Sasquatch (Season 1)
Within the current renaissance of true crime documentaries sweeping through every available streaming platform, Hulu's Sasquatch which is streaming as part of the 2021 SXSW Film Festival immediately becomes one of the most shocking series in recent memory. What starts as an investigation by journalist David Holthouse into sightings of bigfoots in northern California and specifically an apparent triple murder by the legendary creature, Sasquatch quickly puts its filmmakers in over their head with threatening figures and long-buried secrets which have remained buried for a reason.
There is something truly remarkable about how natural and casual Sasquatch feels in its transformation from more lighthearted intentions to dark reality. A lesser piece of media would use this transition as a selling point to hook audiences at first but Sasquatch is much more confident in itself. The show allows the audience to go alongside the filmmakers on this journey in an incredibly raw and natural sense. As the audience begins to question if something deeper is happening, so are the filmmakers and both parties can poke their heads into the woods to find the truth together without any promises or expectations to affect the results they find.
Because of this, Sasquatch is as shocking as it is engaging. It truly feels like anything could be around the next turn and the series instantly becomes one of the most bingeable experiences of the year. The situation continually gets deeper and darker and continually pulls the audience further and further to the edge of their seat in a manner rarely achieved outside of a select few projects such as the documentary Icarus from a few years ago. Yet the series is also careful not to get lost within its own hype. There is a surprisingly crafted and poignant message within Sasquatch in regards to rumors and the importance of separating the fact from the fiction. Where it is easy to buy into the stories and legends which get told in numerous senses, Sasquatch is quick to seek out the truth even if it goes against the more clean and satisfying narrative it has found.
Within this mindset lies what will be the most challenging for audiences to accept: the ending. Where the entire series feels a bit messy with the sheer amount of characters and messages, the ending of the series will leave some with a bad taste in their mouth. Without going into spoilers, the series can struggle in finding a satisfying endpoint and has to come to terms with the fact that some secrets will remain buried. Where this does thematically give the series a larger purpose, it does make some of the buildups over the series 3 episodes seem ultimately empty and unresolved. Where it does overall work and the 3-episode structure doesn't make many promises or get the audience so invested in the search for a single answer that this ruins the series, it still feels a bit disappointing.
Still, Sasquatch is quite a spectacular series. The show will have audiences on the edge of their seats and along for every shocking twist and turn. For fans of true crime stories who are searching for something different, definitely give this one a chance once it releases on Hulu.
There is something truly remarkable about how natural and casual Sasquatch feels in its transformation from more lighthearted intentions to dark reality. A lesser piece of media would use this transition as a selling point to hook audiences at first but Sasquatch is much more confident in itself. The show allows the audience to go alongside the filmmakers on this journey in an incredibly raw and natural sense. As the audience begins to question if something deeper is happening, so are the filmmakers and both parties can poke their heads into the woods to find the truth together without any promises or expectations to affect the results they find.
Because of this, Sasquatch is as shocking as it is engaging. It truly feels like anything could be around the next turn and the series instantly becomes one of the most bingeable experiences of the year. The situation continually gets deeper and darker and continually pulls the audience further and further to the edge of their seat in a manner rarely achieved outside of a select few projects such as the documentary Icarus from a few years ago. Yet the series is also careful not to get lost within its own hype. There is a surprisingly crafted and poignant message within Sasquatch in regards to rumors and the importance of separating the fact from the fiction. Where it is easy to buy into the stories and legends which get told in numerous senses, Sasquatch is quick to seek out the truth even if it goes against the more clean and satisfying narrative it has found.
Within this mindset lies what will be the most challenging for audiences to accept: the ending. Where the entire series feels a bit messy with the sheer amount of characters and messages, the ending of the series will leave some with a bad taste in their mouth. Without going into spoilers, the series can struggle in finding a satisfying endpoint and has to come to terms with the fact that some secrets will remain buried. Where this does thematically give the series a larger purpose, it does make some of the buildups over the series 3 episodes seem ultimately empty and unresolved. Where it does overall work and the 3-episode structure doesn't make many promises or get the audience so invested in the search for a single answer that this ruins the series, it still feels a bit disappointing.
Still, Sasquatch is quite a spectacular series. The show will have audiences on the edge of their seats and along for every shocking twist and turn. For fans of true crime stories who are searching for something different, definitely give this one a chance once it releases on Hulu.