:Boggy Creek Monster (film)
{{Short description|2016 documentary by Seth Breedlove}}
{{About|the 2016 film|the purported creature|Boggy Creek Monster|the 1972 film|The Legend of Boggy Creek{{!}}The Legend of Boggy Creek}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Boggy Creek Monster
| image = File:Boggy Creek Monster (2016) poster.jpg
| caption = Promotional release poster by Sam Shearon{{cite instagram|author=Sam Shearon|author-link=Sam Shearon|user=mistersamshearon|postid=Bqkw8GeF_cY|date=November 24, 2018|title=The cover artwork I created used for the documentary from @small_town_monsters : 'Boggy Creek Monster'. [...]|access-date=November 8, 2022|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqkw8GeF_cY/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108071220/https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt06Av-l9Wm/|archive-date=November 8, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ktbs.com/news/boggy-creek-monster-comes-to-life/article_fea5546e-4b35-5e59-90b8-6851c6d24068.html|title=Boggy Creek monster comes to life|last=Kirby|first=Clay|date=May 26, 2016|website=KTBS|access-date=November 8, 2022}}
| director = Seth Breedlove
| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Seth Breedlove
- Brandon Dalo
- Lyle Blackburn
}}
| writer = Seth Breedlove
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| music = Brandon Dalo
| cinematography = Zac Palmisano
| editing = Seth Breedlove
| studio = Small Town Monsters
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| released = {{Film date|2016|11|11}}
| runtime = 73 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
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Boggy Creek Monster is a 2016 American documentary film about the Fouke Monster, a purported ape-like creature (similar to descriptions of Bigfoot) allegedly sighted in Fouke, Arkansas, in the early 1970s. Directed and co-produced by Seth Breedlove, it is Breedlove's third documentary film under the banner of his production company Small Town Monsters.{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/195555/boggy-creek-monster-rising-murky-depths-next-month/|title=Boggy Creek Monster Rising From the Murky Depths Next Month|last=Gelmini|first=David|date=October 24, 2016|website=Dread Central|access-date=November 8, 2022}} It features narration and music by co-producers Lyle Blackburn and Brandon Dalo, respectively.
Boggy Creek Monster was released on DVD, Blu-ray, and streaming services on November 11, 2016. It premiered at Fouke Middle School the following day, before screening at the Palace Theatre in Canton, Ohio, on November 16.{{cite news |last=Walsh |first=Field |date=November 6, 2016 |title=Feature Documentary About the Fouke Monster Debuts Next Saturday |url=https://txktoday.com/news/feature-documentary-about-the-fouke-monster-debuts-next-saturday/ |work=TXK Today |access-date=November 12, 2022}}
Production
=Development=
As with 2015's Minerva Monster, the first documentary film directed by Breedlove under the Small Town Monsters banner, funding for Boggy Creek Monster was raised in part by a crowdfunding campaign on the website Kickstarter. The campaign exceeded its goal of $9,000, receiving a total of $17,000.{{cite web|url=https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2016/sep/11/new-boggy-creek-movie-coming-out-fall/|title=New Boggy Creek movie coming out this fall|last=Brand|first=Aaron|date=September 11, 2016|website=Texarkana Gazette|access-date=November 8, 2022}}
Boggy Creek Monster is co-produced and narrated by Lyle Blackburn,{{cite web|url=http://www.magnoliareporter.com/entertainment/local_entertainment/article_e93b44f8-74cd-11e6-b23e-173c0f342a2f.html|title=The Fouke Monster gets documentary treatment in new film|date=September 8, 2016|website=Magnolia Reporter|access-date=November 8, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ohiomagazine.com/ohio-life/article/monsters-inc|title=Filmmaker Seth Breedlove's Small Town Monsters|last=Vickers|first=Jim|date=October 2017|website=Ohio Magazine|publisher=Great Lakes Publishing|access-date=November 8, 2022}} who in 2012 authored the book The Beast of Boggy Creek: The True Story of the Fouke Monster.{{cite web|url=https://www.arkansas.com/articles/fouke-monster-film-debuts-fouke|title=Fouke Monster film debuts in Fouke|last=Clift|first=Zoie|date=November 2016|website=Arkansas.com|publisher=Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism|access-date=November 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226124134/https://www.arkansas.com/articles/fouke-monster-film-debuts-fouke|archive-date=February 26, 2021|url-status=live}}
=Filming=
Release
Boggy Creek Monster was released on DVD, Blu-ray, and streaming services on November 11, 2016. The following day, on November 12, the film premiered in the cafeteria of Fouke Middle School in Fouke, Arkansas.{{cite web|url=https://www.ksla.com/story/33691173/boggy-creek-monster-film-renewing-interest-in-the-myth/|title=Film on Boggy Creek monster renewing interest in the myth|date=November 11, 2016|website=KSLA|access-date=November 8, 2022}} On November 16, it screened at the Palace Theatre in Canton, Ohio.
The film later screened at the Roxy Theater in Missoula, Montana, on September 21, 2017, followed by a Q&A session with Breedlove.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112729143/missoula-independent/|title=Film {{!}} Now Playing|date=September 14, 2017|newspaper=Missoula Independent|location=Missoula, Montana|page=A22|access-date=November 8, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|last=Shepard|first=Susan Elizabeth|date=September 21, 2017|title=Cryptid watch: Bigfoot's footprint|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104540055/missoula-independent/|newspaper=Missoula Independent|location=Missoula, Montana|page=A7|access-date=November 8, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=5725368|title=Boggy Creek Monster}}
- {{Rotten Tomatoes|id=boggy_creek_monster|title=Boggy Creek Monster}}
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Category:The Legend of Boggy Creek
Category:2016 documentary films
Category:2010s English-language films
Category:Films shot in Arkansas