Now that's how normal humans functions.

The Legend of Boggy Creek told in a documentary style follows the accounts of several people who have seen a big hairy figure walking around in the forest or near the lake over the years and has started terrorising the residents in recent times.

It's a pretty realistic take on this subject matter as people mind their own business by not panicking unnecessarily just because they saw something in the woods and are taking action with proper planning and thought process put into it when needed. Even during the finale when things start getting really tense decisions were made rationally, finding strength in numbers rather than running around and getting ripped to shreds; probably…

Charles B. Pierce started his charming career with this 100,000 dollar (with money he borrowed from a trucking company) cult classic that garnered 25 million (!) at the box office. I guess it’s not a shock he continued to direct after success like that.

The Legend of Boggy Creek is a strange mixture of horror and documentary. This isn’t a “mockumentary”, Boggy Creek has multiple segments where actual residents of Fouke, Arkansas recount their encounters with the “Fouke Monster”, a bigfoot-like cryptid that has had sightings since 1964 but has been a part of local legend since the late 40’s. Mixed in with that are the horror aspect of the movie, the reenactments. Together they make a unique film that…

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Watching the Legend of Boggy Creek just made my day! It’s a mockumentary written completely without any mocking, & some of its scenes seem a precursor to what would later become the found footage genre. The story is obviously not true, & I still at times got spooked!

What makes this so special is it’s a perfect slice of 1972… from its slow panning filming style, to the characters, the colors, the cinematic quality, and the music. OMGosh, I’m still smiling, it was truly great! The Texarkana region never looked so authentic.
My take away: Even in the peacefulness of things, monsters still walk among us.

Re: the…

Buncha foukeboy’s 

I know these places; rural and urban life coexisting in a plain seemingly unaffected by time itself; I know these smells; the dusty aroma of dry oak, sour scents exuding from whatever eroded corpse lays nearby. I know these sounds; chirping of insects day n’ night, crunching of foliage via clawed paws and that persistent call of some unseen avian. I know these embraces; whether blood sucking critters crawling all over the body, four legged passersby making deep eye contact until safety is ensured, and that divine presence of a faint breeze cutting through muggy southern air, nothing quite like that sensation. For the longest time I couldn’t see the beauty in this enigmatic space I’ve spent my…

Another cheap, eerie piece of unsolved 1970s spooky regional folklore docu-horror from The Town that Dreaded Sundown director and Arkansas huckster-legend Charles B. Pierce. Similarly to that film this has some hokey and awkward stretches inherent to its no-budget DIY newsreel production style, but unlike Sundown which only ever really came alive during its gruesome proto-slasher serial killer setpieces, Boggy Creek is a lot more successful at its bits in between: the authentic and compelling testimonies from people who truly fearfully believe they encountered Arkansas Bigfoot, the lyrical natural ambiance of the landscape Pierce is clearly romantic about, and a real earnestness about the historical effect of mystery, wonder and storytelling on a small isolated rural community. An idea it…

And speaking of “ripped from the plane of the subconscious”…goddamn. This movie is just absolutely dripping with that southern, rural, woodsy atmosphere I crave. Is it Sleepy Hollow? Is it S-Town? Is it folktale Zodiac? The answer is yes, emphatically. Every shot belongs in a museum. The potentially distracting documentary trappings are so carefully woven in that they only reinforce the foreboding reality of the premise. It’s incredibly eerie and tense right from the jump, yet there’s almost no death to speak of throughout the film. A presence is so much scarier than a payoff, and the suspense sequences Pierce conjures up play like half-remembered childhood dreams that still haunt him in his waking hours. The rich setting and the…