History Film / ReturnToBoggyCreek

This movie follows three children – older sister Evie-Jo, younger brother John-Paul, and their mute friend T-Fish – living in the Sulfur River bottoms of rural southern Arkansas. The kids make frequent kayaking and fishing excursions along the river, which the infamous Boggy Creek feeds into. Told to be wary of a monster living in the swamps and forests, known locally as "Big Bay-Ty" (and whom Evie-Jo and John-Paul's grandfather is adamant was responsible for the death of their father and his son), the kids end up encountering the legendary beast after a hurricane traps them in the swamps.

After Writer/Producer/Star Charles B. Pierce created the independent hit film, ''Film/TheLegendOfBoggyCreek'', in 1972; a large swath of low budget and television film ventures focused on the Fouke Monster (and other [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti hairy beasts]]) started coming out of the woodwork. Director Tom Moore decided to go back to Boggy Creek in a more literal fashion by creating a sequel to the original film five years after the fact. Instead of the documentary-like style of the first film, adapting real life events, this outing told a fictitious story set in rural Arkansas.

Because Pierce was not involved in the production, he felt snubbed in a manner by this film's creation and went on to make a third film (titled the second film to ignore this one) in 1982 with the title ''The Barbaric Beast of Boggy Creek'' (a.k.a. ''Film/BoggyCreek2AndTheLegendContinues'').

This movie follows three children -- older sister Evie-Jo, younger brother John-Paul, and their mute friend T-Fish -- living in the Sulfur river-bottoms of rural Arkansas. The kids make frequent fishing trips into the river that the infamous Boggy Creek feeds into. Told to be wary of a monster living in the swamps and forests, locally called "Big Bay-Ty" (and whom Evie-Jo and John-Paul's grandfather is adamant was responsible for the death of their father and his son), the children end up encountering the legendary beast when a hurricane traps them in the swamps.

[[caption-width-right:350:"Boggy Creek, so mean they say! Ain't no place for children to play..."]]

This movie follows three children, older sister Evie-Jo, younger brother John-Paul, and their mute friend T-Fish, living in the Sulfur river-bottoms of rural Arkansas. The kids make frequent fishing trips into the river that the infamous Boggy Creek feeds into. Told to be wary of a monster living in the swamps and forests, locally called Big Bay-Ty, whom Evie-Jo and John-Paul's grandfather is adamant was responsible for the death of their father and his son; the children end up encountering the legendary beast when a hurricane traps them in the swamps.

The movie was released on television as a family film and received mostly mixed reviews.

* KidDetective: What Evie-Jo wants to be, as she's a huge fan of ''Franchise/NancyDrew''. She has some skills but is more of an AmateurSleuth.

Because Pierce was not involved in the production, he felt snubbed in a manner by this film's creation and went on to make a third film (titled the second film to ignore this one) in 1982 with the title ''The Barbaric Beast of Boggy Creek'' (a.k.a. ''Boggy Creek II: And The Legend Continues'').

After Writer/Producer/Star Charles B. Pierce created the independent hit film, ''Film/TheLegendOfBoggyCreek'', in 1972; a large swath of low budget and television film ventures focused on the Fouke Monster and other [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti hairy beasts]]) started coming out of the woodwork. Director Tom Moore decided to go back to Boggy Creek in a more literal fashion by creating a sequel to the original film five years after the fact. Instead of the documentary-like style of the first film, adapting real life events, this outing told a fictitious story set in rural Arkansas. Because Pierce was not involved in the production, he felt snubbed in a manner by this film's creation and went on to make a third film (titled the second film to ignore this one) in 1982 with the title ''The Barbaric Beast of Boggy Creek'' (a.k.a. ''Boggy Creek II: And The Legend Continues'').