Return to Boggy Creek (1977)

Directed by: Tom Moore
Written by: John David Woody
Starring: Dana Plato, David Sobiesk, Marcus Claudel
Release date: 1977
Runtime: 1:24
BBFC certificate: N/A

Summary: Three children (Plato, Sobiesk, Claudel) get lost in a swamp during a hurricane and are rescued by a Bigfoot-like creature.

Review: This is one of those sequels that has nothing to do with the original movie. Those types of films can still be good if judged as a standalone movie...Return to Boggy Creek stinks either way.

This pathetic excuse for a film is mostly just mind-numbingly dull. Diff'rent Strokes' Dana Plato and Gilligan's Island's Dawn Wells star, so it has that going for it. They both give terrible, whiny performances, though, as do the rest of the no-name cast members, so I don't think I should have listed their presences as a positive.

The soundtrack is absolutely dreadful, with corny banjo music playing at the most inappropriate of times. I am also going to assume one of the child actors wrote the script under a pseudonym, as the dialogue and even the characters' names ("Big Bay-Ty", "T-Fish") are ludicrous.

Younger kids may get some enjoyment out of this movie, but anyone over the age of ten will undoubtedly be bored out of their minds. This is a beyond horrible return to Boggy Creek.

Trivia: Somebody thought making a G-rated, kid-targeted sequel to a horror film was a good idea.