
For five friends, it was a chance for a summer getaway - a weekend of camping in the Texas Big Thicket. But visions of a carefree vacation are shattered with an accident on a dark and desolate country road. In the wake of the accident, a bloodcurdling force of nature is unleashed - something not exactly human, but not completely animal - an urban legend come to terrifying life - a Bigfoot seeking murderous revenge for the death of its child.... (Full plot summary below)
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For five friends, it was a chance for a summer getaway - a weekend of camping in the Texas Big Thicket. But visions of a carefree vacation are shattered with an accident on a dark and desolate country road. In the wake of the accident, a bloodcurdling force of nature is unleashed - something not exactly human, but not completely animal - an urban legend come to terrifying life - a Bigfoot seeking murderous revenge for the death of its child.
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| AV ClubKeith UhlichIt feels strange to be so dismissive about someone who once commanded wide attention (however much as a fluke) with an indie blockbuster that effectively birthed a lucrative mainstream genre. But Sánchez, sadly, is now a pretender to his own throne. |
| TheHorrorShowScott WeinbergHas enough assets to make one wish the screenplay was a bit more novel than just another "people trekking through the forest" set-up. |
| We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoExists is a formulaic monster movie that succeeds in delivering some killer Bigfoot material by confidently turning Sasquatch into a Hollywood star instead of a camera-shy creature. |
| HollywoodInToto.comChristian TotoBigfoot lives, but every other element in Exists is DOA. |
| The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisFeaturing the usual fractured visuals, generic victims and pinballing cameras — both hand-held and mounted on bike helmets — Exists nevertheless has an unusually dreamy opening and a few surprisingly entertaining tweaks. |
| McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreConvincing shaky cam or not, in the end all we’re left with is what we started with, just another bigfoot movie. |
| Village VoiceNick SchagerAgainst all good sense, Exists plays its material straight, possibly proving itself the year's most laughably derivative and dreary film. |
| Slant MagazineEd GonzalezIn the wake of Bobcat Goldthwait's Wolf Creek, Exists's metaphorical ambitions are as under-realized as its story-circumscribing use of found footage. |
| New Zealand HeraldFrancesca RudkinIn a horror film there's normally at least one character you can't wait to get knocked off; in this case they're all ripe for the picking. |
| Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckBereft of interesting characters, clever dialogue and any semblance of humor or visual coherence, Exists offers nothing to justify its cinematic existence. |