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Willow Creek certainly delivers in more than one area and for this sasquatch guy, it lives up to the hype. It was funny in the beginning, suspenseful in the middle and scary in the end.

Read: Reviewed: Bobcat Goldtwait’s Bigfoot Movie Willow Creek »

When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge.

Any Cryptomundians looking forward to this?

I know I am! I watched all of the Godzilla films as a kid.

Read: Pacific Rim Anybody? »

‘War of the Gargantuas’ (1966) is a perennial fave for late-night t.v. addicts from the 1970s, where it played in heavy rotation courtesy of Henry Saperstein’s importing of Toho efforts when no one else was interested. Though often poorly dubbed owing to Saperstein’s limited budgets, at least these films were shown theatrically and then on to television as a result of his efforts.

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Time for Ray to permanently retire to ‘the land beyond, beyond.’ We bid you farewell, genial, genius Genie!

Read: Remembering Ray Harryhausen »

Raymond Frederick Harryhausen
Born: Los Angeles 29th June 1920
Died: London 7th May 2013.

The Harryhausen family regret to announce the death of Ray Harryhausen, Visual Effects pioneer and stop-motion model animator.

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Q & A for Shooting Bigfoot at 2013 Hot Docs world premiere with director, Morgan Matthews.

Read: Shooting Bigfoot Director Talks »

“Willow Creek” tells the story–through found film footage–of Jim and Kelly, a couple who are trying to make a documentary about Bigfoot by traveling to the Pacific Northwest, visiting some of the tourist traps of Bigfoot Country and camping out at the site of the most famous Bigfoot sighting of all-time, Bluff Creek.

Read: Reviewed: Bobcat Goldtwait’s Bigfoot Movie Willow Creek »

To all at the Cryptomundo team, We are contacting you from Minnow Films Limited, the production company responsible for the “Shooting Bigfoot” documentary.

Read: Minnow Films Contacts Cryptomundo »

Morgan Matthews interviewed about Shooting Bigfoot and whether or not he’s in possession of a dead Bigfoot.

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Left: screenshot of face from film
Center: screenshot from camper/tent video
Right: artist rendering of camper/tent video subject
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Christopher Noël attended the premiere of Shooting Bigfoot in Toronto on April 30th.

He reviewed the film exclusively for Cryptomundo.

Read: Reviewed: Shooting Bigfoot »

This Saturday I will be giving a cryptozoology lecture at the Carnival of ParaHorror event in Niagra Falls, New York.

Read: Carnival of ParaHorror »

Angry hominids shoving their arms through windows and then standing just outside the door when you throw it open to ‘see what’s outside’ is a very common visual motif from this era. No kiddin’!

Read: The Mysterious Monsters »

The excellent Monster Movie Talk series – hosted by Ro Sahebi – speaks to famed Blair Witch Project director Eduardo Sanchez about his upcoming bigfoot horror film, EXISTS, V/H/S 2, and his childhood interest in bigfoot.

Read: Monster Movie Talk: Eduardo Sanchez Talks “EXISTS” & Bigfoot »

Bobcat Goldthwait has shot and completed his next movie entitled Willow Creek, and it is a cinéma vérité-style flick about Bigfoot.

Read: Bobcat Goldthwait Reveals new Bigfoot Movie and Poster »

A camping trip (of course!) is the set-up, but then again, all good horror tales revolve around universal fears

Read: Skunk Ape Pop Culture Commentary »