The Untold (film)

The Untold
DVD cover bearing the title used when it ran on the SyFy Channel, The Sasquatch
Directed by	Jonas Quastel
Written by	Jonas Questel Chris Lanning
Produced by	Rob Clark Craig Denton
Starring	Lance Henriksen Andrea Roth Erica Parker Russel Ferrier Phil Granger
Cinematography	Shawn Lawless
Edited by	Gabriel Wrye Grace Yuen
Music by	Larry Seymour Tal Bergman
Distributed by	Columbia TriStar
Release date	May 2002 (2002-05)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

The Untold is a 2002 adventure horror film independently produced in Canada written and directed by Jonas Quastel. The film is known under several different titles depending on the date and location of its release, with it being known as Sasquatch for English versions such as the Canadian DVD release (with the French Canadian title being known as Inexplicable) and airings on the SyFy Channel along with being known as Sasquatch: la créature de la forêt in France. It was first released in France at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2002. It was released on March 11, 2003 in Canada and the United States.

Plot

The Untold is the story of Harlan Knowles (Lance Henriksen), billionaire and President of Bio-Comp Industries, who heads up a team of experts in a quest to locate a company plane that disappeared over the remote forests of the Pacific Northwest. Knowles is obsessed with finding the plane and rescuing his daughter (Erica Parker), who was one of its passengers. The assembled team includes local guide Clayton Tyne (Russel Ferrier), renowned wilderness expert and author Winston Burg (Phil Granger) and the beautiful Marla Lawson (Andrea Roth). Soon, the team begins to suspect that Knowles' main objective is actually to recover the prototype of a DNA testing machine called the Adolf Project, which his company has spent years and millions of dollars developing. After finding the plane and its crew torn to shreds, the group tries to piece together clues about what could be responsible for the carnage. With the help of the Huxley prototype they discover they are facing a menace whose very existence is one of the world's greatest mysteries and the only people left to rescue may be themselves.

Cast

• Lance Henriksen as Harlan Knowles
• Andrea Roth as Marla Lawson
• Russel Ferrier as Clayton Tyne
• Philip Granger as Winston Burg
• Jeremy Radick as Plazz
• Mary Mancini as Nikki Adams
• Taras Kostyuk as Sasquatch
• Erica Parker as Tara Knowles

Release

The film was released in theaters and on DVD on March 11, 2003. Lionsgate later released the film on DVD on June 4, 2014.

Reception

Critical reception for the film has been mostly negative. Patrick Naugle from DVD Verdict gave the film a negative review calling the film "a paper-thin idea stretched into a feature length film". Scott Weinberg from eFilmCritic.com awarded the film 1 star out of 4 criticizing the film's lack of logic and the absence of the title monster through most of the film. Digital Retribution.com panned the film stating, "Granted, some of the stuff looks cool, but because so much fails, the film just comes off as DESPERATELY trying to be stylized". The site also criticized the director's lack of point and originality.

External links

• The Untold at IMDb
• The Untold 2002. Columbia TriStar, Curb Entertainment by Larry Seymour
• THE UNTOLD: Sasquatch Encounter to be Shown to the World. Business Wire, Monday, March 26, 2001
• Sasquatch at Rotten Tomatoes