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Shriek of the Sasquatch! (2011)
It's...not good
Without using any tech-speak, I thought the imitation "old film" style resembled '70-'73ish more than '79. Same for the hairstyles and telephones (prototypically), although the houses, cars and clothes were more modern. Excellent job creating the '70s feel.
HOWEVER, that's about the only positive I can give to this product. I would have loved watching it when I was, say, 9-15 again (as I was in the '70s) and not critical of any movie. Even though I love good schlock and drive-in material, this one seemed either thrown together in two days and apparently (even if not true) written by a young first-timer that wasn't at all serious in his effort. Better luck next time, Mr Steve Sessions. I'll spare anyone reading the details about the acting and script except to say "high school buddies have some fun pretending to make a movie" just about sums up the viewer experience.
I feel like I'm being generous with a "3" rating, given solely for accomplishing the made-in-the-'70s illusion fairly successfully.
Joy Ride (2001)
It's been done
For superior products, watch Duel (1971) or Breakdown (1997).
I remember being a child and teen and finding most of what was thrown out to an audience to be acceptable and even enjoyable. But there comes a time when one grows critical and unless one is willing to accept event after staged event of extreme unlikeliness occurring, a head-case vengeful truck driver with the brilliance to plan three steps ahead of his intended victims and seemingly teleport unseen (along with his rig) to wherever he needs to be on cue, all the while knowing precisely how they will react, what route they will flee, their location at all times, and a slew of other utter nonsense, then I cannot recommend this.
If you are young, and unrealistic fantasy scripts are of no concern to you, enjoy the presentation, though you are better off watching one of the aforementioned. I reckon every generation needs to have its special adaptation remake though, to be "hip" (and save on the writer's expense).