I got to see this movie a lot as a kid. My one grandmother owned 4 video tapes, this, Godzilla vs Megalon, Creature from the Black Lagoon, and Gone with the Wind 🤷♂️
Is it just me, or do at least half of all Bigfoot movies have the plot of students going into the woods to find it and hearing flashbacks from the locals? Boggy Creek 2, The Curse of Bigfoot, Night of the Demon...
seems to be the standard formula, yes. then the story divides itself into either 'gory shlock horror' when the monster starts killing them, or 'will we ever know the real truth' when it merely scares them badly before vanishing back into the woods
"It's OK guys, Universal can't sue us! Our Creature isn't from water, he's from land! He's Bigfoot!" "Oh good... but then why say he's from Black Lake?"
Joe Canton was so distraught over the whole situation that he moved out of state, changed his name and became a doctor. He then found himself in the back of an ambulance with a blond, a race car driver and a schizo who calls himself "Captain Chaos". I'm not sure if he was better off.
He looked pretty crazy in Cannonball Run a few years later. But looking at a Google image search for him in that movie... In some stills his eye looked pretty normal. Maybe he had some control over the condition?
He might have been able to move it to give himself that look. I remember seeing him in other things where his eyes were somewhat straight. Bill Skarsgård can do that with his eyes so when he was doing "It" he could make Pennywise look super creepy.
@@lyndatuttle I looked this up because it wasn't the story I'd read - that he'd suffered a boyhood injury in a fight. Turns out both are true. Accounting threatened the eyesight of his *good* eye.
To be honest, you were pretty incorrect, with your observation on this 'NOT TO BAD', picture. This was actually one of the best, Bigfoot presentations, I've ever seen (and I've seen more, than my share of them)!!!
2:49 Looks Like a Piece of Cardboard Blocking the Camera in the mirror too. Unless they used a BROWN Board instead of a BLAKCBOARD in that one Position.
Jack Elam is often remembered for his Western roles, and quite rightfully so! His performance in "Once upon a time in the West" speaks for itself! But before that, in the 50's he was often cast as the physical villain in hard boiled noir thrillers as in my favorite "Kiss me Deadly"! If you haven't seen it, check it out!
Irrespective of the fact that I wear a size 13 shoe, I'm not a Bigfoot. I would, however, have been more than happy to have nibbled on John David Carson. But seriously, you've got Jack Elam, you've got Dub Taylor, you've got an anti-chicken diatribe, the world's jumpiest waitress, AND a rampaging sasquatch. In all fairness, I ask you, what else could you possibly need for a good time?
The fact that no one has ever reported a monster attack in the area might just mean that the monster is very effective. What a fantastic cast this production assembled; not just Jack Elam and Bud Taylor, also Bill Thurman. How old are those "college students"? "Accidentally stab the like button." 😄😄😄
I've never seen BOGGY CREEK II, but I did see this when it first came out, and immediately forgot everything about it except that Jack Elam and Dub Taylor were in it.
I begged my mother to take me to see this back in '76. I thought the creature was gonna be 30 feet tall because of the newspaper ad. Imagine my surprise.
I saw this movie as a kid on TV when I was 5 or 6. The part where the guy stabs his friend by accident has been stuck in my head since I was a kid. Finally, I could put a name to this childhood memory.
Ah, another portrait of rural life in America, as handled by the Hollywood film community, in California. Would there be any moonshiners and revenuers in this little gem perchance?
Yahoo went on to play an hilarious informant in the 80s cop comedy Sledge Hammer. Still trying to recall which Bigsquatch flick it was where the people set up trip wires in a wide forested circle then to their suprise they all begin going off at the same time and they're surrounded.
"The monster must have eaten all local men!" This explain the gorgeousness of love interests of ugly peotagonists in SO MANY horror movies!!! I'm gonna use that phrase!
Yes, it looks a LOT like Boggy Creek II-Probably because they’re both supposed to look like 1972’s original “Legend of Boggy Creek”, which was an early surprise breakout hit in the mid-70’s “In Search Of” genre. That one was a straight pseudo-documentary, but it spawned a lot of unauthorized fictional sequel/knockoff hunts for bayou-Bigfoot swamp monsters.
You guys knew this was going to set me off, right. Louisanana is home to The Honey Island Swamp Monster, and they have three toed tracks that look more like a reptile's ( this case was in the news at the time and would have been a better plot then this movie had). THE LEGEND OG BOGGY CREEK had been a very successful movie in 1972 and of course, other people made sad/bad clones of it. And as for Bigfoot never hurting or attack people ... WRONG !!!!! The most scary example of them was a place in Canada called the Headless valley. That because they found several men up there dead ( and they were all told NOT to go up there alone). Their heads were missing. And the heads weren't cut off. They were pulled off. If you want to see a good Bigfoot movie either watch the original LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK ( it worthy of stearming on DARK CORNERS) or MYSTERIOUS MONSTERS with Peter Graves. Worse of all they did a really shitty job on the Bigfoot scream. Their cry is high pitch like a woman who just got stabbed. I know because because one of them was less then fifty feet away from me and it screamed at us.
Saw both CfBL & Boggy Creek 2 way back in the day on independent local channels and on cable. I liked Black Lake better straight up as a movie. Boggy Creek 2 was the better unintentional comedy.
I wasn't thinking of Boggy Creek II, I was thinking of the original Legend of Boggy Creek. Boggy Creek II has a tone of 80s Bayou Sleaze while this is more 70s "family fare". Is it like we can we smell Jack Elam? No? Then it's not BGII.
I swore when I read the title it was "creature from the black lagoon" so I clicked on it thinking it was a remake from the 70"s and it even started out making me further think this. I watched the movie up to the climax in the woods before realizing this was a completely different movie haha. None the less, it was decently enjoyable.
I hear plenty of stories from forest rangers but nothing they're willing to put down on any official report and sign their name an badge number to. No one with a paying job is that crazy.
Nco matter what else goes on here. I like Dub Taylor & have always had a special place in my heart for Jack Elam. Plays a great "heel cowboy" & a somewhat alarming drunken (fill in the blank). Great review of a odd little movie. Hope those guys have graduated by now.
Hmm, I saw Pizowell's coverage of this film's recent Blu-ray release and he was more forgiving of the film and praised the quality of the transfer. I have a fondness of Elam (due to Cannonball Run) so I'll check it out, even if it is mediocre.
I just watched that film at the end of last month!! I really don't think it deserves the "bad movie review" at all, its worst sin as a film is an uneven rythm and anticlimactic resolution. Other than that it's perfectly serviceable.
Pahoo may be the oldest-looking college I've seen in a movie since Five Against the House. Is he a Vietnam vet going on the G.I. Bill? And why am I thinking this movie came out Labor Day weekend of '79?
If the leads weren't such complete morons, this would be quite funny. I do love the cameos from the old timey western stars. And the fact that the poster was by Ralph McQuarrie, who did concepts and art for Star Wars, Battlestar, and many others.
This clearly appears to be a "drive-in" movie. A title or subject appealing to teenagers, with content the filmmakers know the teenagers will not pay attention to while they're snogging.
Why are there no good Bigfoot movies?? Unlimited potential if you kept true to eye witness accounts. Hammer’s Abominable Snowman still stands on top. And maybe Willow Creek…
Dean Cundy, Jaime Mendoza Nova and a cast full of veteran character actors. Ok, maybe the director’s reach exceeded his grasp, but there’s a lot of talent behind this very fun movie.
This has a lot in common with Boggy Creek 2, like college students and ignorant locals but thank heavens no male college professors wearing cut-off daisy dukes, ugh.
To be fair, I can’t think of even one episode where the Scooby Doo Gang splitting up led to a fatal stabbing.
The untold end of Scrappy Doo.
"we're a couple of college students..." in our thirties.
Thinking the same thing. At least they have them be high school students ( shades of EART VS THE SPIDER).
@@danddoty3981me too, I was charitably assuming they were (very) post graduates.
Checks out😂
That one guy looks closer to 40.
A bit younger than the ones in Ring of Terror, who are in their forties
My grandfather knew Jack Elam. Grandpa was in the theater business so he met alot of actors.
Wow, that’s great!
Gotta love Jack Elam.
@@SSN515 You left out "get me a Jack Elam type" as #3.
“Kill it for science!” There’s a t-shirt for you . . .
The best scene in your review is the waitress screaming and throwing her order up. That may be a meme one day.
There was actually a moment of acting. A brief one, to be sure.
Dub Taylor was also an accomplished xylophonist.
Cinematography by Dean Cundey, who also shot Jurassic Park, Back to the Future, Apollo 13 and most of John Carpenter's good films.
I got to see this movie a lot as a kid. My one grandmother owned 4 video tapes, this, Godzilla vs Megalon, Creature from the Black Lagoon, and Gone with the Wind 🤷♂️
She had... eclectic tastes.
I like her style. Well done gran!
Damn. That college kid was only three weeks away from retirement too.
Is it just me, or do at least half of all Bigfoot movies have the plot of students going into the woods to find it and hearing flashbacks from the locals? Boggy Creek 2, The Curse of Bigfoot, Night of the Demon...
seems to be the standard formula, yes. then the story divides itself into either 'gory shlock horror' when the monster starts killing them, or 'will we ever know the real truth' when it merely scares them badly before vanishing back into the woods
You are so right-they tend to follow the same pattern.
"It's OK guys, Universal can't sue us! Our Creature isn't from water, he's from land! He's Bigfoot!"
"Oh good... but then why say he's from Black Lake?"
Joe Canton was so distraught over the whole situation that he moved out of state, changed his name and became a doctor. He then found himself in the back of an ambulance with a blond, a race car driver and a schizo who calls himself "Captain Chaos".
I'm not sure if he was better off.
The 70s- when ugly men were king!
Is it me or did Jack Elam’s eye get better as he aged? They actually look normal here.
He looked pretty crazy in Cannonball Run a few years later. But looking at a Google image search for him in that movie... In some stills his eye looked pretty normal. Maybe he had some control over the condition?
He might have been able to move it to give himself that look. I remember seeing him in other things where his eyes were somewhat straight.
Bill Skarsgård can do that with his eyes so when he was doing "It" he could make Pennywise look super creepy.
Jack Elam was originally an accountant and loved it. Was good at it. Unfortunately it harmed his eyes and his doctor suggested a different profession.
@@lyndatuttle I looked this up because it wasn't the story I'd read - that he'd suffered a boyhood injury in a fight. Turns out both are true. Accounting threatened the eyesight of his *good* eye.
be grateful this isn't "curse of Bigfoot", a movie so bad it almost broke RIfftrax. Hell, it almost broke me.
Yeah, that one was rough, real rough.
Your riffs in this episode are hilarious.
Definitely your funniest episode.
‘An Unmotivated Argument About Beans’ is a terrific name for a movie. I’d buy it for a dollar!
To be honest, you were pretty incorrect, with your observation on this 'NOT TO BAD', picture. This was actually one of the best, Bigfoot presentations, I've ever seen (and I've seen more, than my share of them)!!!
2:49 Looks Like a Piece of Cardboard Blocking the Camera in the mirror too.
Unless they used a BROWN Board instead of a BLAKCBOARD in that one Position.
Hmm. Tough question. Given the choice between Boggy Creek 2 or this movie, I think I'd go with the sweet embrace of death.
Jack Elam is often remembered for his Western roles, and quite rightfully so! His performance in "Once upon a time in the West" speaks for itself! But before that, in the 50's he was often cast as the physical villain in hard boiled noir thrillers as in my favorite "Kiss me Deadly"! If you haven't seen it, check it out!
Irrespective of the fact that I wear a size 13 shoe, I'm not a Bigfoot. I would, however, have been more than happy to have nibbled on John David Carson. But seriously, you've got Jack Elam, you've got Dub Taylor, you've got an anti-chicken diatribe, the world's jumpiest waitress, AND a rampaging sasquatch. In all fairness, I ask you, what else could you possibly need for a good time?
The fact that no one has ever reported a monster attack in the area might just mean that the monster is very effective.
What a fantastic cast this production assembled; not just Jack Elam and Bud Taylor, also Bill Thurman.
How old are those "college students"?
"Accidentally stab the like button." 😄😄😄
Say what you will, this is citizen Kane compared to "suburban sasquatch".
I hate the accidentally stab a friend trope even in the best movies
I remember seeing this one Friday or Saturday night back when they used to show these movies after midnight on the network channels.
Id buy that one of thems a college lecturer, but students? And thanks Ronin. You're "I wouldn't" made me snort soft drink out of my nose laughing 😅
I've never seen BOGGY CREEK II, but I did see this when it first came out, and immediately forgot everything about it except that Jack Elam and Dub Taylor were in it.
I begged my mother to take me to see this back in '76. I thought the creature was gonna be 30 feet tall because of the newspaper ad.
Imagine my surprise.
Robin, I kept thinking this obviously inspired "Boggy Creek II".
I saw this movie as a kid on TV when I was 5 or 6. The part where the guy stabs his friend by accident has been stuck in my head since I was a kid. Finally, I could put a name to this childhood memory.
2:30 This actually made me laugh out loud! 😂
A 70s classic!!! Bigfoot!!
No ...
@@danddoty3981Yes
90 seconds is a long time in camping terms
Ah, another portrait of rural life in America, as handled by the Hollywood film community, in California.
Would there be any moonshiners and revenuers in this little gem perchance?
Since this was made in the 70s, it's a wonder they didn't have that waitress say "Kiss my Grits".
Jiminy Christmas! That's Hugo from "House of 1000 Corpses "!
Yahoo went on to play an hilarious informant in the 80s cop comedy Sledge Hammer.
Still trying to recall which Bigsquatch flick it was where the people set up trip wires in a wide forested circle then to their suprise they all begin going off at the same time and they're surrounded.
That sounds like Sasquatch.
yup. That is *Sasquatch: The Legend of Bigfoot (1978)* It's on RUclips for free.
When I see Jack Elam all I can think of is the Gunsmoke episode Murry Christmas
Support Your Local Sheriff - "...horse holder at Madame Orr's House."
This one is a masterpiece compared to Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues.
"The monster must have eaten all local men!"
This explain the gorgeousness of love interests of ugly peotagonists in SO MANY horror movies!!! I'm gonna use that phrase!
old guy: I smelled something...
DK: Turned out to be me...
me: 🤣🤣🤣
Happy holidays
Yes, it looks a LOT like Boggy Creek II-Probably because they’re both supposed to look like 1972’s original “Legend of Boggy Creek”, which was an early surprise breakout hit in the mid-70’s “In Search Of” genre. That one was a straight pseudo-documentary, but it spawned a lot of unauthorized fictional sequel/knockoff hunts for bayou-Bigfoot swamp monsters.
Boggy Creek 2 for all the unintentional hilarity.
Did anyone else think the thumbnail for this look like the splash page from an old Marvel monster comic by Kirby or Ditko?
It's from the poster, which was painted by Star Wars production designer Ralph McQuarrie!
Who's the Rosanna Arquette lookalike at the 1:05 mark? Never mind the creature.
Reminded me more of a young Morgan Fairchild
@@chiefscheider We can all agree she was a looker.
You guys knew this was going to set me off, right. Louisanana is home to The Honey Island Swamp Monster, and they have three toed tracks that look more like a reptile's ( this case was in the news at the time and would have been a better plot then this movie had). THE LEGEND OG BOGGY CREEK had been a very successful movie in 1972 and of course, other people made sad/bad clones of it. And as for Bigfoot never hurting or attack people ... WRONG !!!!! The most scary example of them was a place in Canada called the Headless valley. That because they found several men up there dead ( and they were all told NOT to go up there alone). Their heads were missing. And the heads weren't cut off. They were pulled off. If you want to see a good Bigfoot movie either watch the original LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK ( it worthy of stearming on DARK CORNERS) or MYSTERIOUS MONSTERS with Peter Graves. Worse of all they did a really shitty job on the Bigfoot scream. Their cry is high pitch like a woman who just got stabbed. I know because because one of them was less then fifty feet away from me and it screamed at us.
Mysterious Monsters might be a fun one for Dark Corners, though I don't think you've ever done a documentary for the Bad Movie Review
My screenplay was rejected
You are always wonderful, but this time you were on fire!
That was a barrage of hilarious comments!
Saw both CfBL & Boggy Creek 2 way back in the day on independent local channels and on cable. I liked Black Lake better straight up as a movie. Boggy Creek 2 was the better unintentional comedy.
I wasn't thinking of Boggy Creek II, I was thinking of the original Legend of Boggy Creek. Boggy Creek II has a tone of 80s Bayou Sleaze while this is more 70s "family fare".
Is it like we can we smell Jack Elam? No? Then it's not BGII.
I swore when I read the title it was "creature from the black lagoon" so I clicked on it thinking it was a remake from the 70"s and it even started out making me further think this. I watched the movie up to the climax in the woods before realizing this was a completely different movie haha. None the less, it was decently enjoyable.
I can't imagine why I have never seen this masterpiece. Or even heard of it till now.
I hear plenty of stories from forest rangers but nothing they're willing to put down on any official report and sign their name an badge number to. No one with a paying job is that crazy.
It looks like the best thing about this one is Elam elaming it up.
I've noticed a recent trend. People using the word mediocre when something is just bad.
More Robin doing American accents please and thank you 10/10 fricheks
Was that Mark Ruffalo's older brother in that movie?
At one point when Bigfoot appeared, did a girl scream and then run towards the monster to hide in a flimsy tent?
I wonder if this Bigfoot photographs badly.
Nco matter what else goes on here. I like Dub Taylor & have always had a special place in my heart for Jack Elam. Plays a great "heel cowboy" & a somewhat alarming drunken (fill in the blank). Great review of a odd little movie. Hope those guys have graduated by now.
That's Jughead, from TV live action
Are you going to review anymore bad Bigfoot/Sasquatch movies from the 1970s, Dark Corners? Love your reviews on low budget, lesser known movies.
I'm sure we'll get to others sometime.
Didn't know Jim Morrison did a cameo in the movie. I guess his death was greatly exaggerated.
Who is Fred he also plays the creature?
One of the better Big foot movie
Really? How bad are the regular ones?
@@karlkarlos3545 really bad!The Boggy Creek films are ok!!
Wow, that title is _ this close to copyright infringement lol
Hey Robin, I finally signed up on Dark Corners Patreon!
Welcome!
@@DarkCornersReviewsThank you!
Hmm, I saw Pizowell's coverage of this film's recent Blu-ray release and he was more forgiving of the film and praised the quality of the transfer. I have a fondness of Elam (due to Cannonball Run) so I'll check it out, even if it is mediocre.
So wait... Jack Elam was playing Don Barrera???
Real question is: is this worse than _Return to Boggy Creek_ ? 😱
I AM stabbing the Like button! But in my defence, after watching this episode of Dark Corners Reviews, I had no choice, Justice!
I just watched that film at the end of last month!! I really don't think it deserves the "bad movie review" at all, its worst sin as a film is an uneven rythm and anticlimactic resolution. Other than that it's perfectly serviceable.
40 years old college students 😂
I'll take Jack Elam over anyone in a Charles B. Pierce film - except Andrew Prine.
So this one wins it, sight unseen.
I reviewed this film myself a year ago :)
36 year old college student. Dennis Dimple. I mean they could be returning to college for that last degree?
Pahoo may be the oldest-looking college I've seen in a movie since Five Against the House. Is he a Vietnam vet going on the G.I. Bill? And why am I thinking this movie came out Labor Day weekend of '79?
I almost watched this yesterday
Very funny review. I cannot believe those guys are college students. I don't think they could even spell college. Lol
Damn. And I actually thought the film was decent. Maybe it was the low-budget '70s aesthetic that lured me in.
Good job .. hilarious!
If the leads weren't such complete morons, this would be quite funny. I do love the cameos from the old timey western stars. And the fact that the poster was by Ralph McQuarrie, who did concepts and art for Star Wars, Battlestar, and many others.
Looks like I’ll give that one a miss then
Those are the oldest looking college students ...
2:20
When's Tarantino going to make a bigfoot movie
I wouldn't! Lol! 😂
One of those guys is Pa Who? I really don't like that they're revealing so much about the Doctor's origins these days.
Re watch
This clearly appears to be a "drive-in" movie. A title or subject appealing to teenagers, with content the filmmakers know the teenagers will not pay attention to while they're snogging.
I imagine the loud noises was to get their attention (briefly) before they went back to snogging.
The like button has been thoroughly (and accidentally) stabbed.
" College Students."
Why are there no good Bigfoot movies?? Unlimited potential if you kept true to eye witness accounts. Hammer’s Abominable Snowman still stands on top. And maybe Willow Creek…
Eyy
Hacked out work from people who didn't care.
Dean Cundy, Jaime Mendoza Nova and a cast full of veteran character actors. Ok, maybe the director’s reach exceeded his grasp, but there’s a lot of talent behind this very fun movie.
@@RaymondCastile No one to care that their efforts were wasted on another crappy movie. No one in charge to try for better.
This has a lot in common with Boggy Creek 2, like college students and ignorant locals but thank heavens no male college professors wearing cut-off daisy dukes, ugh.
And no sons of the director who look like the before guy in a Charles Atlas ad and don't have the decency to put a shirt on either. Thankfully.
Odd film.
This movie is basically The Brokeback Mountain Trip but less g4y and just more boring.
Looks deliciously awful
I get it, this is a movie about **nothing**. It's a bit like Seinfeld. Except in movie form. And also much, much less entertaining. No Oscar for you!