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Exclusive behind-the-scenes video: Making the monster for “SQUATCH”

Thursday, March 5, 2026 | Exclusives, News

By MICHAEL GINGOLD

Watch as Bigfoot gets ready to step out into his new movie.

Check out our exclusive video below of creature creator David “House” Greathouse and his team transforming Jacob Southwick, a.k.a. pro wrestler Madman Fulton, into the titular beast for SQUATCH. The film, coming to North American digital HD Internet, cable, VOD and satellite platforms March 10 from Freestyle Digital Media, was directed by Tom Chaney (FROSTBITER: WRATH OF THE WENDIGO) from a script by Chaney and Bill Conger. Jack Chaney, Paige Weishuhn and Cassandra Schomer also star; the synopsis: “Nick Peters [Jack Chaney] has spent his entire life without his estranged father. Living in a small working-class town with his mother, he unexpectedly inherits his father’s estate including a remote cabin in the deep northern woods. Wanting nothing to do with it, he’s ready to walk away until Cassie [Weishuhn], the coworker he’s pined for, offers to go with him. What begins as a weekend of closure quickly descends into a fight for survival. As they cross into a world untouched by man, they come face-to-face with a myth that has finally stopped hiding. America’s monster comes to life in SQUATCH.”

Michael Gingold
Michael Gingold (RUE MORGUE's Head Writer) has been covering the world of horror cinema for over three decades, and in addition to his work for RUE MORGUE, he has been a longtime writer and editor for FANGORIA magazine and its website. He has also written for BIRTH.MOVIES.DEATH, SCREAM, IndieWire.com, TIME OUT, DELIRIUM, MOVIEMAKER and others. He is the author of the AD NAUSEAM books (1984 Publishing) and THE FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO MONSTER MOVIES (FAB Press), and he has contributed documentaries, featurettes and liner notes to numerous Blu-rays, including the award-winning feature-length doc TWISTED TALE: THE UNMAKING OF "SPOOKIES" (Vinegar Syndrome).