Watch: Yeti, a schizophrenic teen, an alcoholic mother, bitchy older sister & crazy bum with an impo

It’s tough to make an original”Monster/Bigfoot” movie these days. The genre has been so overly produced that it’s a frustrating endeavor to find something new. Most scientists discount the existence of Yeti and consider it to be a combination of folklore, misidentification, and hoax, nonetheless thousands of hours of film and video have been dedicated to these elusive man-beasts. There have been nearly a hundred Bigfoot and Yeti movies released since the '50s. Old-fashioned giant monster romps, found-footage and slasher entries, feel-good family dramas, romantic comedies, etc. But there's something about this creature that makes it nearly impossible for filmmakers to take him seriously, or even tell a semi-competent story about him. And that is okay.

In a world that has been desensitized to extreme violence and torture courtesy of the “Saw” and “Hostel” franchises, “Frostbite” is a nice break, totally risqué for its time in its aesthetic sensibility. “I came up with the idea when I started thinking about if Bigfoot and Yeti sightings were real or perhaps if it was only a “psycho” in a costume running around in the woods tricking people,” Bridget said when asked about what has inspired her to write and direct “Frostbite.”

Although more character based and with more emotional investment, inspired by B-Grade and campy 1950s and 1960s horror movies, Bridget’s film incorporates the elements of gritty 1970s exploitation cinema and that perfect blend of camp- reinvented with modern take on classic Abominable Man. But in “Frostbite,” we also have a family that has literally fallen apart with father’s abandonment and mother’s alcoholism, moving to the most remote part of Finland. Their schizophrenic son, Jake Elomaa, begins to see a man dressed as Yeti who lures him into the outer-reality world, in which Jake appears to be happy and away from his family problems. Meanwhile in the “real world” Finnish village citizens suffer from gruesome attacks of a mysterious creature. Some believe for it to be a Yeti others suspect it might be a bear and it seems like the only person that knows the truth is an old, crazy bum who jumps in front of the driving cars with a message on the cardboard. Either way, Jake is on the mission to discover and expose the truth. Oh, let’s not forget Jake’s spiteful, older sister, Sam who falls for a Finnish reporter Avvo -a great comic relief to the tense drama surrounding Elomaa family. If you still have not seen it, check it out. It is a great family drama with a new spin on the traditional monster flicks.

We are also pretty excited about “Frostbite’s” forthcoming re-designed website that’s going to be up and live at the end of this month. Stay tuned for more updates.