Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Micitype Pretty Good

Brenda The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

BA_Harrison Good Sasquatch movies are about as elusive as the legendary creature itself; drive-in classic The Legend of Boggy Creek is not one of them.Told in a documentary style, complete with sober voice-over, the film consists of a series of lame re-enactments of encounters with the monster and dull interviews with the locals of Fouke, Arkansas, who are menaced by the beast. The atmospheric rural locations go some way to creating an aura of creepiness, but this is undone by pedestrian direction, weak performances, and a creature that looks like a man in a moth-eaten gorilla suit (probably because that is exactly what it is).The inclusion of not one, but two cheesy songs—one about the creature, the other about a kid called Travis Crabtree—also go to make The Legend of Boggy Creek a far from effective shocker.For those not deterred by my scathing remarks, expect to be less than thrilled by the discovery of oversized footprints in a field, not in the least bit scared by the monster's hairy arm reaching through a window, completely unconcerned for the safety of a coop of chickens, not horrified at all at the thought of smashed flowerpots, and more than a tad amused at the sight of a petrified man hurtling through a balsa wood door.

Realrockerhalloween The legend of boogie creek is a documentary reenactment of real life accounts that plagued a rural community in the 70s.The same producers who created the town that dreaded sundown use a lot of the same techniques like using outdoor scenes that linger, a menacing villain who haunts in the background and characters leaving an impression no matter how short a time they have on screen.Going for realism, it does drag in a few sequences, using the same locations or an oil painting for a stand in and characters who can't act themselves out of a paper bag.The narrator was a mixed bag sometimes going for the cheery Disney fairy tale approach before switching to Boris Karloff rendition of the horror befalling before your eyes leading to unintended humor. It felt like they couldn't come up with any lines so they improved using a narrator to explain detail what is happening during every scene.What was effective is the creative's appearance during key scenes, blending in the dark and let out shivering cries of pain. Following what I consider the best approach less is more until the ending when you can see its a suite. The camera tries not to linger for long, but the eyeholes are visible ridding the claustrophobic feel it once had. Plus I never laughed so hard to see a man so frightened he runs through a fake door, the slide ins left visible, leaving you rolling on the ground in delight.Check out the DVD finally released and knock a few back for an interesting look on this quote unquote true story.

dimaggionick45 My post is not so much a review of the story itself but more about my reaction and the effect the film had on me. Although widely believed to be strictly a drive-in movie "The Legend of Boggy Creek" actually opened in first-run indoor theaters in several markets across the county as well as the drive-ins.I was fortunate enough to see the film in 1973 in a first-run indoor theater on a 60-foot wide screen. I'm not ashamed to admit at 23 years of age how much it frightened me then and still does. This is one of two films that actually gave me goose bumps and made my skin crawl more than once during the showing ("It's Alive" was the other one) and I've seen just about every horror film of the past 50 years. Arriving home after the movie I was even afraid to open the car door! I cautiously eyed the nearby bushes for fear the creature was lurking there. Such a ridiculous way to act for a 23-year-old but that's the effect it had on me. The people in the film that play themselves all did a pretty good job considering they are not actors. Their presence along with the look and style of the film that Pierce achieves makes it much more real than a polished Hollywood production with professional actors could ever have been. The music by Jamie Mendoza-Nava is no doubt one of the most eerie and spookiest scores ever created for a horror film. But why so many laughs and jokes about the Travis Crabtree song? Admittedly it does shift the mood of the story at that point but I like the song. I think it suits the scene very well as Travis slowly paddles his canoe towards the hilltop island and sets up his campground. I find it also allows a little relaxation from the anxiety and tension of the film. I'll say this much: Travis is one brave fellow! You wouldn't find me venturing anywhere near that place especially camping and spending the night?! No way--I'm outta here!!It's easy to see how the poor quality DVD's currently on the market leads one to assume that the film was shot in 16mm on grainy inferior stock and blown up to 35mm but that's just not true. In an interview with Charles B. Pierce he states that it was shot on 35mm film in Techniscope and Technicolor using an older camera he had acquired. Of course some footage was purposely shot hand-held to achieve the documentary look and feel. According to Pierce no distributor in Hollywood was interested in the film so he reopened an old theater in Texarkana, cleaned it up and began running his film. Before long there were lines of people that stretched about 4 blocks long! Seeing "The Legend of Boggy Creek" on a 60-foot wide screen is not the same as video. The opening shots of the swamps and bottom lands were both ominous and panoramic on the big screen. And the scene of the little boy running across the open field with the sun setting in the distance creates an eerily effective mood. Unfortunately the sun is barely even visible on the full screen DVD I have.Evidently a decent 35mm wide-screen print was not available or could not be located when the film was first put on video. More than likely the one or two video sources were probably taken from a 16mm print. And from there sprang the inferior 2nd and 3rd generation copies put out by various distributors giving Boggy Creek an unfair and false reputation as a cheap and shoddy production. The film doesn't deserve this. One day hopefully someone will secure a 35mm wide-screen print and give the film a proper DVD release.

Coventry If I had to be the total opposite of objective – even more opposite than, say, subjective – I would be just prejudiced and grant impeccable ratings to ALL films directed by Charles B. Pierce. I adore this man and his lovable low-budgeted filming style. His films "The Town That Dreaded Sundown" and "The Evictors" rank highly amongst my favorite 70's flicks because they're extremely atmospheric and creepy. That's also why I was looking forward to "The Legend of Boggy Creek" so much! This is supposed to be a semi-documentary slash horror film with a slow brooding atmosphere and loads of beautiful environmental footage. Right up Mr. Pierce's alley, in other words. "The Legend of Boggy Creek" is also a sort of pioneer, as it single-handedly started a short but nevertheless vivid trend in exploitation/drive-in cinema, namely the bigfoot- sasquatch-abominable snowman hype! Since this movie was such an unexpectedly large success at the drive-in theaters (the 7th highest grossing film of 1972!), there suddenly came dozen of similar flicks with bloodthirsty swamp monsters. If it weren't for good old Boggy, there never would have been a "Creature from the Black Lake", "Snowbeast", "Shriek of the Mutilated", "Night of the Demon", "Sasquatch" and so on. The narrator is proud to welcome us to Fouke; a cozy small Arkansas town close to Louisiana and Texas. Fouke is a great place to live … until the sun goes down. The narrator is born and raised in Fouke, and he first heard the screams of the monster when he was seven years old. The nearby Boggy Creek is reputedly the turf of a big hairy monster that all the Fouke inhabitants know about. The documentary approach works reasonably effective, but gets dull rather fast. The narrator often emphasizes that the "the monster is lurking…" or that "the monster is always there…", but nothing actually happens. After a while, you subconsciously begin to finish the narrator's sentences like "… but it never moves a damn muscle!". Here's what "The Legend of Boggy Creek" has got plenty of: footage of trees, flying ducks, still lakes, relaxing country music, eagles, tortoises, boy scouts picnicking, pitiable old hermits murmuring about their connection with the swamps and detailed shots of a isolated tool shed in the woods. Once every twenty minutes or so, there's the occasional distant shot of a guy in a secondhand gorilla suit that may or not be the Fouke Monster. My money's on "may not be". The closest we get to witnessing a bigfoot attack is when some girl sees something through the window and instantaneously goes into shock. The next thing the narrator says is that the animal smashed some flowerpots before wandering off. He did what? Smashed flowerpots?!? Oh the horror, the awful awful horror! I still like Charles B. Pierce and his repertoire, but I do very much wonder how come this film could possibly have been so popular amongst the drive-in theater crowds? Absolutely nothing happens here? Perhaps it's just that. Nothing even remotely exciting happens during "The Legend of Boggy Creek", so they could fully focus on making out in the backseat.