The movie was not only fun due to the idea that the main character went back to the woods to get proof of the Goatman, but it is also another fine example of Andrew Bowser's storytelling prowess.
I have seen three of Andrew Bowser's films (this one, "Worm", and "Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls"). All 3 were vastly different from the others, but the one thing they all had in common was Andrew's detailed storytelling.
This movie was not just about about a bunch of young partiers pranking a friend, and the friend spanking them in the end with a truth. From the beginning you could see what living in Nowhereville looks and feels like - being stuck in a low-wage dead-end job and escaping that prison at night by getting wasted with friends.
Among his "friends", Jimmy is the runt of the litter, and they think nothing of dumping his unconscious body off in the middle of the woods, except for one brief moment when one of his friends explained, on camera, that "it's Mike's idea".
When Jimmy returned to the woods, it was evident that he put a lot of thought, albeit very quickly, into returning for his quest. He was desperate in his need to justify his prior experience in the woods, and he displayed a very realistic range of defiant "I'm coming for you Goatman" to freaking out and crying the first night he heard noises around the tent, and again the second night when his "douchebag" friends returned with masks to scare him.
There were also some interesting details about his development of his artistic capabilities. Jimmy's vulnerable character was laid out and wide open, echoing his extremely vulnerable immediate situation.
Toward the end I continued to expect certain things to happen and not to happen, but was surprised each time.
This is a very solid early creation for Andrew Bowser. I really liked it.
