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Summary: The Fouke Monster in Pseudo-Documentary
Review: Although folklore suggests sightings as early as the 1850s, something has troubled the tiny town of Fouke, Arkansas since the 1940s right up to present day--and residents claim it is a tall, hairy creature with hands like a man and glowing red eyes. And after a series of somewhat spectacular sightings in the early 1970s, director Charles B. Pierce decided to make a movie about it.I saw LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK in original theatrical release when I was twelve or so, and it scared the blazes out of me. When I found this inexpensive DVD version, I grabbed it for the sake of nostalgia--and discovered that what scared me at twelve can barely elicit a raised eyebrow nowadays. It may still frighten the kiddies, but from an adult point of view, LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK is pretty tame and lame. Although the film has a few effective moments, they seem to have happened by accident instead of design. The cinematography is a weak effort at a documentary style, and the costume for the Fouke monster is hardly more than a long-haired suit, but now and then they do combine to give you pause--especially in shots when the creature is largely motionless and obscured by trees. But on the whole, the movie consists of a mix of interviews, scripted actors, and the occasional pause for some hilariously bad "ballad of boggy creek"-type country music. The transfer quality is flatly awful. Made on the cheap, the look of the film was probably never great to begin with, but after some thirty years in the vault it now in a truly sorry state. Colors are bleached, the picture is riddled with blips and scratches, and the soundtrack is occasionally crackly. My final take on the whole thing: if this has some nostalgic appeal, by all means buy it, but don't expect too much. And if you've don't have those childhood memories to fall back on, pass it by, because that's really all this DVD has going for it. GFT, Amazon Reviewer
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Summary: more true than you think
Review: Although this movie is clearly low budget,it isnt meant to be
a horror film as a lot of people think. Its a documentary with
re-inactments . All of the storys are true to eye witness accounts.I myself did a lot of research into the fouke monster. Also what most people don't know is that the recorded howls in parts of the film are REAL!. They were taken by Pierce and witnesses though out the years before. Yes the hairy suit and acting are a little goofy but Pierce didnt have much to work with either. All of the storys can be found in text,but watching the movie is still creepy ,and good nostalgia too.
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Summary: Finally ... a great childhood memory on DVD!
Review: I agree whole heartly with Mesmerizing Classic...24 March, Old Time Horror...6 May, & Finally to be Immortilized...22 May. These reviews couldn't have said it better! "The Legend of Boggy Creek" is one of those films that seen at the right time with a theatre full of other teens, complete with screams and flying popcorn, make up my one of my fondest movie-going memories. "Boggy" played several times over the first 2 years after it's 1972 release to a packed house, double-showing Saturday night audience on Charleston Air Force Base. I didn't miss one of those showings, I was hooked after the first time! Told through the adult voice of a boy remembering the first time he heard it scream ... "it scared me then and it's scares me now!" ... "Boggy Creek" is good campy fun with a several scares, a catchy ode written to "The Creature", & a tour of Fouke, Arkansas complete with its charming inhabitants ... human and otherwise. So wait no longer for before ordering this DVD treasure ... pop the jiffy pop, grab a soda, your favoirte candy, turn out the lights and gather everyone 'round the glow of the television and relive, share with a new generation, or experience for the first time "The Legend of Boggy Creek". A B-Movie cult classic for everyone! -BASED ON THEATRICAL PRESENTATION
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Summary: Fouke Monster
Review: I am actually from Fouke, Arkansas. I have seen this movie a thousand times growing up. Our school would show it to us all the time. I never got tired of it though. I have lived here all my life and I know there is no monster. I also know how it kinda of got started. You would not believe the people that will not come to Fouke at night just because of this movie. I have never been afraid to go outside in the dark. I believe people let their imaginations run a little to wild or just wanted our little town of Fouke to have some kind of Fame. So I wouldn't come searching for the monster anytime soon. It is not really a documentary. Its just a film about an urban legend. It is pretty funny though. I garuntee you will get a good laugh at this movie, I always have. Some of it is a litte creepy because of how tense some of the characters seem to be. This film is worth watching even just once.
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Summary: The Legend of Boggy Creek
Review: I have been looking for this movie for years. My best friend is probably tired of hearing me talk about the movie. My family has a fond family memorie of this movie. Only because after seeing the restroom scene in the movie we were all terrified to go to the restroom, especially ones with windows. And my little sister had a very very funny experience after seeing this movie that we will never forget. My brothers and sisters played some good jokes on each other as a result of the movie. It is definately a must see. If you scare easily than don't watch alone.
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Summary: Kid Stuff
Review: I have not seen this movie since I was probably 8 years old. And the photo on the cover of the DVD was the one I cut out of the newspaper and placed on our kitchen wall for months. The movie freaked me out as a kid and each time I see Boggy Creek on a Florida map it reminds of that movie - it also made me wonder if anyone else remembered that movie. I guess they did
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Summary: Folk Lore at its best
Review: I have recently started to revisit films I had seen as a kid, yet do not remember too well.
Forgotten classics I am anticipating in the mail include: Humungous, My Bloody Valentine, Prom Night, Zombie, The Gates of Hell, and eagerly waiting the re-release of Halloween 3 which I saw once as a child. Only to name a few. (I know some of you might not consider these "classics")
The first arrival was the DVD of "The Legend of Boggy Creek".
I grew up in a country house on the edge of some creepy woods in Kentucky. We had our own legend of the monster in the woods. Our monster would follow you in the woods as you walked down secluded roads that were surrounded on each side by forest. I recently revisited my childhood neighborhood and drove on that road where our beloved Bigfoot, or "White Thing" as he was named, dwelled in the woods.
All the locals still swear that he existed. Although sightings died awhile back. My distant relatives all had a story to share of their encounters. I remember a terrible thunder storm, and my father ran outside to see who was walking around our house looking in the windows. Defying his command to stay in the corner with my sister, I decided to get up and look out the window. I saw my father struggling with a figure, a man I could not make out, in the flashes of lightning. I know it was one of the most frightening things I can remember from my childhood. My father is long gone so I cannot really know what happened that night. But he would never speak of it. Could have been an intruder, and could have been our town legend too. My mother claims to have been grabbed by the creature once in the woods near the rail road tracks that ran through the woods.
Watching "Boggy Creek" took me back to those times as a child on that farm in the woods.
The film is a documentary based on fact, or supposed fact. It is set in the Arkansas swamps. The events are recreated by the town folk. Something is lurking in the woods in the little town of Fouke and scaring the locals, killing their animals, peeking thru their windows at night, pawing thru the windows at them, and howling in the woods. They believe it a bigfoot type creature. I am so glad I bought this movie. The only complaint I had was the cheap costume they used for the creature and the tedious folk song in the film. I can't help but to wonder if "The Blair Witch" was inspired from this film.
A definite great film, although cheesy in its own charming way. But creepy and moody.
It reminds me of my town as a child, and the creature that lurked in the woods.
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Summary: a great cult classic
Review: I love this movie!! Yes, I realize it has very hokey "monster songs", and has some poor acting, but tha atmosphere is great, there's no blood and little violence, and the overall effect is to creep you out if you think about it while driving down a lonely country road. That poor kitten!
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Summary: a great cult classic
Review: I love this movie!! Yes, I realize it has very hokey "monster songs", and has some poor acting, but tha atmosphere is great, there's no blood and little violence, and the overall effect is to creep you out if you think about it while driving down a lonely country road. That poor kitten!
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Summary: more laughs than screams
Review: I read online reviews stating that this was the most frightening movie ever made. But the only reaction from my family was laughing at the poor quality and stereotypical hillbilly portrayals. We almost turned it off when the monster folk music started. This movie is notable as a cult classic, as a Sasquatch quasi-documentary, and possibly as a time capsule depicting rural America in the 1970's, but it has little entertainment value. I was quite disappointed.
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