Nearly every exterior shot looks perfect, it’s clear John has spent a lot of time on the framing and getting those fundamentals right. I can’t stress enough, the importance of the quality of camera work, especially in a film with such a rich environment. The shot choices are sensible and the camera work is silky smooth. The wonderful location makes for some impressive cinematography. The film opens with some lovely establishing shots of the heavily wooded area it’s set in, along with the small town, located close to the new family cabin. Valley Of The Sasquatch has a pretty solid script, it isn’t an original film by any means but the story is more than up to scratch. I can’t think of a time I have actually seen a good film that covers this sort of thing. I’ve seen all of them and to be perfectly honest, other than John Lithgow’s family friendly Harry, they were all pretty disappointing. The tales of “Bigfoot” or “Sasquatch” have been covered in the past on numerous occasions, in films including “Harry and The Hendersons”, an oldie but a Goldie (haha), and now to the much more recent “Bigfoot”, “Yeti” or “Exists”. Given this is a low-budget indie film, the production value is wonderful. #Sasquatch kingdom rush fullThis is John Portanova’s debut full length feature. I’m also a huge fan of Bill’s, and have followed most of his work to date, but this was one I didn’t know about. I only came across Valley Of The Sasquatch after having seen Jason Vail in a film I reviewed called “Dorchester’s Revenge”. Shortly into the hike, they encounter a group of Sasquatch who will do anything to protect their land. The group of four catch up on old times and decide to go hunting. With tensions high, a very distant relationship is further complicated by the arrival of two of Roger’s old friends, Sergio and Will (played respectively by David Saucedo and D’Angelo Midili). Roger Crew (played by Jason Vail), and his son Michael (Miles-Joris Peyrafitte), have recently suffered a tragic loss, and are forced to relocate to a family cabin in the wilderness. Valley Of The Sasquatch, is about a fractured family consisting of a father and his son. A quick shout out goes to Bill Oberst Jr for helping me contact John about the film, thanks my friend. Firstly, I just want to say thank you to writer/director John Portanova, for allowing me access to an online screener of his Independent, Horror/Thriller film “Valley Of The Sasquatch”.
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