“Where Bigfoot Walks:” Naturalist’s Journey To Be Motion Picture

"It's an animal! If it exists, it's an animal that evolved and has an ecological niche like any other."

Filmmaker Patrick Rea talks about the Creatures from “ARBOR DEMON”

"Michelle and I really struggled at first to decide how to approach the creatures. At the time we were writing this there were a large amount of Bigfoot style films being released like “Exists” and “Willow Creek”, so we knew to avoid that route. I had always wanted to see creatures that were almost more tree-like and blended with nature."

The Home-Made Cryptozoology Fantasy Film That Rivals Hollywood

To create The Ningyo, Ortega and Ma turned their living room (see below) into the primary sound stage, while their bedroom doubled as a Victorian-style college professor’s office.