Rent The Woods (2013)

Bigfoot Trail! - The Woods review by NP

2013 brought forth at least two found-footage films based on the Bigfoot legend. As you might imagine, ‘The Woods’ shares similarities with the enjoyable ‘Willow Creek’ – a young couple investigate the legendry Bigfoot mystery, get scared, argue a bit, and record it all for prosperity. Here, Mark & Rebecca (Mark Bacci and Rebecca Davies) intend to record a hoax video, because they don’t believe Bigfoot is real. What do you suppose happens?

This is a straightforward found-footage horror; *very* Blair Witch. It does everything you would expect of such a production, and does it well – the locations are convincingly creepy and the acting conveys the increasing sense of fear well. If you like this kind of film – and I do – you’ll probably like this. However, it won’t convert anyone who feels that this style of film-making is spent.

If I have any problem with this, it’s the false starts. By that, I mean that events reach a kind of crescendo, and then the next morning, we begin another new day with no real explanation of how the previous night’s confrontations played out. Other than that – an enjoyable feature with some creepy moments. 7 out of 10.