Bigfoot
Genre: Horror
Director: Rob Zombie
Writer: Clive Steinbeck
Cast: Steve Zahn, David Denman, Bella Thorne, Sheri Moon Zombie, Duke Davis Roberts, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Daniel Roebuck, Tyler Mane
Plot: A family driving through the winding roads of the eastern Washington late at night. As they become lost in the thick forest, the car pulls over to the side of the road. As they look over a map, the vehicle is attacked by a mysterious creature in the darkness. Blood, screams, and destruction fill the screen as Bigfoot (Tyler Mane) savagely tears through the car, violently killing the family. Bigfoot then disappears into the darkness.
Earl Stokes (Steve Zahn) lives in an isolated trailer on the edge of town. He has a dream, haunted by the loss of his wife Tess (Sheri Moon Zombie) and their daughter who went missing in the forest years ago. The dream shows Earl and his family in happier times. He wakes up in a sweat and goes over to his wall, where maps and articles about missing people in the area cover the walls.
Sheriff Dale Stokes (David Denman), Earl's brother, stops by the local coffee shop where the town's mayor, Calvin McCrery (Daniel Roebuck), is having a meeting with other town leaders to discuss the struggling local economy ever since the big city liberals shut down the lumber mill and the logging industry in the area, leaving no jobs, no future, just a forest full trees that can't be cut and angry folks that can't be helped. When McCreary notices Dale, he points out the Sheriff Stokes' own brother, Earl, was a victim of the mill being shut down.
Abigail (Bella Thorne), her boyfriend Landon McCreary (Drake Rodger), the mayor's son, are camping deep in the forest, partying around a bonfire. Landon and Abigail sneak off to a tent to have sex. Suddenly Bigfoot storms into the campsite, unleashing a savage attack. The creature tears through the campers, violently killing everyone in its path. While in the throes of passion, Landon and Abigail hear the screams of their friends. Landon, in an attempt to act brave, leaves the tent to check on the commotion, despite Abigail pleading for him to stay and hide with her. Landon is immediately killed by Bigfoot, his body torn apart in front of Abigail's eyes. Abigail hides in the tent, managing to survive the night by remaining silent.
News of the disappearance of the campers spreads through town. Earl becomes convinced that Bigfoot is responsible, just like the monster was responsible for the death of his family years prior. Mayor McCreary is devastated when he learns his son Landon is among the missing campers. While McCreary thinks Earl's claims of Bigfoot are crazy, he does pressure Dale to organize a search party to find Landon and the others.
Earl goes out into the woods armed with a shotgun. He soon finds a frightened Abigail wandering through the forest in a state of shock. Earl gets her to recount the attack, confirming his belief that Bigfoot was responsible. Earl promises to lead Abigail back toward town, but she soon can tell that Earl is actually tracking Bigfoot instead, leading them toward danger instead of away from it.
Dale sets out into the forest with his two deputies - the strong and simple Deputy Barnes (Duke David Roberts) and the obnoxious Deputy Myles (Jeff Daniel Phillips) - to search for the missing campers and hopefully find Earl as well and stop his foolish hunt for Bigfoot.
Meanwhile, Earl and Abigail discover a cave filled with bones and human remains. Among the debris, Earl finds belongings from his wife and daughter, confirming that Bigfoot is indeed the creature responsible for the deaths. Earl imagines flashes of Tess and his daughter being attacked and dragged to the cave by Bigfoot. Earl's imagination is interrupted when Bigfoot returns and attacks. Earl aims his shotgun but his gunfire to Bigfoot's shoulder doesn't slow the creature down much. Earl and Abigail manage to flee, but they know Bigfoot will not be too far behind them.
As dawn approaches, Dale and his deputies stumble upon the campsite carnage. They call in the crime scene. Mayor McCreary arrives not too long later and is crushed when he finds the mangled body of his son. Earl and Abigail soon arrive as well, having fled from Bigfoot all night. Abigail tells everyone what happened, describing in horrific detail how Bigfoot slaughtered her friends and how Earl managed to wound the monster with a shotgun blast. Earl vows to kill Bigfoot, even if it is the last thing he does.
Meanwhile, Bigfoot approaches the outskirts of town. Bigfoot smashes through homes, slaughters livestock, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. Dale and his deputies begin loading up their weapons to defend the town. Mayor McCreary shockingly suggests capturing the creature alive and using it as a tourist attraction to save the town from further economic ruin, approaching Dale with the idea. Earl overhears this exchange and punches the mayor out cold.
Dale and his deputies march toward the calls of carnage. Earl is not far behind, heavily armed. Abigail has convinced Earl to let her tag along as she wants Landon's death avenged. Earl has begun to view Abigail as a surrogate daughter figure. Dale and his deputies manage to track down Bigfoot, but he is waiting for them. He attacks with ferocity and kills bot Deputy Barnes and Deputy Myles by crushing their skulls together. Dale opens fire with his revolver, but it doesn't seem to bother the monster. Dale flees, running into Earl and Abigail. Earl slices his hand to draw blood, leaving a trail behind as he leads Dale and Abigail into the woods and towards his trailer. He explains that has an idea to set a trap.
Back at Earl's trailer, he pulls out a container of gasoline and begins pouring it in a circle around the trailer while Dale removes the propane tank from the trailer and set it up nearby. Bigfoot follows the trail of blood through the woods. Once Bigfoot is in proximity of the trailer, Abigail sets fire to the gasoline from outside the circle, trapping Bigfoot in a giant ring of fire. Earl, with his hunting rifle, fires at the propane tank, blasting Bigfoot with a sizable explosion. Bigfoot roars in fury, seemingly afraid of the fire. Mayor McCreary shows up at the scene, pleading with Earl and Dale to capture the monster alive, promising to cut the brothers in on any profits. McCreary gets to close to the fire. Bigfoot reaches through the fire, grabbing McCreary, and ripping his body in half. Dale meets up with Abigail outside of the fire and starts calling out for Earl. Earl then emerges on top of his trailer, trapped in the ring of fire with Bigfoot. Earl throws a Molotov cocktail at Bigfoot, engulfing the monster in flames. The fire has continued to spread, trapping Earl on top of the trailer. Dale calls out for this brother, but Earl has accepted his fate. He climbs down into his trailer and holds a picture of his family all together in happier times. We see a montage of brief flashbacks of their life together. A scorched Bigfoot stumbles toward Earl, reaching the door of his trailer. As the flames reach the trailer, another explosion is triggered, consuming Earl and Bigfoot in its blast.
Dale and Abigail watch from a distance as the forest burns. Dale mourns the loss of his brother. With Earl and Bigfoot seemingly dead and Mayor McCreary dead, the town is left to pick up the pieces. Dale is now burdened with the responsibility of leading the town. Abigail tells Dale that the place is not for her anymore. Abigail leaves town, driving past the still smoking forest.
Amidst the ashes for the fire, a single massive footprint is left in the charred ground.
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