Directed by: Charles B. Pierce
Starring: a narrator and a bunch of people as themselves
Starring: a narrator and a bunch of people as themselves
"The Legend of Boggy Creek" is a pseudo-documentary about a Bigfoot-like creature that supposedly roamed around Fouke, Arkansas in the seventies. I've never quite seen anything like this movie before... people are playing themselves, re-enacting scenes where they saw the monster. It's kind of like watching a low-budget Attenborough documentary crossed with a Lassie episode. With songs. Yes, that's right... throughout the movie you'll occasionally run into hilarious songs. That's pretty much where the horror comes in as well. The monster itself is some dude in a gorilla costume, the acting is terrible but songs like "Hey There Travis Crabtree" are nothing if not scary.
Watching this for the first time now, it's kind of hard to believe this was a runaway hit movie back in the day. It looks extremely dated and moves at a very slow pace. Yet it does have its charm... even I have to admit that. If you want to feel nostalgic about seventies horror, this is one title you might want to check out.
Score: 5 out of 10
Score: 5 out of 10
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