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Post by telegonus on Feb 21, 2017 7:36:03 GMT
A strange one that works on its own (admittedly oddball) terms as a kind of docu-horror. Filmed on location, it developed a cult following. I caught it many years ago on cable and was strangely drawn into its drive-in style, the eerie mood, the naturalistic (probably just plain amateurish  ) acting. It's a guilty pleasure of mine if ever there was one. |
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Feb 21, 2017 20:03:11 GMT
Have you seen the sequel?
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Post by cryptoflovecraft on Feb 21, 2017 20:21:22 GMT
Great low budget horror film. Apparently, it's based on "real" sightings of a Bigfoot type creature that was allegedly seen in Fouke, Arkansas back in the day. I love the film's raw, documentary-like look and feel.
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Post by telegonus on Feb 21, 2017 23:57:29 GMT
Have you seen the sequel? Nope. Is it any good? The original is so, um, unique. Can lightning strike twice?  |
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Post by Reynard on Feb 22, 2017 1:25:34 GMT
Boggy Creek really needs a proper remastered release. Why this film hasn't been properly released on DVD or Blu when The Town That Dreaded Sundown and even The Evictors have got remastered releases is beyond me.
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Post by telegonus on Feb 22, 2017 7:48:32 GMT
Boggy Creek really needs a proper remastered release. Why this film hasn't been properly released on DVD or Blu when The Town That Dreaded Sundown and even The Evictors have got remastered releases is beyond me. I agree. The print I saw was sub-par. In some weird way the poor quality of the print did enhance the documentary aspect of the film but overall it detracted from its mood. |
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Feb 22, 2017 9:23:53 GMT
Have you seen the sequel? Nope. Is it any good? The original is so, um, unique. Can lightning strike twice? Its absolute crap, you should see it. Although technically Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues, is the third one made... Anyway, it doesn't do the docu thing. |
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Feb 22, 2017 19:07:48 GMT
A strange one that works on its own (admittedly oddball) terms as a kind of docu-horror. Filmed on location, it developed a cult following. I caught it many years ago on cable and was strangely drawn into its drive-in style, the eerie mood, the naturalistic (probably just plain amateurish ) acting. It's a guilty pleasure of mine if ever there was one. I absolutely love it for so many reasons. |
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Post by persephone on Feb 28, 2017 23:46:37 GMT
Saw this when I was super young and it was great! I wonder if it holds up.
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Post by telegonus on Mar 1, 2017 6:45:10 GMT
I think it holds up nicely and my first viewing of Boggy Creek was about twenty years ago. It captures the spirit of its time but it's also sort of timeless. Kind of a "something in the air" film, as in of the period it was made in. Deliverance is another from about the same time that captures that spooky back country vibe  . These things don't date. |
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Apr 23, 2017 13:25:00 GMT
It's okay, but if you really want to torture yourself check out the sequels.
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Post by mszanadu on Apr 27, 2017 17:27:39 GMT
A strange one that works on its own (admittedly oddball) terms as a kind of docu-horror. Filmed on location, it developed a cult following. I caught it many years ago on cable and was strangely drawn into its drive-in style, the eerie mood, the naturalistic (probably just plain amateurish ) acting. It's a guilty pleasure of mine if ever there was one. Thanks so much telegonus for this classic fun movie recommendation  . It will be another one I look out for on TCM or by luck the COMET channel too  . |
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Post by phenomenal on Apr 27, 2017 19:40:40 GMT
This film terrified me when I Was a kid. We lived near a river and whenever my mom called me in to the house at night during summer and I ignored her all she had to say was "the boggy creek monster is gonna get ya" and I would tear into the house !
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Post by geode on Dec 3, 2017 16:05:53 GMT
This film terrified me when I Was a kid. We lived near a river and whenever my mom called me in to the house at night during summer and I ignored her all she had to say was "the boggy creek monster is gonna get ya" and I would tear into the house ! Looking back, do you feel this was fair on her part? |
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Dec 3, 2017 18:31:42 GMT
It or one (or more?) of its sequels was featured on 'MST3K'.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Dec 3, 2017 19:51:57 GMT
Bigfeet movies-a staple of the late 60s and 70s. There was a guy in 2000 something who got an inheritance of a million dollars and decided to use it to make a bigfoot movie. The costume didnt work so he had a cgi face pasted on the thing. He also shot in a forest and was forced by law to have a park ranger on hand, sitting around reading a newspaper. The ranger was paid more than anyone in the film. I think he sold it to the SyFy channel but he said that he should have used half the money to buy a house instead. On this film though-Charles Pierce was an example of a regional filmmaker at a time when there was a distribution market for such folk (another example is Bill Rebane of Giant Spider Invasion fame. filmmakermagazine.com/102185-the-art-of-the-possible-charles-b-pierces-arkansas-cinema/ |
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Post by rudeboy on Dec 4, 2017 1:16:27 GMT
This film scared the hell out of me when I was a kid. Something about the low-rent, home movie look of the thing made it all the more terrifying.
I tried watching as an adult (still many years ago, mind) and couldn't get through more than a few minutes of it, so I guess it's actually a terrible film after all, but it'll always have a place in my heart as a thing of nightmares.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Dec 4, 2017 4:48:13 GMT
It or one (or more?) of its sequels was featured on 'MST3K'. It was one of the sequels that they did on MSTK. |
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Post by geode on Jan 11, 2018 5:22:46 GMT
It or one (or more?) of its sequels was featured on 'MST3K'. It was one of the sequels that they did on MSTK. "Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues" |
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Post by geode on Jun 21, 2019 14:45:17 GMT
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) acting. It's a guilty pleasure of mine if ever there was one.
. These things don't date.
