The man behind the original the legend of boggy creek stirred up the murky depths of the arkansas swamp one more time twelve years after the original was made with this horrible sequel, boggy creek ii. The legend of boggy creek this is a quote from a local arkansas resident describing the terrors documented in the movie, the legend of boggy creek. A documentarystyle drama about the fouke monster, a bigfoottype creature that has been sighted in and around fouke, arkansas since the 1950s. The film is an acknowledged influence on 1999 hit horror movie the blair witch project. Pierce directed numerous regional films throughout his sorted career, but is most famous for the 1972 fauxdocumentary, the legend of. But i tormented myself with nearly all of the rest of the film.
The barbaric beast of boggy creek, part ii original title pg 1h 31min adventure, drama, horror december 1985 usa a professor and three of his students camp out in the wilderness to find a bigfoottype creature. Boggy creek ii was released by rhino home video on their volume 5 set. Still, mocking the shirtless ultra thin tim the directors son and the inhuman grease pit known as mr. And the legend continues is one of those rare movies that is so ineptly made that its faults actually make it somewhat entertaining. Pierces filmography is pretty disposable stuff, he does have the distinguished credit of having cowritten the dirty. The kind of movie pierce tried to make with boggy creek ii had already been done better and scarier back in 1976s creature from black lake. The film was successful enough and quite good if youre into the genre to result in a sequel, return to boggy creek, in 1977 made without pierce. Pierce or doc grabs his prize student tanya serene hedin, the shirtless tim chuck pierce and the whiney leslie cindy butler after a sighting of the boggy creek creature is made, and heads into the arkansas swamps.
And the legend continues mystery science theater 3000. Bobo plays the boggy creature complete with his own theme song the bit that had me laughing the most was the flashback skit. And the legend continues is a 1985 film directed by charles b. Pierce to say piss off to the man who decided to make a sequel to his glorious shlock of a film. A third film, this one involving pierce, was made in 1982 with the title the barbaric beast of boggy creek a. Pierce takes students to texarkana to track the legendary 400pound boggy creek beast. The barbaric beast of boggy creek, part ii boggy creek ii. Hixon, vern stierman, chuck pierce jr a documentarystyle drama about the fouke monster, a bigfoottype creature that has been sighted in and around fouke, arkansas since the 1950s. Boggy creek suba sa awstralya, state of victoria, lat 38,10, long 146,28 boggy creek suba sa awstralya, state of victoria, lat 37,82, long 148, boggy creek suba sa awstralya, state of victoria, lat 37,82, long 147,55 boggy creek suba sa awstralya, state of victoria, lat 37,62, long 141,55 boggy creek suba sa awstralya, state of victoria, lat 37,02, long 142,32. The big creature in the film was portrayed by hollywood stuntman and bodyguard, james fau. How charles pierce ever thought this would work, i have no idea. With its recent exposure on mystery science theater 3000, if youve only seen boggy creek ii, i beg you to track down and give the original the legend of boggy creek a chance.
What is far stranger is that pierce would take precisely the opposite approach in filming boggy creek ii. A professor and three of his students camp out in the wilderness to find a. Video and audio were terrific, while the only extra is an intro by mike, who recalls the confusion of it being called part two while being the third film, and even gives props. Pierce, the legend of boggy creek, feels like a film meant for a small audience. The legend is true 2011 early buzz suggested that boggy creek was to be a remake of the original the legend of boggy creek, however, its a completely unrelated story set in the fictional town of boggy creek, texas. And the legend continues really isnt so much a bad movie as it is merely a dull bmonster movie melodrama that misses the whole point of the original. This movie, along with the original, creature from black lake and to a much lesser extent return.
They eventually have several run ins with the creature before pulling up stakes and going downstream to stay with a soggy bottom boy who is on intimate terms with. For one thing, the story the director tells is filled with one absurdity after another. And the legend continues, which would be an apt title if there were even the weakest grumblings of a legend, or if this were actually the second film in the boggy creek franchise. Boogy creek ii and the legend continues dvd, 2005 for. In it we are introduced to jennifer, who is headed to her fathers cabin to say goodbye. Even so, the film obviously draws influence from pierces original with its smalltown setting and use of spooky swampscapes. The auteur of boggy creek iiour writer, producer, director, and staris a man who combines the toxic smarm of john allen nelsons deathstalker with the longwinded pompousness of john agars dr. And the legend continues, which certainly deserves the ripping as its quite bad and it wasnt even the second film in. Boggy creek ii 1985 an arkansas professor charles b. They set up their apple ii computer at base camp and watch pong like blips on the screen which track the monsters movements around their camp. Sunday streaming the legend of boggy creek 1972 january 15th, 2017 by unkle lancifer no comments back in the day, one of the scariest movies you could crash into while driving down the uhf highway was the drivein classic the legend of booggy creek.
And the legend continues full movie in hd visit movie 31263 professor and students camp out to find big. Despite it being called boggy creek ii, this is actually the third film, preceded by return to boggy creek. My watchlist keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all. Boggy creek ii and the legend continues times movie.
And the legend continues full movie in hd visit professor and students camp out to find big. The whole movie is enacted by real witnesses who saw bigfoot, and the film except in one case is shot on the real locations. Pierce a professor and three of his students camp out in the wilderness to find a bigfoottype creature. He tried reviving his fouke fortunes with another tread into bigfoot territory, but the barbaric beast of boggy creek, part ii, later retitled boggy creek ii. Pierce clearly didnt want audiences to remember the previous film, especially since it was made without his input. Serene hedin i serene hedin is a producer and actress, known for hawkens breed 1988, boggy creek ii. It is a film custommade for the mystery science theater 3000 treatment, which it received in 2004. Brown and jennifer minarjaynes is the book tied to the 2010 movie boggy creek. And the legend continues 1984 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. And the legend continues in this sequel to the legend of boggy creek, people thought the evil of the old legend had subsided, but then the bigfootlike sightings begin trickling in.
Although styled as ii, the film is actually a third installment of t. The subject of the film is the fouke monster, a bigfootlike cryptid that allegedly dwells in the swamps and countrysides of fouke, arkansas, a small. Watch mystery science theater 3000 season 10 episode 5. Lockhart calling tims actor by his real name canon discontinuity. Crenshaw more disturbing than torgo and arch hall jr put together and yet without him, this film would be. And the legend continues in 1985, employing crude southern caricature, mild lasciviousness, and much monstrous melodrama. Look, its easy to be critical of this sequel to the cult classic the legend of boggy creek, both were the artistic love childs of film maker charles pierce and are done in a documentary style that begs to be believed as authentic story telling. This semidocumentary thriller is a true cult classic and a true story. Although styled as ii, the film is actually a third film in the series.
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