The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972)

[Scott J]

This is one I would really love to see hit blu-ray. Unfortunately, time may be running out for this drive-in classic.

This is the only information I can find on the status of surviving widescreen prints of the film. Take it with a grain of salt:

• The original negative was last known to be stored at a Technicolor archive but is now missing.

• The Pierce Estate does not have a widescreen print of the movie.

• A private collector supposedly has a pristine print, but will not give anyone access to it for fear of damage. Whether or not it is truly pristine is anyone's guess. It could have already faded to red.

• I have read that Quentin Tarantino has one of the last known widescreen prints. http://swampflix.com/2015/08/13/the-...gy-creek-1972/

For now, this is the best widescreen version available to the public

The Legend of Boggy Creek - Best Widescreen Version Available - Fouke Monster/Bigfoot - YouTube

It is based on a very old VHS transfer.

[Fred Sliman]

Can't agree more on the want for this one. I grew up with the Pierce films enjoying long, profitable runs and for years thought we'd never see good presentations of any of them. Now, with Town and Evictors out and Grayeagle and Winterhawk on the way, the desire for this one grows stronger. The widescreen photography and lighting would be wonderful on blu. The elusive The Winds of Autumn and Bootleggers (a year long run here in Baton Rouge!) would be welcome as well.

[Scott J]

I was unaware about the upcoming blu-ray for Grayeagle and Winterhawk. Thank you Shout! Factory They seem the logical choice for a blu-ray of The Legend of Boggy Creek, but as pointed out here, anyone looking to release this film will have some work to do on finding the best film elements. It would be great if Tarantino were involved in some way with his print.

Perhaps there could be a double feature with Boggy Creek II. Being Shout!, they could include the MST3K episode. For fun, I know of a method that should work to extract the Mike and Bots silhouettes from the Standard Def 480i show and superimpose them on top of 1080p. Or if that didn't work well enough, just include their audio as a separate commentary track for the fun of it.

EDIT: Just remembered Return to Boggy Creek http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078159/reference Not Directed by Charles B. Pierce, but it does feature Dawn Wells who was in The Town That Dreaded Sundown and Winterhawk. And I would be remiss to not mention the good performance from a young Dana Plato. It would be great to have this one in a Boggy Creek collection.