It’s a Sunday morning and I’ve got my coffee, chihuahua and remote and I’m setting in for a movie. This morning’s watch is Feet of Death. A new bigfoot genre horror from independent film writer and director James Chick, whose past work include the television show Grimm.
If you’ve been following me for a bit you know I love indie bigfoot movies. They are always entertaining and I’m always impressed when someone can make their movie their way, at usually great financial cost to themselves.
One of the things I love about bigfoot movies is looking at their shooting locations. This movie was filmed around Mount St. Helens in the Pacific Northwest making for a beautiful backdrop worthy of a bigfoot film.
The movie opens with a hiker stumbling on a dead body, which we learn is one of many found in this area. But this body is one of a Fortean investigator, played by Eric Berger who is there to do a story on these particular disappearances for his channel, Myths of the Unknown and tragically ends up among the body count.
We then meet the USFS investigator who is the best at animal tracking and identifying, played by Andrew Jacob Brown who teams up with the local sheriff, (my favorite character) played by Jack Vanover to confirm these are actually animal related. The USFS character is struggling to work through the death of his own wife from an alleged animal attack himself.
Now, I don’t want to give away any spoilers, as the film was just released, but there is a bit of a plot twist to this movie, leaving you to wonder if there is or isn’t a bigfoot out there. Which, if you’re either a bigfoot researcher or a enthusiast you’re already probably used to wanting to solve that mystery, and you’re going to have to hang in tight till the end to do it. But it is worth the watch, and if you like this genre of films as much as I do? Then you won’t be disappointed…
In addition to getting a chance to catch the movie, I was also able to catch up to James Chick and ask him a few questions about his film. Check out his answers below…
Q. What got you interested in making films?
A: Since I was a kid I always had a camera in hand. Back in middle school I would make music videos with my friends and sister using my dad’s VHS camera. Then in highschool I bought my very own Sony high-8 camera! I would film my friends and I doing whatever before vlogging was even a thing. So when I got to college it made since to pursue production as a career.
Q. What is your favorite part of the process?
A: Being on set filming is the most enjoyable and stressful part. It’s also the shortest part of the process unfortunately.
Q. What was this films experience like for you?
A: This was a crazy stressful, exciting, terrifying, and enjoyable experience for me. It was my first time directing so it was a brand new experience.
Q. What made you decide to make a film about Bigfoot?
A: I was born and raised in the PNW so Bigfoot is everywhere up here, and there is a massive global audience.
We have 5 acres out by Mt Saint Helens, where the film takes place. I also love creature features such as A Quiet Place. So it just made sense logistically and creatively to do a bigfoot film.
Q. Are you a believer in the possibility a bigfoot is out there?
A: I want to believe. But…. It’s hard to believe there is no good real evidence with all our tech these days.
Q. What was the biggest challenge making it?
A: Raising funds for the project as a first time director is always a challenge. And then finding distribution after it was completed was another aspect I was completely green at.
Q. Where was the movie filmed?
A: Everything was filmed on or around Mt Saint Helens.
Q. Do you have any future projects in the works?
A: I am in early stages for a fun sci-fi adventure in the vein of Firefly meets Alien…
I am looking forward to seeing that one, as both of those franchises are a favorite of mine and congratulations on a great directorial debut!
You can catch the movie on the links below on whichever your favorite platform is.
https://www.amazon.com/Feet-Death-James-Chick/dp/B0D8WNDV21
https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Feet_of_Death?id=jCI8qVvFUmc.P&hl=en_US
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo1CH1CmOeU
You can glimpse behind the scenes of the making of Feet of Death here;
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrgKf6fdE8dAQT7otyVRgM5fl-xsHaqj2&si=RaiqouwzQT5nlTwU
Happy viewing everyone and let me know what you think of the film!
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt29304996/
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