The Legend of Boggy Creek

Movie
Original title	The Legend of Boggy Creek
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1972
length	90 minutes
Rod
Director	Charles B. Pierce
script	Earl E. Smith
production	Charles B. Pierce
music	Jaime Mendoza-Nava
camera	Charles B. Pierce
cut	Tom Boutross
occupation
Vern Stierman : Narrator Chuck Pierce, Jr. as Jim (young) William Stumpp as Jim Willie E. Smith as Willie Buddy Crabtree as James Crabtree Jeff Crabtree as Fred Crabtree Judy Baltom as Mary Beth Searcy Mary B. Johnson as the sister of Mary Beth George Dobson as George Dave Ball as Dave Jim Nicklus as Jim Flo Pierce as Bessie Smith Glenn Carruth as Bobby Ford Bunny Dees as Elizabeth Ford John Wallis as Mr. Ford Sarah Coble as Mrs. Carter Dave O'Brien as Mr. Turner Billy Crawford as Corky Bill Dennis Lamb as Mr. Kennedy Loraine Lamb as Mrs. Kennedy Lloyd Bowen as himself BR Barrington as himself JE "Smokey" Crabtree as himself Travis Crabtree as himself John P. Hixon as himself John W. Oates as himself Herb Jones as himself Anthony Newsom as himself Cecil Newsom as himself Denise Newsom as herself
chronology
Successor  → Return to Boggy Creek

The Legend of Boggy Creek is an American horror - docudrama by Charles B. Pierce from the year 1972 on the Fouke Monster , which in and around since the 1950s Fouke (Arkansas) to have been seen. The film mixes interviews with local residents who claim to have met the monster with fictional reenactments of these encounters.

Pierce is from Texarkana , on the border between Arkansas and Texas ; he borrowed nearly $ 100,000 from a local freight forwarder, used an old 35mm camera, and dedicated local residents to help produce the film. At a production cost of $ 160,000, the film grossed just under $ 20 million in theaters.

action

The film claims that what happened is based on real events. It describes the existence of the Fouke monster, a two-meter-tall Bigfoot- like creature that is said to have been sighted by residents of the area since the 1950s. It is described as having completely red-brown hair, three-toed and unpleasant smelling.

The residents, who claim to have seen the monster in the past, tell their story of the encounter in the film, often performing under their own name. Among other things, the monster is said to have killed a dog and several large pigs and jumped over a fence with a 150 kg specimen under his arm without any problems. Another scene shows a cat "scared to death" at the sight of the monster.

The Fouke monster was also shot at multiple times in the past, but it escaped every time. When hunters try to hunt the creature with dogs, it fails because the dogs refuse.

Strange howling can be heard around Fouke, for example in Boggy Creek. There, a police officer reports that the monster ran across the street in front of his car one night while he was on his way home.

In a later scene, based on a newspaper report that inspired the film, the creature is shown threatening a family who live in a secluded house in the woods. After the monster is shot, it attacks the house and its residents. In doing so, the creature causes the family to flee their house and "knocks over several flower pots," as the narrator says.

This event, too, did not result in the creature's capture, and it is said to still roam the swamps and bayous of southern Arkansas, where residents claim to sight it at regular intervals.

production

The Legend of Boggy Creek is one of several films by Charles B. Pierce, which are based on true events, including The Town That Dreaded Sundown (Eng. "The Umleger") from 1976 .

The film should initially be called Tracking the Fouke Monster (Eng. "The pursuit of the Fouke Monster").

Sequels

Return to Boggy Creek (1977)

Charles B. Pierce was not involved in Return to Boggy Creek ; Tom Moore directed. the film is not a docu-drama like its predecessor. The actress is, among others, Dawn Wells from Gilligan's Island . Wells plays a mother of three who are lost in a swamp and saved by a creature.

Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues (1985)

The third film was originally supposed to be called The Barbaric Beast of Boggy Creek, Part II . Pierce wrote this film as a continuation of the original film, which is why the title contains the “II” instead of the “III”. In the film, Pierce plays a professor who travels to Fouke with his students to find and examine the monster. The film was parodied in episode 6 of Season 10 Mystery Science Theater 3000 . The film's monster was portrayed by James Faubus Griffith.

Boggy Creek: The Legend Is True (2010)

The plot of this film is separate from the rest of the franchise, the plot has been moved from Arkansas to Texas. The film is about a Bigfoot-like creature who attacks a group of vacationing teenagers in the Boggy Creek area. Brian T. Jaynes will direct and write the screenplay. It was released directly on DVD in 2011.

The Legacy of Boggy Creek (2011)

This low-budget independent film was first released as The Skunkape Story in 2009 , but was later re-cut and released direct on DVD in 2011 as The Legacy of Boggy Creek . This docu-drama highlights the events that according to the original film should have happened. Directed and written by Dustin Ferguson.

publication

The Legend of Boggy Creek had great box office success as it grossed over $ 20 million on a budget of only $ 160,000.

It was the tenth best-selling film of 1972 . Return to Boggy Creek and Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues were released in theaters in 1977 and 1985, but didn't have as much success as the original film. The last two films were released directly on DVD.

influence

The format of the docu-drama was mainly used in 1980 by Nackt und Mangleischt ( Cannibal Holocaust ) and in 1999 by the Blair Witch Project, making it more popular in the mainstream.

See also

• Bigfoot

Web links

• The Legend of Boggy Creek in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Community Caught By Surprise: Legendary Monster Becomes Money Maker | The Victoria Advocate, August 23, 1973 | Retrieved August 19, 2016
2. ↑ James: My Review of The Skunkape Story (2009) ( Memento of the original from May 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. horrormoviecentral.weebly.com. | Retrieved August 19, 2016 
3. ↑ Fouke Monster: The Beast and the Legend of Boggy Creek: Movies ... Monstro Bizarro Productions | Retrieved August 19, 2016
4. ↑ The Legend of Boggy Creek, Worldwide Box Office Worldwide Box Office | Retrieved August 19, 2016
5. ^ Top Grossing Films of 1972 | Listal.com | Retrieved August 19, 2016