Bigfoot Horror ‘Stomping Ground’ Eyes March Release
By Jeremy Dick
The forest is never a good place to be if you’re in a horror movie. It’s bad enough having to worry about Jason Voorhees and the deformed hillbillies from Wrong Turn lunging at you from behind the trees. Now add an evil sasquatch into the mix, and you’ll never want to go camping again.
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The independently made Stomping Ground is exploring the concept of a horror film featuring the legendary Bigfoot as its antagonist, and we’ll be able to watch it ourselves early next month. The film doesn’t look nearly as cheesy as it may sound at first, and it definitely has my attention after having watched the trailer. It may not be the first time we’ve seen a sasquatch as the bad guy in a horror movie, but this has the potential to be the best flick to do so.Take a look at it yourself, followed by the official press release below:
From the press release:
Bigfoot horror Stomping Ground to hit DVD & VOD on March 8th
DVD available for pre-order with signed poster on BRINKvision.com
BRINKvision is proud to announce the March 8th DVD and Video-On-Demand release of Stomping Ground, an independent Bigfoot horror feature by writer/director Dan Riesser. Mike De Trana produced through Anvil Entertainment.
Stomping Ground is the story of Ben and Annie, a young couple on a weekend trip to Annie’s small North Carolina hometown. At the local bar they run into Paul, a charming old friend of Annie’s, and Ben learns something he never knew about his girlfriend: She believes in Bigfoot. In fact, she and her friends used to “hunt” for the creature when they were kids. Before Ben knows it, he’s off on an impromptu Squatchin’ trip deep in the Carolina backwoods. Amidst the Squatch calls, campfire stories and beers, Ben quickly realizes that Paul may have an ulterior motive in bringing Annie to the woods. And something else out here seems to be after her as well. Everyone but Ben thinks its Bigfoot. But it can’t be, can it? After all, Bigfoot isn’t real.
The film features a cameo performance from Theresa Tilly, best known as one of the original “Ladies of the Evil Dead” from Sam Raimi’s horror classic, The Evil Dead. The film world premiered at the 2014 Dances With Films Festival in Hollywood, CA and received the “Soul of Southern Film Jury Award” at the 2014 Indie Memphis Film Festival. Filmmaker Dan Riesser, formerly an Emmy-nominated producer on E! Entertainment’s The Soup with Joel McHale, wrote, directed and produced Stomping Ground as his first feature film.
Limited edition DVDs, which include an 11×17 poster signed by the cast and crew, can be pre-ordered directly from BRINKvision.com. The film is also available on Amazon. It will be available digitally from Amazon Prime and Google Play on March 8th, with additional VOD outlets to follow. The film is available for Cinema-On-Demand screenings through Tugg.com.
DVD Special Features
Audio Commentary by Writer-Director Dan Riesser and Stars John Bobek & Tarah DeSpain
Behind the Scenes Featurette
Deleted Scenes
Trailer
Stomping Ground will be available on DVD and VOD on March 8. In the meantime, stay the hell out of the woods at night.