Dawn of the Beast (2021)

Dawn of the Beast: Directed by Bruce Wemple. With Francesca Anderson, Adrián Burke, Chris Cimperman, Ariella Mastroianni. A group of graduate students get more than they bargained for while searching for the legendary Bigfoot. Not only is he real, but there’s something far more evil lurking in the shadows, the Wendigo.

“I didnu0026#39;t find the movie exactly terrible. And it was better than the generic paint-by-numbers cheap horror movies that get put out. But it was missing something that could have turned it into a cult classic.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eJust too many things were smashed into the plot, but without it ever becoming a mash-up. Thereu0026#39;s a fight at the climax that shows that maybe someone WANTED to do that; be a bit of a horror-comedy genre-bending romp. Perhaps the next flick from this writer will hit that mark.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eCamerawork was all right, but kinda distracting. The acting was mediocre. The only character I liked died, but at least the character who lived had a progression arc.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movie is subpar, in my opinion, but itu0026#39;s also still mostly watchable. Ostensibly about the Sasquatch, it brings in the Wendigo, and I enjoy that the movie touched on other mythologies.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt kills time well enough, and could be fun as a party/drinking movie.”