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Post by Finnias Jones on Mar 7, 2010 1:12:57 GMT -5
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Post by Finnias Jones on Mar 7, 2010 6:32:15 GMT -5
The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972)The whole thing plays as a love-letter to backwoods Arkansas. Using testimonials and performances from authentic locals, the film is done in documentary style, combined with amateurish re-enactments. It's a great concept: the creature moves along the creek, tormenting a new protagonist every couple of years. So instead of conventional plot or character development, one gets a series of scares/non-events, ending with the climactic sequence which commences with a redneck man sitting down on a toilet, only to be interrupted by a sasquatch. • The kid running through the field in the beginning is Pierces's grandson, Chuck, Jr. • A bit of Pierce poetry @ 00:22:30 The beauty of the bottoms under soft moonlight is transformed into dark, menacing danger. And the shadows of the night trigger your imagination into being places where possibly, the creature is lurking - because you know he's out there - somewhere.• When they bring in hunters to locate the creature it seems like a pro-NRA moment, but it quickly devolves as the hunting dogs refuse to enter the woods out of fear. Later, three girls in a trailer comically try to load shells into a shotgun. • The elegant score elevates the mood, but I suspect most of the cues are from stock music libraries. Aside from the lovely song rendered in dulcet tones by Pierce himself: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xdymj3-zow P.S. I have not yet located Return to Boggy Creek (1977) starring Dawn Wells and Dana Plato, which Pierce had nothing to do with.
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Post by Skyroniter on Mar 7, 2010 9:52:04 GMT -5
Over the years I've collected a handful of Charles B. flicks. Most certainly qualify as "bad" but I think they have a certain charm. Bootleggers is actually beautifully filmed.
Rest in peace, Charles B. You were able spend most of your life doing what you enjoyed, making movies. Not many people are able to say that.
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Post by beljah on Mar 7, 2010 9:56:05 GMT -5
I hope that Charles realized before he passed on that having MST3K riff his film only widened his audience. Before ep #1006, I had no idea he even existed. Afterward, it became one of my fave Sci Fi-era eps. RIP.
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Post by TheNewMads on Mar 7, 2010 10:25:39 GMT -5
i threw in Boggy Creek II and am watching it right now. i sorta like all the earnest nature-loving voiceovers.
hope he died peacefully and had a chance to visit texarkana, a place he clearly loved, one last time.
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Post by CBG on Mar 7, 2010 11:50:42 GMT -5
I can never dis a guy who lived his dream. God Bless, Charles.
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Post by mrsphyllistorgo on Mar 7, 2010 13:25:35 GMT -5
May your soul drift like mist over the boggy creek. R.I.P., sir.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2010 15:37:21 GMT -5
His other movie The Town that Dreaded Sundown was a pretty creepy movie done in a semidocumentary style with good atmosphere.
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Post by aramfingal09 on Mar 7, 2010 17:26:18 GMT -5
Always been one of my favorite episodes... sad to lose him so young only 71 (or 72; the obituary says he was both). In pace requiescat.
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Post by stevehadcrackers on Mar 8, 2010 19:02:30 GMT -5
RIP, Charles B. Pierce. You did what you loved to do and I respect you for that. And hey, I really liked The Town That Dreaded Sundown and you provided me with one of my favorite episodes of my favorite show, so thanks. I always enjoyed southern backwoods-type fright flicks. May you continue on to that Texarkana in the sky.
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Post by Bix Dugan on Mar 9, 2010 9:46:21 GMT -5
The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972)The whole thing plays as a love-letter to backwoods Arkansas. Using testimonials and performances from authentic locals, the film is done in documentary style, combined with amateurish re-enactments. It's a great concept: the creature moves along the creek, tormenting a new protagonist every couple of years. So instead of conventional plot or character development, one gets a series of scares/non-events, ending with the climactic sequence which commences with a redneck man sitting down on a toilet, only to be interrupted by a sasquatch. • The kid running through the field in the beginning is Pierces's grandson, Chuck, Jr. • A bit of Pierce poetry @ 00:22:30 The beauty of the bottoms under soft moonlight is transformed into dark, menacing danger. And the shadows of the night trigger your imagination into being places where possibly, the creature is lurking - because you know he's out there - somewhere.• When they bring in hunters to locate the creature it seems like a pro-NRA moment, but it quickly devolves as the hunting dogs refuse to enter the woods out of fear. Later, three girls in a trailer comically try to load shells into a shotgun. • The elegant score elevates the mood, but I suspect most of the cues are from stock music libraries. Aside from the lovely song rendered in dulcet tones by Pierce himself: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xdymj3-zow P.S. I have not yet located Return to Boggy Creek (1977) starring Dawn Wells and Dana Plato, which Pierce had nothing to do with. If you ever do find a copy of "Return..." please let me know. • The kid running through the field in the beginning is Pierces's grandson, Chuck, Jr.I saw this statement on IMDB, but I really believe it to be incorrect. If "Chuck Pierce" is "shirtless boy" in Legend II, wouldn't he have been the right age to play "boy running through field" in the original Legend? But BCII is one of my favorite episodes. He may not have liked being the butt of many of the jokes aimed at his movie, but it did increase awareness of his other works. Rest well, sir.
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Post by pondoscp on Mar 9, 2010 21:43:37 GMT -5
And I just watched this one the other day, too! On a side note, I was taken to the other Boggy Creek 2 movie in the theater as a child (showing my age!). Geez, that must have been 78 or 79?
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Post by gfanikf on Mar 10, 2010 16:10:15 GMT -5
His other movie The Town that Dreaded Sundown was a pretty creepy movie done in a semidocumentary style with good atmosphere. An extremely well shot and made movie. It's also (and I don't care what he says), Steve Miner got the idea for Jason to have a Bag over his head in Friday the 13th Part 2. VS.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2010 21:01:40 GMT -5
That poster is one of the most impressive horror posters, that on the video cover pretty much convinced me to see that movie.
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Post by Finnias Jones on Mar 11, 2010 12:27:32 GMT -5
• The kid running through the field in the beginning is Pierces's grandson, Chuck, Jr.I saw this statement on IMDB, but I really believe it to be incorrect. If "Chuck Pierce" is "shirtless boy" in Legend II, wouldn't he have been the right age to play "boy running through field" in the original Legend? Yeah I question that too. It lists Chuck Pierce, Jr. as being born in 1962, which would make him 10 in Legend and 23 in Legend 2 (1985) which sounds about right. Plus the kid running does look like the later "Tim". But the two are listed on separate pages…IMDB's not always right, right? Also, three of Pierce's movies are available to watch from his page there (via Hulu).
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