Linda Diefendorf

In the early 1970s, a band of regional New England filmmakers and locals came together to create and release what is now considered a lost holy grail Bigfoot horror film called, SASQUA. The film experienced a brief run in theaters and drive-ins in both New England and in the Southern USA, before ultimately disappearing. Through rare photographs and footage, as well as interviews with those sharing their personal stories about the production for the very first time, Sasqua: The Lost Bigfoot Film of Massachusetts will take viewers back into the New England woods in the hope of understanding what happened to this nearly 50-year old lost monster movie.

A bunch of hippies move into an abandoned farmhouse out in the woods in rural New England. Deputy Richard (Dick Bryan) is always hassling them and of course when the bloody Bigfoot murders start, the hippies are blamed. (cultreviews.com)

In the early 1970s, a band of regional New England filmmakers and locals came together to create and release what is now considered a lost holy grail Bigfoot horror film called, SASQUA. The film experienced a brief run in theaters and drive-ins in both New England and in the Southern USA, before ultimately disappearing. Through rare photographs and footage, as well as interviews with those sharing their personal stories about the production for the very first time, Sasqua: The Lost Bigfoot Film of Massachusetts will take viewers back into the New England woods in the hope of understanding what happened to this nearly 50-year old lost monster movie.