victim to Bigfoot relatively early on.
* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The movie is pretty much ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' with Creator/RebBrown, Bigfoot, and a horror-flavored ClicheStorm. Suddenly, near the end, [[spoiler:Sarah Evans straight up snaps Sheriff Kelly's neck, is revealed to be a bounty hunter, and then suddenly, Testi, played by Creator/FrankStallone, [[AdvertisedExtra who despite being named had NO screen time up to this point]], comes out of ''nowhere'' and confronts Crawford, until this point a completely generic antagonist who has a Sasquatch hunter antagonist, about something ''completely different form unrelated to the main plot''! After that plot's finished, [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment it's never mentioned again]]]].



* ShoutOut: To the 1987 action film ''Deadly Prey'', which was likewise written and directed by David A. Prior, and featured a young commando named Michael Danton, [[spoiler:the same name as the person who Testi wants revenge for in the ending -- albeit the Danton in ''Deadly Prey'' survived that film, and in fact appeared in a sequel the year after this film]].



* TerrorAtMakeOutPoint: The film opens with a scene of Bigfoot killing two people who are making out in their car.

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* TerrorAtMakeOutPoint: The film opens with a scene of Bigfoot killing two people who are making out in their car.car.
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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The movie is pretty much ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' with Creator/RebBrown, Bigfoot, and a horror-flavored ClicheStorm. Suddenly, near the end, [[spoiler:Sarah Evans straight up snaps Sheriff Kelly's neck, is revealed to be a bounty hunter, and then suddenly, Testi, played by Creator/FrankStallone, [[AdvertisedExtra who despite being named had NO screen time up to this point]], comes out of ''nowhere'' and confronts a generic antagonist who has a Sasquatch hunter about something ''completely different form the main plot! After that plot's finished, [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment it's never mentioned again]]]].

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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The movie is pretty much ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' with Creator/RebBrown, Bigfoot, and a horror-flavored ClicheStorm. Suddenly, near the end, [[spoiler:Sarah Evans straight up snaps Sheriff Kelly's neck, is revealed to be a bounty hunter, and then suddenly, Testi, played by Creator/FrankStallone, [[AdvertisedExtra who despite being named had NO screen time up to this point]], comes out of ''nowhere'' and confronts a generic antagonist who has a Sasquatch hunter about something ''completely different form the main plot! plot''! After that plot's finished, [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment it's never mentioned again]]]].
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A 2012 American horror directed by Creator/DavidAPrior that has a Bigfoot terrorizing and the sheriff (Creator/RebBrown) has to work with a government official (Creator/LelianiSarelle) to hunt down the creature.

The movie also stars Creator/TedPrior, Creator/SherrieRose, Creator/DavidCampbell, Creator/FrankStallone, and Creator/TaraKleinpeter.

It was released in 2012.

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!Tropes for the film:
* ApocalypticGagOrder: There's a Bigfoot killing people in a national forest next to a town. The mayor tells Sheriff Joe Kelly to keep things quiet or they'll scare off the tourists coming into town.
* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The movie is pretty much ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' with Creator/RebBrown, Bigfoot, and a horror-flavored ClicheStorm. Suddenly, near the end, [[spoiler:Sarah Evans straight up snaps Sheriff Kelly's neck, is revealed to be a bounty hunter, and then suddenly, Testi, played by Creator/FrankStallone, [[AdvertisedExtra who despite being named had NO screen time up to this point]], comes out of ''nowhere'' and confronts a generic antagonist who has a Sasquatch hunter about something ''completely different form the main plot! After that plot's finished, [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment it's never mentioned again]]]].
* MakeOutPoint: The movie begins with a scene of two throwaway characters getting killed at there.
* SuspiciouslyStealthyPredator: Bigfoot. It seems to hide BehindTheBlack sometimes and just straight up murders people in clearings of forests. The latter is [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because [[spoiler:there's a pack of them]].
* TerrorAtMakeOutPoint: The film opens with a scene of Bigfoot killing two people who are making out in their car.

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