Nature of the Beast

Starring:Roberts, Henriksen
Studio: New Line Home Video
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Description
A man picks up a hitchhiker who may or may not be a serial-killing thief.

Sasquatch Odyssey: The Hunt for Bigfoot
Average customer rating:

What a great movie!!

If You Can't Laugh at Yourself...

Interesting DVD

A waste of money

Bigfoot & the Four Horsemen

Sasquatch Odyssey: The Hunt for Bigfoot
Director: Peter von Puttkamer
Manufacturer: Big Hairy Deal Films Inc.
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Description

This Award-winning humorous film poses fundamental questions about the origins of man, while reveling in the sub-culture which surrounds the Bigfoot mystery. This is the story of the hunt for Bigfoot and the four old-men who have been searching for the elusive, mythical creature for 40 years.

Customer Reviews:

What a great movie!!.......2007-06-18

This movie is more about the lives of the four men who are first noted for hunting bigfoot and the hostilities that they harbor for one another over a forty year period. It is one of my favorites that I never get enough of. Totally hilarious!! A must see for bigfoot enthusiasts.

If You Can't Laugh at Yourself..........2007-04-25

As other reviewers have noted, this humorous and entertaining documentary is less about the big guy and more about some of the personalities, most of which are quite familiar to those of us who have had an interest in this for very long, a little history of the search for evidence and the culture surrounding the mystery.

There are interesting interviews with John Green, Dr. Krantz, Peter Byrne and Rene Dahinden among others as well as with Rick Noll in a featurette. What you won't find here is revealing new evidence supporting or refuting the existence of bigfoot although the veracity of the Patterson footage is again re-hashed by seemingly cursory examination of the film by effects artists and a brief summary of a scientific evaluation of the film.

My wife, who forces a nervous smile, avoids eye contact and slowly backs out of the room when she discovers her normally sane, intelligent, logical and pragmatic husband poring over his bigfoot ephemera like a fevered brain case, actually sat down to watch this and got a big hoot out of it. So did I.

If you're like me and enthusiastically follow the big guy's trail, you'll want to add this interesting, amusing and whimsical piece to your collection. If, however, you can't laugh at yourself...

Interesting DVD.......2007-03-13

This DVD was enjoyable, because I was interested in personally viewing some of these long term bigfoot researchers, that I've only recently heard and read about. So for me it was entertaining, to hear what they each had to say in regards to their many years spent investigating so much of the reported bigfoot information, sightings, etc. I will have to watch it again, soon... The hunt for bigfoot continues...

A waste of money.......2006-12-12

High priced piece of garbage. A movie about societal outcasts who think Bigfoot is a spirit or there is a UFO connection. When movies like this are produced the scientific community will continue to distance itself from an objective study of whether North American might have a primate. Others that watched the DVD share my sentiments and were also disappointed.

Bigfoot & the Four Horsemen.......2006-07-31

As stated by others, this documentary is about two things - bigfoot and the four horsemen of sasquatchary (John Green, Rene Dahinden, Grover Krantz, & Peter Byrne). This is a well done piece, giving time to each of the four men. They talk about bigfoot and Dahinden tries to give an explanation of why the four of them didn't get along. Their in-fighting is amusing and their personalities come out here. Krantz the scientist, John Green the journalist, Dahinden the seemingly bitter every man, and Byrne the playboy hunter. Two of them are dead now (Krantz and Dahinden) and the other two (Green & Byrne) are getting on in years. Most amusing is how all four of them dismiss John Lesparitis as a dimwit regarding bigfoot.

Among other personalities in the show are Ray Crowe, Larry Lund, John Lesparitis, State Trooper Hastings, John Bindernagel (seen but never heard), Robert Pyle, newcomer Henry Franzoni, and Byrne disciple 15 year old Matt "and stuff" Dunlap among others. We also get FX designer Toby Lindala's input on the Patterson film creature. It's a good solid show for the subject matter.

Special Features for the dvd include a 10 minute segment on bigfoot background guy Richard Noll (now coming to the forefront as the Four Horsemen are departing us). Also are three brief opinion segments including FX designer Stan Winston and an old movie actor that impersonated gorillas.

Overall, very good show but more about the Big Four than Bigfoot.

Average customer rating:

Underrated and overlooked
A Real Sleeper

Nature of the Beast
Starring: John Toles-Bey , Lance Henriksen , Brion James , Sasha Jenson , and Frank Novak
Director: Victor Salva
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0009S4IFQ
Release Date: 2005-08-30

Description

A man picks up a hitchhiker who may or may not be a serial-killing thief.

Customer Reviews:

Underrated and overlooked.......2005-08-21

Virtually unnoticed when released in the 90's, Nature of the Beast is surprisingly taut and suspenseful. Directed by pre-Jeepers Creepers director Victor Salva, Lance Henriksen and Eric Roberts provide solid performances in this tale of a salesman (Henriksen) who picks up a mysterious hitcher (Roberts) during a time when a serial killer is racking up a body count. From this point on, Nature of the Beast becomes a taut character study, and you'll never see the film's twist ending coming. Overlooked to this day as a suspense gem, Nature of the Beast finally makes it's way to DVD thanks to New Line, and it includes an insightful commentary by Salva. Definitely worth checking out if you're looking for a better than average shocker.

A Real Sleeper.......2005-06-29

I recall renting this a few years back just because of the two leads (Eric Roberts and Lance Henriksen) being teamed, as each are fine character actors, and the premise of a good, old-fashioned mystery/thriller.
As it turned out, this is a taunt little chiller with a great premise and even better ending. I won't give anything away, but the ending is truly worth the price of admission. Roberts and Henriksen are at the top of their game, and Director Victor Silva (pre JEEPERS CREEPERS) sets just the right tone.
I'm only hoping they come up with a few worthwhile extras to boot. A commentary by Silva would be a great bonus.
Top notch suspense.

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