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Finally, filming has begun on what is easily the most ambitious, and turbulent, fantasy film in the history of Chinese cinema, “Empires of the Deep.”

The film, which centers around an undersea kingdom ruled by mermaids, took about a year-and-a-half to get out of the development stages, due to rotating directors, leading ladies, and financial issues, began shooting, in earnest, April 22nd, under the direction of Michael French, who just recently stepped in to replace film maker Jonathan Lawrence, who in turn, replaced the French director Pitof.

Read: Cinematic Terrors Rise From The Deep – Mermaids, Giant Crabs, Giant Squid And The Lake Van Monster »

In a sleepy beach town, several friends, down on their luck and facing eviction, meet a stranger claiming to hold a map to legendary local treasure. It had been lost at sea when a ship carrying Mayan relics capsized in a storm off the coast of the Carolinas in 1718.
Now, all they have to do to resolve their financial woes forever is get to the island and locate the booty.

However, they soon find the island is a breeding ground for the mythical alien creatures known as Chupacabras, and that their existence on the island is irrevocably tied to the treasure they’ve come to claim.

The story reaches its climax, with a twist ending no one will see coming….

Read: Trey Howell Is Doing A Chupacabra Movie The Old-Fashioned Way In THE NEST »

Film maker Justin Buettner has just such a Bigfoot movie called, “Sawtooth”, which was filmed in the ‘first-person’ style made famous in such films as “Cloverfield” and “The Blair Witch Project”.

Read: New Photos And Trailers For Justin Buettner’s SAWTOOTH »

Let’s break this one down, Bigfoot is on the loose in Ozark Mountains, killing hapless hikers and hunters, a newspaper reporter is dispatched to get to the bottom of things, the local town sheriff wants to solve the murders, and the last remaining member of the Arkansas Cave (Indian) Tribe holds the secrets to the whole thing.

Read: Bill Barton’s Modern Bigfoot/Western Blood Forest Comes To DVD »

Okay, enough with the Bigfoot movies!

Do you know how many Bigfoot related horror movies are in production right now? Six….well seven, including this one, that I can think of.

Read: Fred Olen Ray Jumps Into The Bigfoot Movie Craze With “Sasquatch vs Chupacabra” »

Oh, what the heck? Let’s just make today, “Bigfoot Movie Friday”!

Read: Two New Clips From Jordan Blum’s Bigfoot Horror, ‘Savage’ »

Okay, I don’t want all of you Cryptozoology fans getting all worked up thinking that I have managed to get my hands on some photos that actually show Bigfoot attacking some guy. I’m sorry to report that these pics are from a movie, though if there were some shots like that, fake or otherwise, I would be the guy who would post them.

Read: New Evidence Of The Bloody Rage Of Bigfoot »

It seems fitting that Brian T. Jaynes would opt to debut the trailer for his upcoming “Boggy Creek” movie just a little over a week after the passing of legendary cult film maker Charles B. Pierce. As most of you know, Pierce made the original “Legend of Boggy Creek” film with $160,000 he borrowed from a friend. That film would go on to become a drive-in hit and fan favorite.

Read: The Brand-New Teaser Trailer For Brian Jaynes ‘Boggy Creek’ »

In true Wynorski form, the film maker is keeping the plot to this one under wraps until after it premiers, but he did describe it this way, “….a fun filled romp that tells the story of a boy, a boat and a sea monster”.

Read: Jim Wynorski Wants Everyone To Take A ‘Monster Cruise’ »

I know that I have really beaten the fact that there are a plethora of Bigfoot movies being made out there right now into the ground, so I’m not going to force you to mill over the ever growing list yet again.

That being said, I am going to make note of one of these films that I touched on in a prior article called “The Legend of Grassman.”

Read: The Meyer Brothers Turn “The Legend Of Grassman” Into A Feature Film »

If I were to roll up to you on the street and ask you, “What is eight-feet-tall, covered in hair and has a head like a jack-o-lantern?”, you would think that I was about to lay some lame riddle on you, right?

That, however, would not be the case at all. I would be asking you if you had ever heard of the Momo, a Bigfoot-like monster that is a local legend in Missouri.

Read: MOMO – Bigfoot Crossed With The Headless Horseman »

UPDATE: “The Legend of Boggy Creek” Director Charles B. Pierce Dead At Age 71 Written By: Ken Hulsey I was inspired to go into my DVD collection this weekend and pull out my copy of “The Legend of Boggy Creek” after I had watched the “Monster Quest” episode on the “Fouke Monster” or “The Swamp […]

Read: The Legend Of Boggy Creek (1972)(Charles B. Pierce) »