Daniel slept with Kathy - his best friend Tim's girlfriend. He gets into a fight with both of them and doesn't want to talk about his girlfriend Daisy. Recording a documentary, he reveals his plan for the "ultimate reality show" - Fiend Finders - and reveals that he's going to try and find Bigfoot.

Right off the bat, the acting is terrible. I understand that it's supposed to be a documentary, but they're not being themselves. It's a "scripted normality" (if that's a thing) and the way they carry themselves doesn't reflect real life. Plus, not one of these characters are likable. There's a lot of relationship drama behind everything. Unfortunately, it's not engaging enough to keep the viewer invested.

Throughout the movie, clips are interspersed into film showing a traumatic event involving the four of them. Daisy seems to be at the center of it. There's no time stamp or explanation. Plus, the clips are just there. There's no distortion to show you that it's something different (like when Cloverfield does it). These clips are part of a different story, but if you're not keen enough to realize this - which I wasn't at first - then it can get confusing.

Also, if I'm going to be critical here, research pays for itself in dividends when doing a project like this. With Found Footage, the audience will receive a movie with its believability. The Blair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity, Cannibal Holocaust, Butterfly Kisses, Be My Cat: A Film For Anne, Curse of Aurore, Delivery: The Beast Within, Hell House, LLC - all of these have a degree of believability that latches on to the imagination of the viewer. This is relevant because Turtle Island is located in Vermont.

I have no problem with this, however, belief in Bigfoot is a major thing. There are some communities that will fine you up to $10,000 for saying that you killed a Bigfoot (or Sasquatch, if you prefer). These communities are in the Pacific Northwest. In doing some research, as of 2020, Vermont had 10 sightings per 100,000 people. There are 4 states with a lower ratio. So why Vermont was chosen, I don't know.

Also, the storytelling seems very non-linear in the beginning. Daniel yells at Kathy (Tim's girlfriend) for mentioning Daisy. Honestly, all of these women have a very strong resemblance. I seriously thought that story had jumped around for a little bit.

At some point in the clips with Daisy, she gets tortured to the point of having all of her fingers removed. However, none of this is shown in the movie. If you feel that I'm giving away too much, that's the point.

Of the many problems that this film has one of the biggest is that the characters are introduced almost a half hour in and it's an awkward introduction for everyone. Plus, there's no rhyme or reason for the documentary interviews. - of which there are three. Is it about Bigfoot or relationship issues?

There is nothing remotely creepy or scary about this. The woods CAN be creepy, but so can an old house. Far too often, it's not what the story is about, but how the story is told. David Wexler plays Daniel. He also wrote and directed it. Mr. Wexler, if you read this, please take to heart what Alfred Hitchcock said. He was asked what three things are essential to making a good movie. His response was: The script, the script, and the script.

For a movie that's supposed to be about Bigfoot, there's no mention of the lore or history of the cryptid. It's also kind of misogynistic that the two girls are in one canoe paddling to the island while both guys are in another. Of course they make the stupid decision to have two of them switch in the water and one canoe capsizes.

It would have made the guys more sympathetic if the canoes were coed. Because they were same sex at first, that of course led to more drama. It seems that the drama among the cast is meant to be the main plot point. Ultimately, the main focus should have been the documentary about Bigfoot. Instead, we get relationship drama about four characters that we don't care about and have no redeeming value whatsoever.

I'm a firm believer that character builds story. These characters don't have a chance to develop. It's just BAM! Relationship Drama BAM! Filming A Documentary! BAM! Vermont! BAM! Relationship Drama! At the 57:16 mark, something interesting DOES happen, but with just over 20 minutes left in a movie that doesn't really have anything to offer, it was too late at that point.

As it turns out, the interspersed clips have the majority of their events played out at the end of the movie. If this is the case, why have them popping in throughout the film? Removing those clips would have left more room for character development and plot supposition.

The best part about this movie was my homemade chicken salad wrap with tomatoes and romaine lettuce. The chicken was seasoned nicely, the tomatoes were fresh and juicy, and the lettuce was nice and crisp. It actually almost tasted like another one.

It's too bad that it didn't last throughout the entire movie.

An aspiring documentary filmmaker and his friends/crew traipse off in the woods looking for bigfoot for a TV pilot. Yeah. Again. It's not horrible. It's slow as hell at times, but it is well acted for the most part. It isn't perfectly written or directed but it is a cheap found footage flick. I've seen tons worse. If you come across it on Prime in the middle of the night it's ok, but It isn't worth seeking out.

Apparently, director/writer/actor David Wexler felt that the script needed the F-Bomb dropped every fifth or sixth word. Perhaps this was done to add a gritty, earthy, authentic air to the film. It didn't.

Wexler stars as Daniel, an ill-tempered, narcissistic, foul-mouthed, morally bankrupt cretin named David. David is an amateur filmmaker who is setting out to prove, or disprove, the existence of Bigfoot, or a Bigfoot-like creature on Turtle Island, in Vermont. David is another one of those folks who feels the need to film absolutely every aspect of his life, and everyone that he interacts with. Another penchant of his is to video and audio record his friends without their knowledge, or consent.

The film is intercut between David's daily interactions, cuts to events yet to come in the movie, and interviews with people who claim to have had a cryptozoological experience, or to know someone who had.

David's plan is to take Tim, and their girlfriends, Daisy and Laura, to Turtle Island to document Bigfoot. On the drive over, one of the girlfriends, Daisy, very actively and gleefully describes the other girlfriend's, Laura, prediliction and fetish for performing oral sex, because what else do friends talk about, right? Then David describes how, when, and where he first met his girlfriend. Daniel conducts "interviews" with Tim, Daisy, and Laura, asking why they're coming along on the expedition, and of course, he asks them to kiss for the camera, because that's what all paranormal/cryptozoological documentarians do just before the big event, right?

On the way to Vermont, just as they cross the state line, our intrepid quartet passes a lone woman walking along the side of the road. Laura makes the group stop so that they can check on the woman. When Laura gets out of the car to approach the woman, the woman turns and aggressively charges at Laura. When Laura turns and bolts back to the car, the woman stops. While the others are making sure that Laura is all right, the mystery roadside woman has suddenly disappeared.

Once the group is settled into a motel, Daniel video-chats with his older brother, and asks how he ought to approach the subject of Bigfoot. The brother's advice is to suggest that there is no "monster" at all; rather that the actual creatures are an off-shoot of humanity with the genetic condition, hypertrichosis, or the "werewolf disease" of excessive facial and body hair.

Our intrepid band next rents two canoes to paddle over to Turtle island. Now, being as this is a horror movie, trespassing on Turtle Island is illegal, as it has been designated as a wildlife sanctuary. Being as this is a horror movie, our merry band does what all intrepid bands do when prevented with such an obstacle; they go anyway.

Daniel, being a narcissistic prick, feels that the documentary about the search for Bigfoot needs angst, division, and personal rancor among the group. He explains that this "drama" is necessary for the documentary. According to Daniel's theory, cryptid creatures like Bigfoot are drawn to interpersonal tension and anger between the human beings looking for them. So, he drops information specifically meant to cause tension between Tim, and his girlfriend, Laura. Of course, Tim threatens to punch Daniel's lights out, and to throw his camera into the water. Daniel grudgingly and insincerely apologizes, and the group carries on.

The group sets up camp, everyone is in a pissy mood, as intended by Daniel, and he suggests that they all need to start drinking alcohol. That's what Bigfoot documentarians do before beginning the great search, they get blottoed, right? People are in a bad mood already, so let's throw some booze on that fire!

Dan and Daisy wander off to have a heart to heart, and after making nice, Daniel says, "Let's go get drunk!".

Daisy and Daniel wander back to camp to find that Tim and Laura are already getting s**t-faced, and Tim has a beer in one hand, and a gun in the other. What could go wrong here?! Let's illegally trespass on a wildlife/nature preserve, get drunk, and play with guns! Yeah, baby, yeah! Oh, and by the way, Tim and Laura dropped an equipment bag in the water on the canoe trip to the island, and none of the lanterns work. Let's drink and head off into dark, unfamiliar territory, anyway!

After pounding a few beers, our band of idiots goes out at night looking for Bigfoot. Off on his own, Daniel sees something while filming. He believes this to be Bigfoot, and so he runs back to camp to tell the others. They don't believe him, but go with him.into the woods to look for the big, hairy beast, anyway.

Tim and Daniel bicker. Tim and Laura bicker. Daniel and Daisy bicker, and these are all supposed to be close friends. While Tim and Laura are bickering, someone or something moves in the woods. This surprises the group, and Daisy disappears. While looking for Daisy, Daniel finds a working cell phone, and miraculously, there's someone on the phone. This mystery person knows who Daniel is, why Daniel is there, and advised him to take the group and leave the island immediately.

After this call, the group finds Daisy, who has been seriously wounded, and is bleeding. She says that some creature but her on the side. While the group is trying to get back to camp, and then off of the island, Daniel makes the strategic move of stripping down to his skivvies and venturing into the water to retrieve the canoes, which have been set adrift. While Daniel is in the water, Tim hears something close by and beckons Daniel back to shore.

Daniel and Tim take Daisy and Laura to an out house and leave them there with the camera. After a short time, Daniel and Tim come back for the girls, and are promptly attacked by what seems to be a Bigfoot. The creature demonstrated superhuman strength by picking up Daniel and hurling him with considerable force against a tree 20 or 25 feet away. Daniel is dead.

Tim gathers up Daisy and Laura and gets them back to camp, where they find the creature ravaging their campsite. The creature disappears, and Tim shepherds Daisy and Laura back into the woods, ostensibly towards the canoes. They hear mysterious noises as they make their way through the woods. Tim gets them back to the shoreline, and he seems off after the canoes. Using the camera's night vision feature, Laura can see that Tim is dead in the water.

Another Bigfoot creature appears, and Laura shoots it with a flare gun. This appears to drop the creature. Then, while the girls are trying to collect themselves, six more huge, hairy creatures appear, and the last shot of the movie is of Laura being dragged away into the woods. Just as the movie ends, a young woman who is briefly featured in a flashback earlier in the movie appears. She is on camera as the police are pounding on the door, off-camera. Looking into the camera, she puts a pistol into her mouth, says, "I'm sorry..." and blows her brains out. The end.

During the flashback sequences in the movie, there is the strong suggestion that a group of people on the island are pretending to be Bigfoots, and prey upon anyone who shows up there. I know that if I was actively looking to prey on people, I would certainly set up camp someplace where no one is supposed to go. Y'know, because people are always breaking the law and trespassing where they aren't supposed to be. Yep. All of the time, or at least enough to satisfy the whim of the Bigfoot pretenders on the island. Where no one is supposed to be. So, are there humans disguising themselves as Bigfoot? Are there actual Bigfoots? A bit of both? The creature that hurls Daniel at the tree certainly exhibited extraordinary, monstrous strength, greater than any human being could muster. The flashbacks also show a wounded, burly man laying on a table, complaining about "the bi**h that shot him with the flare gun.". This would have to be Laura, yes? Who knows? Who cares?

Instead of watching this garbled mess of a movie, canoe out to an island that isn't off-limits to visitors, and look for turtles. That would be time better spent than watching this dreck.