VividSimon Simply Perfect

Steineded How sad is this?

Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?

BallWubba Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

wisconsinator "Something came through here last night and killed my two prize shoats." I remember going home after seeing the movie in 1972, to look up what was a shoat. It is a young weaned pig. Yes, the music is hokey, or corny, but it sets a logical tone for this film. The man who is near rating it, should be near rating for a living, because he has such a perfect voice for it. The sound of "the creature" vocalizing reminds me of a bear.Here's a song sung about the creature:The Legend of Boggy Creek" Lyrics and Music: Earl E. Smith Sung by: Chuck BryantThis is where the story plays, A world on which we seldom gaze, A page from the book of yesterdays, Birds and beast and wind and water.Here beneath the bright blue sky, No man smoke blinds the eagle's eye. And things that crawl or swim or fly, Feed and breed and live and die.Here the sulfur river flow, Rising when the storm cloud blows. And this is where the creature goes, Safe within a world he knows.Perhaps he dimly wonders why, There is no other such as I. To touch, to love, before I die, To listen to my lonely cry.

dixonc-62562 the film is a 1972 cult treasure! the film is one of the best Bigfoot films ever! the film a docudrama about a monster staling a swamp. but the real problem is finding a good DVD of the movie. the best not oop DVD is the cheesy flicks DVD. the second best but is oop is the hens tooth versian. the 3rd best and the one most fns will like is the retrosploition DVD. this DVD is sometimes regarded as the worst but is actually a very good versian if the think about it. it has 2 prints of the film trailers, a preview for " Legacy of Boggy Creek". but the movie is creepy and atmospheric. the monster has about 3 min of total screen time and it is mostley seen as a tall shadowy figure. the creatures face is glimsted upon at the end of the film. the movie is very kid friendly and most kids will enjoy it but the film is not for everyone. the film is not very hard to find but a good print is required for the full experience.

topsfrombottom The Legend of Boggy Creek - like so many 'cult classics' - is a great example of how a film can carry a low critical rating and still be awesome.I remember seeing this film in Roger's Theater in the (then little) town of Poplar Bluff, Missouri - the nearest town to where I grew up, in very wooded, lakeside, Wappapello. So, I actually DID live in the same sort of woodsy, lakeside spookiness setting the film. Where I grew up, the word 'neighbor' meant the 'nearest house' and often you couldn't see their lights - or they may even be a nervous flashlight-trek through the pitch-black woods and along lonely, moonlit, gravel roads - and if the Fouke Monster happened to be tearing you apart out behind your place, they MIGHT hear your loudest screams. Probably not - and definitely not, if he got INSIDE.My pal and I got brought into town by my Grandma and dropped off outside the Roger's that night. Having been lured-in by the short, terrifying trailers on TV, we anxiously bought our tickets and headed for the center-front seats, shoving and prodding each other over our mutual certainty that the other would get a scare that would make him pee his pants.I can still remember ourselves - along with many others - cringing and ducking through several parts of this movie. As far as me and Bruce were concerned, to our eleven-year-old brains, the (then novel) documentary-like presentation and 'I-Sweah-Befo'-Gawd-Awmitey' testimony just seemed ALL too plausible - and real. We both KNEW people like those!Leaving the theater in shudders from flashes of snarling memories - and a new and real dread of returning to the remoteness of where we both lived - we climbed into the big, crimson-velor back seat my Grandma's Delta 88, wordless and white. To us, that Fouke Monster was REAL - and not only that, but it - or one just like it - could easily be living in the endless woods behind our very own houses!This film is a treasure for several reasons, not the least of which is the nostalgia it will hold for those of us to who got to see it at that perfect, naive age when it hits a kid exactly the way it was intended to - it's the perfect 'scary movie' for preteen sleepovers.I can watch it now and roll my eyes, of course, but, when I reminisce back to that darkened, all-enveloping theater, so many of us gasping, crying out, grabbing our armrests and jumping in unison - and the nighttime nervousness for a week, afterward... it still makes me smile. :}

Michael_Elliott The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972) * 1/2 (out of 4) Charles B. Pierce's drive-in hit takes a look at a Bigfoot-like creature living in Arkansas. Through interviews with locals and re-enactments, the docudrama tracks several stories of the beast terrorizing locals. You really have to admire Pierce for getting this film made and it turning into a major hit and as a young kid I really liked this movie. However, watching it as an adult lets me see the countless warts that are scattered throughout it even though there are a couple good moments. I think the highlight of the movie happens towards the middle when a couple women are in a cabin with their children when the monster comes for an attack. This sequence actually manages to have some nice tension but sadly the rest of the film isn't nearly as good. I think a lot of the problem is that the film is just too uneven for its own good. The film bounces around from redneck locals talking about the monster and then we get other scenes where locals make fun of those who believe in the creature. The problem is that these people aren't actors and their fake performances just give the film a fake feel. This is meant to be like a documentary but the line between fact and fiction are crossed so much that it's hard to know what to believe. Another problem I had with the film is that it's poorly edited together and I think the telling of the stories could have been handled in a much better way. With that said, I will say that the film is still only available in ugly, P&S prints so perhaps one day a real remastered version will come along and we'll be able to see something new.