Swamp Monster Movie Opens Today

Posted by: Craig Woolheater on September 9th, 2011

Looks like a new swamp monster movie opens in theaters today.

The biggest surprise is that the movie is not about Bigfoot, but a variant of Lizard Man.

Official website for Creature.

Deep in the Louisiana backcountry, the legend of Lockjaw lives on in the local lore.

To hear the locals tell the tale, the mythical beast has been lurking in the swamps for more than 50 years. A creature that is an abomination, combining “man’s fierce intellect” with the “killing instincts of the alligator,” is it just folklore or does such a predatory creature really haunt the brackish backwaters of Louisiana?

The select few who have survived an encounter with the monstrous beast were almost speechless with fear. In ‘Anatomy of a Creature,’ Deanne Summers explores the mythology of the creature, talking to survivors like Frannie Jenkins, Esther McDougal and Randy Gambil, who tried to explain the unexplainable. Frannie, who had a brief glimpse of the creature, exclaimed, “its arms were like alligator skins, like claws,” while Louisiana native, Esther, was horrified by its “guttural, awful screeching sound.” Even Randy Gambil, a strong man in the prime of his life, ran away in fear when he accidently stumbled upon “just legs and head and…blood” while the mysterious monster snacked on a deer.

‘Creature’ director Fred M. Andrews attempted to capture the humanity of ‘Lockjaw’ as he brings the legend to the big screen. Mehcad Brooks (‘Niles’), one of the stars of the movie, noted that this film is a bit of a departure from recent horror movies because “there’s a story behind the monster, there’s a mythology” but co-star Serinda Swan (‘Emily’) was not as serene, saying the creature “is truly petrifying, he’s one scary dude.”

As a woman who has lived in fear of the creature for her whole life, Esther believes, “everyone should make up their own mind about this” but warns that she is not concerned that someone is not going to find “this thing,” she’s worried that they will!

Perhaps Lawrence Wallace, who lost his dog to the red-eyed creature, summed it up best when he emphatically stated, “I ain’t never gonna forget what happened out here.”

It the creature real or just a modern day folklore? You be the judge. Watch ‘Anatomy of a Creature’ …check your local listings and/or watch our homepage for listing updates. For Hollywood’s version of the legend of ‘Lockjaw,’ catch ‘Creature’ at a theater near you, premiering September 9, 2011.

‘Creature’ stars Mehcad Brooks, Serinda Swan, Dillon Casey, Aaron Hill, Amanda Fuller, Lauren Schneider and Sid Haig.

What do you think? Is the legend of ‘Lockjaw’ just a “Southern fried version of Bigfoot”? Connect with us on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube and tell us!

Source: TV’s ‘Anatomy of a Creature’ Explores the Legend of ‘Lockjaw’ – The Myth Behind the Movie

Video: The Making of a Monster, Creature Featurette

About Craig Woolheater
Co-founder of Cryptomundo in 2005. I have appeared in or contributed to the following TV programs, documentaries and films: OLN's Mysterious Encounters: "Caddo Critter", Southern Fried Bigfoot, Travel Channel's Weird Travels: "Bigfoot", History Channel's MonsterQuest: "Swamp Stalker", The Wild Man of the Navidad, Destination America's Monsters and Mysteries in America: Texas Terror - Lake Worth Monster, Animal Planet's Finding Bigfoot: Return to Boggy Creek and Beast of the Bayou.


2 Responses to “Swamp Monster Movie Opens Today”

  1. springheeledjack responds:

    Ah sadly, yes I have a confession to make: I’m an obsessive horror fan…of course I am always looking for the one “good, quality” horror movie in the great mass of crap. And this one is probably in the latter category–with a headline like “Blood, sex, terror” it’s probably sci-fi channel worthy at best…but I’ll probably give it a watch just in the hope. 🙂

    When is the next Boggy Creek movie due out?

  2. hockeybear responds:

    God, that movie looks horrible.

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