Tubi Thursday: Creature from Black Lake (1976)

 No, it is not the Lagoon.
Yes, I do still wonder why we haven't had a real Sequel or Remake of that in Decades.

This is actually a Bigfoot Film from the '70s...

We get all 'artsy' in the Intro as we cross cut between these two guys out in the Swamp and a Lecturer at a College Campus.

One ends in a missing person...

...while the other ends with two likely to soon be missing people.

They are College Students who plan to investigate the titular Creature.

Why does their Professor agree?  He's the Director- duh!

They go to Town and want to learn about the creature.

The Townspeople- most notably the Sheriff- don't want to talk about it and want the folks to leave.

Others think that it is funny.

This man- from the beginning- does not find it funny, as his friend is dead.

We'll see him in the Third Act.

Throughout the first two Acts, we see random flashbacks involving the Creature told by people.

Cool.
Can this just be part of the actual Story and not just filler though?

Thanks.

Our Heroes find evidence of the creature and keep looking for more proof.

Of course, someone is looking for them too.

Will they survive?

To find out, stream the Film now.  It only took me 5 years to actually get around to Reviewing this, so don't take that long yourself.

A decent piece of southern fried Horror from the Drive-In Era.  It is silly.  It is dopey.  It has moments of Horror, but also Comedy and oddity.

There's allot of these, aren't there?  Yes.

This is a Bigfoot version of the formula, and it has some good moments in it.  The Bigfoot stuff is honestly not bad.

It is not amazing, but it is pretty good.

Too bad there's so little of it in the Film. 

In lieu of that, we get random Drama, random Comedy and lots of Actors that add little to things.  One poor lady is Credited in the Film...but then listed as Sheriff's Daughter instead.  Mind you, her friend is named 'Michelle' and the Actresses' name is...Michelle.

In summary, there's about 20 minutes or so of really good to decent stuff in the Film and lots of filler.  It is the same as getting your Beef on the cheap and it is actually about 60% bread filler.  

Now wash your hands, Steve!

Fans of this kind of Film will look past the silliness of the filler (and actually enjoy it).  Straight Horror Fans will probably lose interest by the 2nd Act though.