Creature from Black Lake (1976)

Directed by

Joy N. Houck, Jr.

Genre

horror film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two anthropology students go to a small Louisiana town to look for a Bigfoot-like creature that reportedly terrorizes the area.

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What happens

Creature from Black Lake is a 1976 American horror film written and directed by Joy N. Houck Jr. and starring Jack Elam, Dub Taylor, Dennis Fimple, John David Carson, and Bill Thurman. It follows two anthropology students from the University of Chicago who attempt to document the Fouke Monster, a Bigfoot-like creature who is said to torment a small Louisiana community. The film was one of the earliest projects of cinematographer Dean Cundey, who went on to work as a frequent collaborator of John Carpenter's, serving as the cinematographer of his films Halloween (1978), The Fog (1980), and The Thing (1982). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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