Friday, May 14, 2021

Cry Wilderness (1987)

Young Paul (Eric Foster) has a secret, he has a friend in the forest... Bigfoot! Of course the adults, including his teacher, do not believe such nonsense. When Paul is visited by Bigfoot at his boarding school by Bigfoot and warned his father (Maurice Brandmaison) is in danger, Paul runs away and returns to the wilderness.

His father Will and his friend Jim (John Tallman) are hunting for a tiger which has escaped from a circus. Will is under pressure to catch the tiger before it kills someone, wannabe 80s action hero Morgan (Griffin Casey) is drafted in to pose in a tank top and wave guns around. This cardboard character also believes in Bigfoot... and  wants to kill it. Can Paul save his father, capture the tiger and save Bigfoot?

A terrible film in reality, which has rapid and random changes of terrain and weather. One scene its winter, then next summer. Still they had to pad the film out with stock footage. Those strange woods eh? The film is unintentionally hilarious with ridiculously one dimensional characters and inept execution.