Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

disgusting, overrated, pointless

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

When it comes to delivering plenty of sheer manic anything-for-a-cheap-sensationalistic-jolt supermarket tabloid style thrills, this delectably hokey hoot wins the top tacky prize with deliciously rip-roaring aplomb. Once again your standard motley bunch of instantly recognizable mighty macho man archetypes -- calmly rational leader, rugged rancher, nerdy anthropologist, crotchety mountain man, sloppy cook, noble Native American guy, radical skeptic jerk reporter -- venture into the mountainous Oregon wilderness in search of the eternally evasive, but always alluring Bigfoot. Granted, the trite premise sounds unpromising and the inclusion of the famous Patterson footage is unnecessary, but what this beaut lacks in originality it wholly compensates for with its thrillingly sparky and enthusiastic execution.Director Ed Ragozzino infuses the picture with a crackling sense of urgency, stoking the flick with a joyfully junky vibrancy (the pace in particular hurtles along at a constant pile-driving tempo) that's both entertaining and irresistible. Ed Hawkins' bold, unapologetically lurid script likewise bristles with the same cheeky, dynamic, let's give the audience their grubby money's worth yellow journalism sensibility. The interplay between the expedition members is quite arresting; the mountain man's hearty tall tales and the reporter's cynicism upsetting group morale are especially enthralling. George Lauris' floridly dramatic narration, the whooshing, hyperactive cinematography (dig those crazily lurching POV shots of Mr. Get A Bottle of Nair Already on the prowl), the nifty, harmonious country theme song "High in the Mountains," a jarring grizzly bear attack scene, the fantastic white knuckle Sasquatch demolishes the group's camp grand finale, and Al Capps' furiously bombastic, barnstorming orchestral score further enhance the infectiously schlocky merriment. While this movie doesn't score points for either restraint or subtlety, "Sasquatch, the Legend of Bigfoot" nonetheless in its own blithely low-rent "National Enquiror"-esquire way sizes up as lots of enjoyably trashy pseudo-doc fun.

Finally available on DVD and in widescreen. The print isn't great but the film always looks like it was shot on a Fisher Price camera. Just look for this collection: Sasquatch Horror Collection Triple Feature.Also with Snowbeast (1977) and The Snow Creature (1954).A great collection! A must have for Bigfoot geeks.I give this a 10 only because it's one of the best cheesy, AWFUL movies ever made on Bigfoot!Enjoy!

I was about 7 when this DIRE MONSTROSITY of a film was released. In the UK it was advertised on the TV in the summer of 1977 for weeks, as if it were some incredible blockbuster film. It was actually the first film I ever saw at a cinema, and I was put off going for years to come. The following week I was invited to go and see the new film "Star Wars" and I declined. To this day I have never seen it, in protest at having to watch Sasquatch! Seriously, even at the age of 7 I could tell that I was watching garbage. It's just so bad, it's almost unbelievable. Rambling nonsense that should NEVER have made it to a cinema. I was however amused to read all these years later that the director never directed again, just as well as far as I'm concerned. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!!

Although I first saw this movie in the theatre in 1977 when I was only 10 years old, I have not seen any other movies about Big Foot that have equalled or surpassed this one.I saw this movie several times in the late 70's and early 80's when they started airing it on television (this was before the VHS\Beta\DVD days) and to this day I still have yet to find it on video or DVD. I've been wanting to get a copy of this movie for years without any luck. I liked it enough that I thought it was worth adding to my video collection.Hopefully, one of these days, someone will be able to make a movie about the beast that was as good as this one, but until then, I'll have my memories.