When a little network show called “Creature Expedition” finds itself on the brink of cancellation and desperate for a rating boost, the show’s host (Laurie Stetman) under the guidance of her producer gathers a lovable crew of dimwits and they set out to Bigfoot country to find the creature and capture him on film. With the help of an claimed Bigfoot hunter “Truman Shaw” (Vernon Wells) and a little luck they just might find Bigfoot and save their show from cancellation.
From the director of Dumbfellas comes this low-budget, nonsensical comedy/parody/horror that, after a good start, very quickly becomes the excuse for a series of comic sequences in which, in the end, even Bigfoot disappears from the plot (despite there being a sort of twist in the half of the movie).
The director Lance Polland shows he has good ideas, as he had already shown in Dumbfellas, but the difference here is that the viewer, at first, has the feeling of being in front of a horror movie with blood, humor and sex. But none of this elements is present in the final movie.
There is an opening sequence with a dead body, lots of blood and a beautiful girl in a bra, but none of these elements are present later on. The whole story revolves around the crew’s attempts to save their show, but everything is pulled with the handbrake, despite there are some funny scenes.
Polland could have decided to turn the idiots team tour into a fun horror comedy where Bigfoot kills someone while they’re having sex, keeping the parodic elements on a lighter level, like in Dumbfellas. And maybe that’s why we lose interest in the movie, presented in a truly inexplicable Unrated Version. A weird decision if at the end there is only one nude scene (a topless one) but no signs of blood and violence.
However, an interesting element, from a directorial point of view, is the choice to present some sequenze with a grainy and aged pellicle like in the old horror films.
Acting Legally remains, however, one of the most interesting independent labels around, and we hope to see (soon!) some new (and real) unrated comedy.