Needless to say that I had never heard about the 2006 horror movie "Legend of the Sandsquatch" from director Lola Devlin, prior to stumbling upon it by sheer chance here in 2024. Of course I opted to sit down and watch the movie, on account of it being a horror movie that I hadn't already seen, nor actually ever heard about. Sure, I have to admit, though, that I wasn't really harboring much of any expectations to the movie, given its rather laughable title.

The movie does start out nicely enough, I have to say that. As a gorehound, I was definitely thrilled with the way that the movie started. But the movie fell into a slump shortly thereafter and director Lola Devlin just didn't manage to impress me with this movie. It felt like there was no red thread throughout the narrative, and that made sitting through "Legend of the Sandsquatch" feel like an erratic and random viewing experience.

I wasn't familiar with a single actor or actress on the cast list in the movie. The acting performances in the movie were fair, though nothing grand here. I will say, though, that I've seen far worse acting performances in other movies, so the acting in "Legend of the Sandsquatch" definitely spoke in favor of the movie.

For a horror movie then "Legend of the Sandsquatch" was a swing and a miss. It felt like a high school film project pieced together by director Lola Devlin.

This is not a movie that I will ever return to watch a second time. Nor is it a movie that I would recommend horror fans to waste 83 minutes on watching. Some of us suffered through this so you don't have to; you're quite welcome.

My rating of writer and director Lola Devlin's 2006 movie "Legend of the Sandsquatch" lands on a three out of ten stars.

So much fun, to be a part of and to watch.. It is a B movie epic in my opinion!. Everyone check it and me out!!! Everyone else I met through the process were energetic and fun. The site was full of excitement and wonder. People from near and far were there, and you should had been too! The soundtrack fits perfectly with the course of emotions throughout the film. A lot of personal time went into this project, by everyone involved.. Simply a unique experience for me... Enjoy! Just to mention as well that these types of movies don't happen by chance, and also not without some collateral to fund the demands of material and individuals time..! Myself and everyone who enjoys watching this film should thank Tom Devlin and Lola Wallace for their hard work and vast knowledge... Thanks!

Disclaimer: not affiliated with the film in any way.

Quarantine has led to me binge-watching my way through all the horror movies on Hulu, Netflix, Amazon and Tubi. So I've seen some pretty shitty movies. This was not one of the worst I've seen, but also not one of the better.

I'm guessing it was very low budget.

The Pros:

• Decent amount of gore if that's your thing
• For the budget, the creature actually looked pretty decent. Props to the sfx team
• The closeup of the scorpion was pretty cool. Some of the scenery/artistic shots were actually done pretty well
• Didn't drag as much as some of these below budget B movies
• I laughed at the part where the almost kiss got interrupted. That was pretty good.

• Whatever band did the songs. I'm sorry but whoever said it sounded like they were karaoke Trent Reznor was right
• Like all of these low budget monster films they drag out "getting to know the characters" when everyone knows they're all going to die. The movie could have been a lot shorter without the unnecessary partying and over exposition. Nothing super exciting happens until like an hour in and even then it's not particularly scary
• The camerawork. Shaky and all over the place.
• The acting was stilted. Not as bad as some I've seen, but it definitely felt like it was a college movie project
• Nobody knows how to fire a gun