As this was made in my hometown of Ellwood City, just like the first one, Bigfoot the Movie, I feel like I have to watch it and/or apologize for it.

Chuck (Curt Wooton, who is Pittsburgh Dad around here, a social media character that people love), Dale (Nate Magill) and Burl (director Jared Show) are back after their last encounter with Bigfoot and have been called to a ski lodge where another creature is on the loose.

According to one of my hometown newspapers, the Beaver County Times, this has appearances by “Former Patterson Township resident Joanie Sprague (an America’s Next Top Model runner-up) makes a cameo, along with WDVE-FM morning man Bill Crawford, former WDVE star Jim Krenn, Pittsburgh standup comics Aaron Klieber and Terry Jones and former WPXI-TV news anchor Darieth Chisolm.” Those names mean a lot here. Also: I lived next to Big Beaver, which is closer than Beaver Falls.

As for that ski lodge, it’s Bill’s Valhalla- the same parking lot in Children of the Living Dead– just moments away from DJs Island, a private club for adventurous adults and Sims Lanes. As someone who started drinking when he was 12, I can also tell you that there are scenes shot at the Chewton Polish Club.

Also, Jared Show and Nathan McGill went to my school rival, Riverside, and Chuck is wearing a headband from that school. So, I have been indoctrinated since I was a child to hate that part of town with everyone in me and celebrate when it floods at least once a year and people who live there just by the name. They are the Shelbyville to Ellwood City’s Springfield, except Homer doesn’t hate Shelbyville like I was taught to absolutely despise Riverside, often by teachers, town leaders and parents.

You may watch this and think, “I thought Southwestern PA was in the north and not the south of the U.S.” As someone who grew up in Ellwood City and still comes home for the BVM — sorry, Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Holy Redeemer Church — pepperoni puffs, I want to love this and more people than five — five people, come on, Letterboxd — to see this. But man, it’s rough unless you find Yinzer accents and Iron City references funny. Bonus points for getting nebby into the dialogue.

But yeah. If you ever wanted to see where I originated, this would be the movie to watch. And if you like Yetis, well, so much the better.

You can watch this on Tubi.