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Release Date: 03 December, 2002 Retail Price: $14.99 OUR Price: $11.99 You SAVE: $3.00! Cast: |
Creature From Black Lake Reviews
B-Movie about Bigfoot's cousin down in the Louisiana bayou
"Creature From Black Lake" (a.k.a. "Demon of the Lake") is one of a string of "Bigfoot" inspired low-budget horror flicks made in the Seventies. This when is set down in the Louisiana bayou country where a couple of anthropology students from Chicago named Rives (Dennis Fimple) and Pahoo (John David Carson) show up to search for the local creature (their professor thought this would be a good idea). The boys immediately get on the bad side of the local Sheriff (Billy Thurman) whose name is, I swear, Billy Carter (the film came out in 1976, which is the year Jimmy Carter was elected but still before the "Billy Beer" period of his time in the White House). Things get worse when the young students find a couple of local gals to have some fun with; of course, one of them turns out to be the sheriff's daughter. Meanwhile, all the older folks in town keep muttering things about the creature. This explains why the "stars" of this film are the veteran character actors Jack Elam as Joe Canton and Dub Taylor as Grandpa Bridges. Eventually the guys wander off into the wood and darn if they do not meet up with a creature out in the Black Lake area.
As you might suspect, this a film where the chills come from strange noises in the woods, because once the creature actually shows up there is going to come a point where we get a good look at it and the bubble is going to burst. Fortunately it is a brief look and does not do too much harm to the climax. "Creature From Black Lake" does get points for capturing local color, since it was filmed in Louisiana, which just means the locals playing the locals add some authenticity to the film. The hand-held camera approach works in the film's favor as well. Elam and Taylor have fun playing those crazy old coots that kept them employed for several decades (Elam wants to get his shotgun and turn the creature into a rug), always threatening to take the film over the top, but that is to be expected. In terms of Bigfoot movies "Creature From Black Lake" is not as good as "Legend of Boggy Creek," but maybe a bit better than "Sasquatch." Depends on how much you like movies where the creature is out there, just beyond the light of your campfire. Overall, not a bad little Seventies B-movie for this genre. Note: director Joy N. Houck Jr. plays Professor Burch.
A worthy entry in the Cinema du Sasquatch
This is a film about Bigfoot, in my opinion. I felt they were too much emphasis on sex in this movie, and it is not suitable for small children under three or so. This definitely is not one of Joy Houck's better efforts as a filmmaker, Brain Machine and Gray Matter were much more cool, although kind of similar to each other. Anyway on the plus side though, this film has excellent special effects and make up, with a very realistic looking Bigfoot. I would like to see this movie gets remade one-day, preferably by Disney or Tarantino.
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