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Night Claws

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 23m
IMDb RATING
2.6/10
736
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Night Claws (2012)
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A bloodthirsty Bigfoot, which kills without warning, is on a rampage. A strong, beautiful, woman shows up claiming to represent the Government and pushes the local Sheriff into hunting this ... Read allA bloodthirsty Bigfoot, which kills without warning, is on a rampage. A strong, beautiful, woman shows up claiming to represent the Government and pushes the local Sheriff into hunting this creature.A bloodthirsty Bigfoot, which kills without warning, is on a rampage. A strong, beautiful, woman shows up claiming to represent the Government and pushes the local Sheriff into hunting this creature.

  • Director
    • David A. Prior
  • Writers
    • David A. Prior
    • Fabio Soldani
  • Stars
    • Reb Brown
    • Leilani Sarelle
    • Ted Prior
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  • IMDb RATING
    2.6/10
    736
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    • Director
      • David A. Prior
    • Writers
      • David A. Prior
      • Fabio Soldani
    • Stars
      • Reb Brown
      • Leilani Sarelle
      • Ted Prior
    • 15User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Reb Brown
    Reb Brown
    • Sheriff Joe Kelly
    Leilani Sarelle
    Leilani Sarelle
    • Sarah Evans
    Ted Prior
    Ted Prior
    • Charlie Parker
    Sherrie Rose
    Sherrie Rose
    • Deputy Roberta Glickman
    David Campbell
    David Campbell
    • Hunter Crawford
    Frank Stallone
    Frank Stallone
    • Testi
    Tara Kleinpeter
    Tara Kleinpeter
    • Sharon Farmer
    Alissa Koenig
    • Cindy Parker
    Art. James
    • Cooter Brown
    • (as Art 'Sunshine' James)
    Edward Saint Pe'
    • Edward
    Candace Weber
    Candace Weber
    • Linda
    • (as Candace Weber Shiffman)
    Tracy Miller
    • Doc Hopper
    Garrett Hines
    Garrett Hines
    • Donny Ulrich
    Chelsea Rowland
    • Sandy Sanders
    A. Wade Miller
    • Thomas
    Patrick Raley
    • Terry Aldrich
    John W. DeLong
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    • Director
      • David A. Prior
    • Writers
      • David A. Prior
      • Fabio Soldani
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    4unbrokenmetal

    Hunters of the beast

    Bigfoot walks around in the forest and kills two young people. Although they have been torn into pieces with incredible strength, the sheriff believes a human killer must be to blame, even if the claw marks seem a bit weird. Several tourists and hunters enter the forest so the beast gets plenty of opportunity to kill more people. Besides, one of the hunters has a personal revenge business going on, for which the beast's attacks will provide enough distraction.

    Hard to believe this movie was shot in the 2010s, it is totally 1980s. Which is good. Instead of CGI creatures, you get an old-fashioned monster (tall guy in a hairy suit) walking around, and there are several familiar actors from 80s trash movies (Reb Brown as the sheriff, Frank Stallone, Ted Prior). Simple minded fun mainly for the older supporters of the genre, probably young audiences will like it less.
    2tracywinters-44332

    Took too long for somebody to die! I wanted somebody to die!

    Goofballs in the woods try to figure out what happened to a couple of dumbbells who died violently last night.

    Lots of talk and other bulls**t. It takes a long time for more of these in-bred scumbags to buy it, and predictably, there's no monster to be found. Why do all these half-wit directors make the same kinds of movies? They want to create, but all they do is regurgitate. Jesus, take a lesson from my words, you greasy dildos.

    Just another small-time attempt to cash in on interesting subject matter, followed up with just another small-time failure.

    Avoid this tripe. Go to YouTube and watch the Leonard Nimoy 'In Search Of' episode about Bigfoot instead.
    4ElijahCSkuggs

    Shut up, Cindy.

    It's been a while since I've watched a So Bad It's Good type of film, and really, that's all I was hoping this would be. I saw Ted Prior's name, I saw bigfoot in the synopsis, I was in the mood for cheese....what the hell am I waiting for? Let's get going! First off, after starting it, the title calls it Apex-Predator. Whoa, that's even worse than Night Claws....alright!

    It doesn't take long for this film to show it's ugly bigfoot head. We got a bad acting right from the get go, and the acting as a whole is what will keep you watching. There may have been one nip slip in the opening scene but nothing else, and there's only minimal blood/make-up effects. So there's no surprises to be had with Apex Night Predator Claws.

    Getting back on track and the sole reason to watch this film is to watch the camp. There are a handful of "well-known" B movie actors here, but Reb Brown and Ted Prior stole the show for this guy. When I say "stole the show" I actually mean, kept me from falling asleep. Reb Brown is so amateurish he warmed my heart. He was almost cute with his acting. You could see him remembering his lines, trying to use the correct amount of emotion, it was awesome. He also had a couple funny sequences too. Then we got Ted Prior who is just a hot-blooded, son of a bitch the entire time he's on screen. You get the gist his character is a tough guy, but he takes it one step further and just becomes a jerkoff. So much so, it becomes a positive. He tells his wife in it to shut up at least 5 times. Telling your wife to shut her yap = gold.

    So yeah, watch this flick if you truly enjoy camp and/or are a bigfoot enthusiast. If you're neither, pass on this all day long and then some. If you're a little of column A and Column B, I'd say check it out. If you came here looking for any advice on dating, then you've come to the right place. If she talks too much, dump her ass!
    2tmccull52

    Check the Box

    This is what I would call an utterly formulaic, check-the-box kind of movie.

    Dumb as a bag of hammer's sheriff who steadfastly refuses to accept the evidence? Check .

    Hot-headed, belligerent idiot who wants to pick fights with everyone else in the movie? Check.

    Air-headed, sweet-natured bimbo married to hot-headed idiot? Check.

    Tough-as-nails female character, a la Ripley from Alien? Check.

    Vigilante mob who wants to storm the forest to kill the monster? Check.

    Brassy, smart collegiate "expert" to clash with the dumb as a bag of hammers sheriff? Check.

    It's as though the creative time behind this movie went out of their way to include every cliche character archetype from every horror movie ever in this movie. I am a fan of good "bad" horror movies. This isn't one of those. The biggest horror about this movie was that it was made, at all.
    1TheArch1v1st

    Way too much...

    This movie tried to bring in a lot of plot points and twists and random, movie-cliché junk. It was as if it was trying to be multiple different movies whilst simultaneously failing at all of them. Not worth the watch.

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    • Trivia
      The bulk of the nighttime scenes were shot day for night.
    • Goofs
      When Sarah Evans introduces herself to Sheriff Joe, she hands him her business card, but look carefully, and she actually hands him a "Get Out of Jail Free" card from the "Monopoly" board game.
    • Crazy credits
      No Bigfoots were harmed during this production.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Spoony Experiment: Night Claws (2013)
    • Soundtracks
      I Believe in Battle
      Written by Steve McClintock and James Pitts

      Performed by Steve McClintock

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    • Release date
      • December 11, 2012 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Apex-Predator
    • Filming locations
      • Mobile, Alabama, USA
    • Production company
      • Night Claws Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 23 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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