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Filmsquatch - "The Sasqualogist" (2026)
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In this episode, we sit down with writer, director, and actor Joseph Granda to talk about his new Bigfoot feature film The Sasqualogist.
Set in the Colorado Rockies, the film follows a researcher and his young protégé as they track a Sasquatch—uncovering not just the mystery of the creature, but the emotional depth of their journey and the powerful influence of fatherhood.
But there's no old too fast. And too long easy to get up after stealthists and go hunt for a test watch to be spelled. So they just get back and watch movies about it. Now, let's head over to the film squad screening room, where Patrick and Kendall are ready to discuss their latest film.
SPEAKER_04Hey ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another exciting episode of Film Squatch. With you, as always, is your host, Kendall Fontenow. And with me, as always, the man, the myth, the legend, the guy. Patrick Bennett, how are you doing tonight, Patrick? Good, Kendall. What we got tonight? We're going to talk about. We've got a real treat for all of our listeners and viewers tonight. We have Joseph Granda, who wrote, directed, and stars in The Sasquatches, which will be coming out very soon. Let's take a look at the trailer and then we'll jump into an interview, our interview with Joseph.
SPEAKER_03Just let everybody know who you are, what you do for a living, and how you got into making a Bigfoot film.
SPEAKER_02Okay, yeah. Uh I'm Joseph Granda, and uh I've been in the movie business for more than 30 years. I started out as an actor in New York City. Um, I studied out there. I went to uh kind of a prestigious acting school, I guess. And uh and then you know, I started acting in theater, ended up on Broadway. And in the early 90s, I got a break in a film called Amongst Friends, and that went on to be a success. And then I moved to Los Angeles and I worked pretty consistently as an actor in TV and film through the 90s, and and then I started writing screenplays and and got that going. I directed commercials, and um then I just got to the point where I couldn't live in the LA anymore. It's a really weird place. It's the only place in the world where someone can break your heart, and then you have to drive past a billboard with their face on it for the next three months. Um, so I moved to Colorado and um I was still working as a writer, and um, you know, quite frankly, the good lord just moved me back into into making movies again um with a little bit more discernment. I didn't want to do slasher movies or murder movies. That's fine if that's what people want to do. I just want to I just didn't want to do anything more. And then I and I became a father too, so I don't know about you guys, but that that changes a lot of things. Yeah. Um and so I uh, you know, I mean I wrote and directed another film. It's a nice little family Christian film called uh The Healing Garden. And then that led me to uh take a role with uh Merkel film Merkle Media out of Tennessee, and I produced three documentary-style films. Uh there's a UFO one, there's a Saswatch of the Missing Man one, and another one that they're still they're still editing. But but in that process, I I met I met a guy who uh was looking to do a film on a smaller scale, and I told him I had a story about the Sasquatch, but I but uh working with Merkle Media, I got to know a lot of people in the in the Bigfoot community, a lot of really great people. And and as I was researching this role and this idea, I went out squatching a few times with some real serious squatches, and I got to know them really well. And um, you know, a lot of them talked really personally with me about their stories, and we have a lot in contact in in connection in that way. Um, this one guy was telling me all about his life story and is searching for Bigfoot, and I just asked him, I said, Do you ever think that really you're just maybe out here looking for your old man? And and he kind of thought, well, shit, no one's ever asked me that before. And that was sort of the genesis for me. I mean, you guys saw the movie, so you know it's really about an older guy who's been looking for this one specific saswatch kind of his whole life, and he reluctantly takes a younger kid along with him on this journey. And what they really find is that is that ultimately what they're looking for is the fathers they didn't have growing up. I know that sounds really serious, but it's a really fun, uh, light-hearted movie. Uh, it's got some depth to it, and and I can say that I wasn't a squatcher then, but I am now. And I did a lot of research. If you if you don't know anything about Bigfoot, you'll leave this movie knowing everything you ever wanted to know about Bigfoot and in a scientific and a factual and uh and a woo-woo way. Um, and if you know everything about the subject, yeah, you'll still learn something and you'll have a good time.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, that was one of the first things I picked up on is you drop a lot of information uh as far as Sasquatch research goes. Uh, and it's all actual information, real stuff. It's not not not fictionalized stuff. You're you were dropping names and and all kinds of things. And uh I I really appreciated that. I mean, I'm an armchair researcher, I don't go hunting Bigfoot or anything like that, but I I love the subject. And uh yeah, hearing names and seeing things, it it it was I I really appreciated that part of the film. That was real nice. I like that.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I didn't, you know, I after meeting so many people in the Bigfoot community, I didn't want to make fun of them. You know, I mean I know people that make fun of them, and I always say, listen, there's worse things that grown men or women could be doing than hiking around the woods looking for uh you know a spirit creature or a bipedal ape. Yeah, you know, especially in today's world, there's worse things that people could be doing. But yeah, I just wanted to be factual to my research and in playing the character, um to the spirit of the community. And it's gone uh it's gone on very well in that sense.
SPEAKER_03Let's talk about the uh the cinematography. Uh, I mean, everything it looked very sharp, uh, just fantastic looking footage. Uh just a great looking film. The shots were all framed beautifully, uh, had great color to it. Uh just some of the shots were just amazing. So, was this uh cinematography you hired, or was it a friend, or how did you get this uh person?
SPEAKER_02Yeah, so no, we had we had a, you know, it's the the couple things of my goal is I appeared in a in a in a few movies in the 90s. So my goal was to create a movie that had the look and feel of some of those 1990s independent films, and that's one of the things I think we really captured. Um, my cinematographer was a guy named Ward Heine, he's out of Ohio, and I worked with him before on some documentaries, and then another guy who was very uh um helpful is the Joe Stalfer. He was the sort of ran the second camera. So we shot with two cameras. We shot with two Sony A7S. They're great, they're great cameras, they're easy to move around. Uh they're they're lightweight, you know, you can put them all kinds of different rigs. I think one of the things that were we really had going for us was, you know, I mean, I rode it towards towards its budget. Um, so I made sure that a lot I shot outside as much as possible. I only we only we were only able to shoot two nights worth. Um, so all those things came into play. Um, so I think when you're really able to open up the light of whatever world it is that's around you, it's really beneficial to the cinematography itself. You know, we use some drones. Um, I also used, I got all the locations for free. Uh there's a there's a big dome that my character that I play, Mart Mart Martin Boots are in it. Uh the big dome uh that he lives in is mine. I own that and that land out here in Colorado. So that was sort of like a no-brainer.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, I was gonna ask you about that. I didn't know if it was a like a rental cabin or if it's something you brought out, but it but she's actually on your land. So that's great. It's kind of like a big igloo looking at camp.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, it's uh it's something that they use up in the Arctic, and it's um it's out in a hunting area that I use it for, or just to get away and write, or um my my family and I go up there and and fish or whatnot. Um yeah, so so that was very helpful. And then uh a lot of the other forestry that you've seen and that's really beautiful. Uh I I I I had a there's a buddy of mine that I play hockey with, and uh he had 40 acres of wilderness, and he goes, and I asked him if I could shoot on it, and he said, You can do whatever you want, just don't burn it down. I said, Well, there's no fire in the movie, so I think we'll be good. Um and then, you know, uh I mean there's a there's a scene in the burger stand there. I've been going to that burger place for years, and the the the not the girl who plays my my girlfriend, but the girl who answers the window, she's owns the place, and it was just as easy as like, hey, do you want to have a line in the movie? And you know, and then of course my crew ate there and and whatnot. Um, so it was really just a lot of hustle.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, it sounds like everything just came together for you with uh with the land and the restaurant and the the museum and everything. Uh it's like a fun time too.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, it was a real blessing. And one of the things that's really important is I would never say this to a cinematographer because they're very sensitive in their cameras and stuff, and you don't need a big fancy camera for one thing. But in today's world of visual media, I think the sound is more important than what you're seeing. And the simple reason is is everybody watches video all day long. At some point, you're on your phone or you're on your TV. So you watch so as a culture, we've sort of gotten a little numb to beautiful cinema. I mean, I still I still did that in this movie, but um, I I think what we hear is more important. You know, there's this the sounds of the Sasquatch in the movie and and the clarity of of the um of the dialogue. You see, you get the jokes and things like that is really important in it. Uh, you know, the other thing that was a real blessing to the movie is the music in it. So the music in it is from a band, oddly enough, a father and son band, because this movie is all about fathers and sons, uh, you know, along with Bigfoot. Um, and so it's a band called Streaking in Tongues, and they're out of Michigan. And I've been listening to these guys for years, they're just so great. And I thought, man, these guys have some good music that I think would really fit in this movie. And so I called up, I called him up and I said, Listen, this is the movie I'm doing. Here's some some footage of it. I don't have a lot of money, but as an artist myself, I insist on paying any artist something. And so I said, I just want to put your music in my movie. You know, nobody knows these guys, so it was a break for them, too. And he says, You can use as many songs as you want for a hundred bucks a song. I was like, you know, and then so so there'll be a soundtrack that comes out too, and I just said, you know, that's all yours, whatever money you can make from that, you know, go for it. Because music is really important too.
SPEAKER_03Oh, definitely, yeah. I always felt like uh uh the music's just another character in the film, you know, it's that important.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, so yeah, it's like the biggest unseen character in a movie.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, even if you're doing a short film. Let's talk about that poster behind you, uh the Sasquatist with you with your character there on the the front, uh front and center. Um did you you designed it yourself?
SPEAKER_02I actually did design that. That oddly enough, we took a bunch of photos. Um, but that photo there um is from a selfie that I took of me while I was um testing out costume, and it just it just worked. Yeah, it does. And then you can't Sasquatch back there and with the red eyes glowing in the darkness.
SPEAKER_03Uh yeah, I mean the the poster pretty much tells you uh everything you need to know about the film. I mean, uh sasqualist, but but you look like a scholarly person with the pipe and the glasses, and you can tell you're dressed for adventure, you got a backpack on, so you're out there exploring and you see the forest, you see Bigfoot in the background, so it tells you everything about the movie that you need to know. I thought it was very effective.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, yeah, thank you.
SPEAKER_03Absolutely, yeah, yeah, really, really cool. Yeah, it's been good for us. Kendall, you got anything to add about it?
SPEAKER_04Uh no, man. I just I I really like the poster, and like you were saying, Patrick, he looks extremely scholarly. I mean, you you look very intelligent, sells it right there. Just yeah, there's just something about and the the whole look of the character throughout the film. He just you look confident, you look like you you you you're uh you're on target, and you're you're just staying on the line, and I I like that that about the character. Um you're very sure of yourself in the film. Yeah, good acting job, too. Yeah, thank you.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, and my wife is glad I don't have the beard up anymore. Well, you know, I I I based the character on on a mix of Meldrum and and Cliff. So I don't know if you've ever met Cliff, and I mean this in a kind of way, he's a little odd and and a little reserved, yet Meldrum is very sort of uh outgoing and whatnot. I've actually was able to have dinner with both those guys one night after the film was made because they were at one of the festivals. But so I used I used real inspiration for the character.
SPEAKER_03All right, tell us uh you were sharing with Kindle and I about um some of the film festivals and things like that that you've already done with this film. Uh do you want to go ahead and tell the audience about that?
SPEAKER_02Yeah, so um all 2025 I went around to uh to to Bigfoot festivals and film festivals. And so the film festivals we we we were uh accepted into six, and we won the winner, we won Best Picture at the Winter Park Film Festival. We won Best Picture, Best Comedy at the South Carolina Film Festival, and then we won um uh uh we won Best Picture, the Palmer d'Or, they called it, at the Midwest Weird Fest in Wisconsin, which was a lot of fun. And then I I went to um I showed it at I showed it at two, I can't remember the I showed it Mount Hood Bigfoot Festival, um one of the one in Washington, another one in Oregon. There's a bunch of them there. And then uh I showed one in uh in in Montana, and then I showed up here where I live here uh uh Estes Park Film Festival, uh Bigfoot Festival, which is a good one. And we had our actual uh premiere there last year, about this time, because that festival happens in about two weeks every it happens every April. And so we had our big a big premiere there, which led us kind of that we were on to something that people were really gonna like this movie.
SPEAKER_04Now the you mentioned the woo factor earlier, um, and that's definitely present in this film. Um that was actually one of my favorite aspects of the film. I don't want to give too much away, but with the nests, what happens with the nest, I really enjoyed that. Um did you draw that from experiences you've you've heard of, or um I mean I I know um I know about the nesting project uh up in um the Pacific Northwest, I can't remember exactly where, but um you tied the woo into the nesting. Yeah, I I had you heard of stuff going on with the woo factor as far as we're we're talking about the nest? I don't want to say too much because I don't want to give away what goes on.
SPEAKER_02I don't want to give it away because it's kind of a surprise. Actually, if you if you were to watch this movie with the idea of and I don't want to give it away either, there's a bunch of Easter eggs in this movie, you know, especially the relationship, and we can talk about this off the air because I don't want to ruin it for people, right? Especially about the relationship between the older guy and the younger kid. Um you know, and and a lot of that is based on my own real life story of you know, my father leaving when when I was 10, and and you know, that's you know, I'm I'm 60 years old. So um that doesn't ever it always stays with you, no matter how healthy you can get from it. Um but as for the woo, yeah, I did I did a lot of research into the nesting project. I read that guy's book, I can't think of his name. But I needed a play, I needed a way to tie into the woo and the and the aper of the two characters. And that's what I came up with. What what if that's all I'll say if for people I'm asking what what if if it's if the if those nests are actually something tied to the woo, you know, to the spirit of the animal.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, I I had personally never heard of of something like that before, and I thought that was a unique take. So I like that. Yeah, I I I mean without saying anything, I liked it.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cool.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, pe people who have people who have seen it um have come up to me with a lot of questions about what's really going on. Yeah, you know, it's one of those movies you watch it the first time, but if you think about it and then you watch it again, which I recommend people renting it twice when it comes out, um or buying it. Uh there's there's there's just more questions uh that that come up as you as you as you sort of let yourself into the story. Yeah.
SPEAKER_03Well, Joseph, as a filmmaker, what's your favorite part of the filmmaking process? Is it the writing, the directing, the you know, the producing? What do you like the most? The editing?
SPEAKER_02U Yeah, you know, honestly, my favorite part of it is being absolutely alone in a room writing. I got my coffee, I got my music, you know, and just that that's probably the most fulfilling part. Not that I like the character says in the movie, I don't I don't hate people, but I feel better when they're not around. You know, that's sort of his his motif. Um but that and then I I really like working with actors. Um, you know, my foundation in this business is as an actor, and you this was my first time, you know, writing, directing, and and starring in a movie. And you know, I just figured if Ben Affleck can do it, why not me? Um no offense to Ben Affleck, but um so yeah. But yeah, it's you know it's coming out, it's gonna be uh released this month, April 28th. You'll be able to see it exclusively at Merkelfilms.com. That's uh Tony Merkel's company. He has a he's a podcaster, The Confessionals. Um, he he was he was a producer on it, sort of helped some things get along, made some connections. Um so April 28th, you'll be able to stream it there at Merklefilms.com, or you can just go to the statsquologist.com or even my website if you want to see the other things that I'm doing and have is josephgranda.com. And it'll stream it all. And then once it once it plays out there for a couple of months, then we'll send it. It'll be Apple, Amazon, um, you know, all those all those big corporations. We're just trying to make some money back before before those guys don't take 30%.
SPEAKER_03Do you have uh any uh merchandise available, like posters, t-shirts, anything like that? Uh you know, I sold out all these hats.
SPEAKER_02I don't know if you can see that, but uh that's uh yeah, I sold I had I had some hats and some stickers that I was selling around at um at the festivals.
SPEAKER_03So what about physical media release? When will that come out? Yeah, we're gonna do that too.
SPEAKER_02Okay. Uh that'll probably be when when uh when it goes to prime and all that stuff. I think I'm gonna get together um the other two star actors in it. Um one of them, we don't want to, I don't want to say too much about it because it'll give the story away. But he's a very tall, hairy guy in the movie. He's got a big beard. He's a he's a stand-up comedian. His name's Kevin Clayteman. So uh him, myself, and uh the kid who played opposite me, we're gonna do the sort of director's cut. Yeah, I think it'll be pretty funny and you know, behind the scenes talking and all that kind of stuff.
SPEAKER_03When that Blu-ray does come out, let us know, and we'll put we'll do a uh a quarterly digital magazine. We'll put a big like full-page ad for you in there. Let people know. Oh, cool, yeah. Thanks.
SPEAKER_02But if you want, you know, if you need any media like posters and whatnot, curious. What did you guys think of the movie?
SPEAKER_04All right, kidding, go ahead. I I enjoyed it. I I I um without giving too much away, I I'm not a big woo person, but I respect it, and I loved how you tied the two together in the film without making fun of either of them. Um poking fun at them. You know, you had some fun moments in there, but I just really loved how it was a character-driven story, and uh you were seeking Bigfoot, but you were seeking something else, and uh I I really like I'm I like this film. That's that's really all I can say. I I liked it. Everyone in involved did a great job.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, I thought it was very, very well shot, it was very cinematic. I'll give you that. Uh it was fun, it had some uh fun, quirky characters. Uh, I thought it was very enjoyable to me. Uh I just I loved it and I urge everybody when this thing comes out for rent or you know, on on streaming, go watch it. I think you're gonna really enjoy it, everybody.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I agree. And the thing too is that I really went out of my way to make it family friendly. Yeah, you know, I mean, I think the word shit is in there twice, which is nothing. And you know, I mean, I even put my daughter in it, she's the girl who rolls her eyes at me, which is was wasn't really an acting gig for her. So, yeah, and it's family, it's family friendly, which was important to me.
SPEAKER_04Did you have a a favorite scene in the film that you can talk about?
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I think the fave my favorite film was it cut happens in the first seven minutes of the movie, um, where I have I basically have a Saswatch experience. I think it was really important to pull that to make that feel really real, so people could go, oh, this is a real movie with with real acting in it, you know, that kind of stuff.
SPEAKER_04Yeah.
SPEAKER_02Uh so uh yeah, that was really important to me. And I think that it's important to sometimes showing less is more when it comes to Bigfoot. Because I think we have so many images of Bigfoot. You know, there's a part in the movie where the kid says, What does he look like? And I say to him, he looks like however you would imagine him to be. Because we see him all the time, you know. And here's another thing too. People want to one that watch the movie.
SPEAKER_05There is a Bigfoot in every scene of this movie.
SPEAKER_02Maybe it's a hat, maybe it's a shirt, maybe it's a sticker, or a belt buckle, or all kinds of other things. But there is a Bigfoot in every scene of this movie. I made sure of that. Excellent.
SPEAKER_03Kenley, you have anything else?
SPEAKER_04Well, I mean, did you have a favorite scene, Patrick? I have one I'll I'll talk about.
SPEAKER_03I'll tell you, there was a fun scene I really liked. And and uh Joseph, that's that's when your character has the uh broom at the camp. You're out there sweeping the little deck. That was a fun, fun time. I like that.
SPEAKER_05Cool.
SPEAKER_04My favorite scene was the uh the tour. The the occasion you went on and the encounter with the Sasquatch. Uh just the the interaction between all the people on the on the expedition with you. Uh that was my one of my favorites. That was my favorite scene in the film. I enjoyed that. And uh I had other favorites, but I don't want to say anything because it'll ruin it'll ruin it.
SPEAKER_02Well, there is there is a real dummy in the movie too.
SPEAKER_05So yeah, yep. Yeah, cool. All right.
SPEAKER_04Go ahead, Ken. I was gonna say uh it's been fun having you on here, Joe, and uh I I do recommend everyone watch this film. Um if no one else has anything to add, we can go ahead and get to the moment of truth. Uh here on Film Squatch, we watch and review Bigfoot movies and we rate them on a scale of one to ten Bigfoot tracks, with one being the worst Bigfoot film ever made and ten being the best, which would be, in my opinion, the legend of Boggy Creek. So uh Joe, we're gonna put you on the hot seat here. How would you rate your film on a scale of one to ten?
SPEAKER_02Well, I mean, I I would say, you know, uh there's no wrong answer. So along the scale of uh the one byte app, I would say uh an eight. Okay. Yeah. I mean, I want to say ten, but I'm being, you know, I think it's it's a I think that's fair. Okay, nine. I'm gonna say nine.
SPEAKER_04All right. Patrick, do you want to go or you want me to take a shot at it?
SPEAKER_03Well, uh he he originally said eight out in my notes. I had seven and a half is what when I first watched it. That's what I jotted down. Um that's the exact same thing I have. Seven and a half. Yeah, I mean it's it's Bob's an average film. This was definitely above average, yeah. Great.
SPEAKER_02I mean I'm always suspicious that I'm always suspicious of movies that get in, anyways.
SPEAKER_04Yeah.
SPEAKER_02Especially if it's against Boggy Creek. But I tell you what, I hope this movie goes for the next 50, 60 years, like Boggy Creek.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, it's it's definitely a good film. Uh I'd I recommend it uh for all of our listeners out there. Be sure to check it out when it gets released and uh you know buy it on Amazon or buy it from the sesquologist.com. When those physical copies come out, buy those. Uh be sure to support independent filmmakers.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, hey guys, I really appreciate you having me on. And if anybody wants to uh get any information uh on this film or uh I'm in uh I'm getting ready to make my next film, uh, you can go to josephgranda.com and that'll link you to this movie and a couple of the other ones that I've done. So and I really appreciate your time, guys. Thank you.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, well, thank you, Joseph. Appreciate you, man.
SPEAKER_04Well, folks, uh, I hope you really enjoyed that interview with Joseph. He he's an awesome guy. We we we briefly got to talk with him before we recorded that interview. Real fun, fella, and uh get out there and support him. Uh I've I I give this movie my full backing. I really enjoyed it. Patrick, I'm sure you feel the same way. This was a really good movie, a lot of fun. Uh, leaves you with some questions, and I and that's the intent. It makes you think. And there aren't very many Bigfoot movies out there that make you think whenever they're they're done. So uh want to thank Joseph for being on the show with us. And now we're gonna shift gears. And Patrick, why don't you tell us about a little movie about a certain sasquatch type creature lurking in the Atchafalaya swamp?
SPEAKER_03Yeah, we got the premiere. Well, we're gonna call this the fan premiere, okay? Of Tatai Modi. It's the short film that Film Splot has been making for the last, I don't know, year or so. But uh we're not a hundred percent finished, that's why we're calling it a fan premiere. We don't know, we don't want the fans to have to wait any longer to see what we've been working on, all right? So we're gonna go ahead and premiere a fan premiere, let you see what we've got, and then we still probably have a couple more months or so until we're completely done. So we still have one major scene that we're trying to get edited just right, and we're waiting on the sound composition, the music composition. And then when that's all done, we'll have a another um premiere of the complete finished film. But right now, we're gonna have a fan premiere, and it's exclusive to our Facebook channel for film squatch. So eight o'clock p.m. Central Time be on our Facebook page for film squatch. It's film, it's uh Facebook slash film squatch. That's the channel, and you will see the film as it is so far. And uh I mean it's very short under 20 minutes. I'd say I don't I don't have the runtime yet, I'm still putting it together for the premiere, but it's under 20 minutes. And uh look, Kendall and I are thick skinned. If you like it, great. If you don't like it, that's great too. Drop us a comment after you watch it during the premiere. Let us know what you thought. I mean, if you say, hey, it sucked, I can't believe I saw that garbage, that's fine, but we want to hear from you. We want to know that you were there and that you were watching, and that would make us feel good, whether you liked it or not. Just just the fact that you took out your time, took your time to watch our film would make us feel great. So so give us a comment. You don't have to say anything if you don't want, but we would like to know where you're watching it from. So tell us what uh city and state you're in, or if you don't want to tell us the city, just tell us what state you're in, you know. Just say, hey, I'm in Colorado, or I'm you know, watching from uh Utah or whatever. We want to know where you're at, but uh that would mean the world to us. So we hope you tune in, and uh it's gonna be a fun time. Yeah, so we put a lot into this, and and uh there's there's two actors that you gotta tune in for, okay? Yeah, and I'm not talking about Mitch Lang or Shri Delegging. I mean, yeah, tune in for them, but I'm talking about these two famous actors who gave their time to be in this film. Kill you want to tune in.
SPEAKER_04Some of them gave their flesh and some of them gave their flesh and blood to be be in this film. And uh I'm I'm not not bragging, but I'm hearing Oscar talk already.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, it's got that buzz to it.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, it's definitely got a buzz to it. But uh yeah, yeah, I I can't wait. Uh just uh I'm I'm ready for it. May 1st can't get here fast enough. And uh I hope you guys enjoy it. And like Patrick said, if you loved it, you hated it, or you just kind of middle of the road about it, let us know. And um let me know which of the uh the hunters in the the beginning of the film is the most believable actor. Um, you know, who looks the most like George Clooney, maybe Brad Pitt or Matthew McConaughey, you know. Just let me know that and uh just have fun. That's the most important thing. Watch it and have fun.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, we can't wait to show it to you. Um I think you'll enjoy it. Um and you know, it's a it's a no-budget movie. We just want to see what we can do with no money and and have fun making a big fit, Bigfoot movie, and that's what we did. And uh, I'm really proud that uh we were able to shoot the whole movie in Louisiana and uh use the all Louisiana casting crew. That that that meant a lot to me, you know, being from Louisiana, Kindles from Louisiana. So we wanted to make it a Louisiana project, and we love the state of Louisiana, and we love the beautiful scenery, especially the the swamp with the the majestic uh cypress trees with the Spanish moss draping from the limbs and that. I just think it's uh just completely beautiful around this area, and that's what we wanted to showcase in this film.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, and ladies and gentlemen, be sure to check out the teaser for Tetai Modi right now.
SPEAKER_00In the swamps of Louisiana, they whisper about something. A creature seen over 200 times. They call it Tatae Modi. Join us for the Facebook premiere of Film Squatch's new Bigfoot short film. Tatae Modi, directed by Patrick Sean Bennett. Watch it if you dare.