The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972)

User Rating:

3.2/10   

Director:

Charles B. Pierce

Writer:

Earl E. Smith (screenplay)

Release Date:

7 June 1973 (Canada)

Genre:

Thriller | Mystery | Drama | Horror

Tagline:

A True Story.

Plot:

A documentary-style drama which questions the existence of a monster in an Arkansas swamp. It is really...

Plot Keywords:

Bigfoot | Giant Creature | Sasquatch | Independent Film

Cast

Vern Stierman	...	Narrator
Chuck Pierce Jr.	...	Jim as a boy
William Stumpp	...	Jim (adult)
Willie E. Smith	...	Willie
Lloyd Bowen	...	Himself
B.R. Barrington	...	Himself
J.E. 'Smokey' Crabtree	...	Himself (as Smokey Crabtree)
Travis Crabtree	...	Himself
John P. Hixon	...	Himself
John W. Oates	...	Himself
Buddy Crabtree	...	James Crabtree
Jeff Crabtree	...	Fred Crabtree
Judy Baltom	...	Mary Beth Searcy
Mary B. Johnson	...	Mary Beth's sister
Louise Searcy	...	Herself

Runtime:

90 min | USA:85 min | 87 min (DVD version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:G

Filming Locations:

Fouke, Arkansas, USA

Company:

P & L

Trivia:

The original title of the film was "Tracking the Fouke Monster".

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Mr. Turner and the Ford brothers are on the porch shooting at the monster, Turner's flashlight alternates between a regular size flashlight and a large lantern flashlight (the same lantern flashlight the Constable gives them later).

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Wild Man of the Navidad (2008)

Pretty creepy and a little funny

After hearing about this movie for a long time, I finally found it for rent while visiting my in-laws in August of 2001. It was only the second time in my adult life that I have been scared by a movie (Kubrick's The Shining was the other one). The low budget only adds to this. Having most of the encounters take place at night in a desolate swampland was quite chilling. I nearly jumped through the roof when my brother-in-law crept outside and made wild animal sounds from just outside the window in the middle of the movie (at 2 AM in a rural area). I recommend this to any sasquatch buff.

The funny part comes when the principal character goes to visit an eccentric friend and mentions that this guy "shot himself in the foot during a boating accident". Huh?