I ventured out into the snow this past Friday night to take in the premiere of The Skunkape Story from the folks at Retro Horror Remix. The movie had a real throwback vibe and they showed some vintage trailers from films like The Town That Dreaded Sundown, which was a nice touch that complemented the experience well. Not to mention that the star of the film, the Skunkape himself, made an appearance in the theater lobby after the movie. Thumbs up to the filmmakers for creating a fun atmosphere.

The Skunkape Story is presented as a documentary, narrated by a delightfully nerdy university professor. Various eyewitness accounts and reenactments detail appearances of the bigfoot-like creature as he terrorizes our sleepy little state. It’s very “PG,” the Skunkape doesn’t really tear anyone limb from limb – he mostly just jumps out from behind a tree and freaks people out.

The movie runs around 40 minutes, which I think is absolutely the right choice for this sort of film. Too many filmmakers feel they just have to shoot for 90+ minutes, when a shorter form might serve them better.

The Skunkape Story will be made available as a free download on February 1st, 2010 at the following sites:

http://www.freewebs.com/retrohorrorremix/
http://rhrhomevideo.blogspot.com/

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