Return to Boggy Creek is a 1977 adventure/horror film directed by Tom Moore. It is an unofficial sequel to The Legend of Boggy Creek and stars Dawn Wells and Dana Plato. Wells portrays the mother of three children who become lost in the swamp during a hurricane until the creature comes to their rescue.

This article is missing information about the film's plot, production, and theatrical/home media releases. (June 2018)

Return to Boggy Creek
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tom Moore
Written by	John David Woody
Starring	Dawn Wells Dana Plato David Sobiesk
Cinematography	Robert Bethard
Edited by	Jerry Caraway
Music by	Darrell Deck
Production company	Bayou Productions
Distributed by	Dimension Pictures
Release date	December 23, 1977
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The film carries over none of the original's docudrama elements. It was followed by three films, Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues (1985), the only true sequel to the original film, Boggy Creek (2011) and The Legacy of Boggy Creek (2011). The latter two were released straight-to-video.

Plot

Two men travel deep into the woods to search for a Bigfoot-like creature called "Big Bay-Ty" which has recently been sighted near Boggy Creek. Three children secretly follow. Little do they know a hurricane is about to commence. While the men are driven off, the children stumble upon an old abandoned swamp cabin and hide inside when they hear the creature about. Discovering stolen food and soda bottle, they figure out the cabin is actually where Big Bay-Ty had taken us residence. As the hurricane touches down, the children try to seek refuge in a boat to survive the waves and hide from the ape-like creature. But to their surprise, Big Bay-Ty reveals himself to be a benevolent beast, bravely towing the boat through the storm to get the kids back near their home and safety. Big Bay-Ty leaves them in the morning, where the children awaken and are reunited with their parents.

Cast

• Dawn Wells as Jolene
• Dana Plato as Evie Jo
• David Sobiesk as John Paul
• Marcus Claudel as T-Fish
• Louis Belaire as The Monster

Reception

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On his website Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings, Dave Sindelar gave the film a negative review, calling it "an unoriginal and silly story that is not particularly well written and with highly variable acting".[1] Joseph A. Ziemba from Bleeding Skull.com offered the film similar criticism, stating that, although it featured some nice cinematography, it was ruined by poor acting, inept dialogue, "annoying greasy kids’ stuff" and poor pacing.[2] TV Guide awarded the film 1/5 stars, calling it "a fairly harmless kiddie outing".[3]

References

External links

• Return to Boggy Creek at AllMovie
• Return to Boggy Creek at IMDb
• Return to Boggy Creek at Rotten Tomatoes
• Return to Boggy Creek at the TCM Movie Database

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