Plot summary

A college Biology class receives a visitor, who is a good friend of their teacher. He tells them of an encounter that he and their teacher had 20 years before while searching for Indian artifacts in the nearby mountains. They find a mummuified corpse in a cave that resembles a rough-hewn statue. The mummy is brought back to their lodge and breaks out of its wrappings. It goes on a short rampage in what appears to be an orchard. The humans gather together to stop the creature before it can kill any one.

Cast

• Bob Clymire as Roger Mason
• Jan Swihart as Sharon
• Bill Simonsen as Dr. Bill Wyman
• Dennis Kottmeier
• Ruth Ann Mannella as Linda
• Ken Kloepfer as Norman
• Mary Brownless

Production

The film is an expanded version of the 1958 film Teenagers Battle the Thing. The two stars from the original appear as adults in the opening scene of the 1978 film. The rest of Curse of Bigfoot consists of the entire 1958 film seen as a flashback.