Creature from Black Lake (1976)
Some people say they don’t exist… but others say they’re out there somewhere, just on the edges of civilization, seen by only a few hardy souls.
You know what I mean: the rare, elusive halfway-decent Bigfoot movie.
But wait — I’ve brought back some evidence they exist! Here’s one, dragged back from the depths of the 1970’s, that I think may prove to be the Missing Link between competent film-making and the Sasquatch subgenre. Judge for yourselves!
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#1 by David Lee Ingersoll on May 17, 2010 - 1:13 pm
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I’m trying to remember if I’ve seen this one. Is there a scene in it where one of the heroes, armed with a knife, lies in wait for the creature? I know that’s vague but if I say anymore I’m spoiling a really effective moment. (Or at least, a moment that freaked me out when I was a kid.)
#2 by Braineater on May 17, 2010 - 6:52 pm
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Yes, there is such a moment; and that particular scene loses none of its effectiveness when viewed as an adult. At least that’s my opinion.
Actually, I think it’s even more effective from an adult’s perspective, because you’ve been through enough trauma in your life that you can almost imagine how it might feel to be him…
(I don’t want to spoil too much, either, but I did want to point out something that only occurred to me as a grown-up: this scared, injured kid — huddling alone in the forest, while something that knows the woods far better than he does is sneaking up to try to kill him — is the one who didn’t go to Vietnam.)