Bog (film)

Bog
Bog
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Don Keeslar
Written by	Carl Kitt
Produced by	Michelle Marshall
Starring	Gloria DeHaven; Aldo Ray; Marshall Thompson; Leo Gordon;
Cinematography	Jack Willoughby
Edited by	John Montonaro
Music by	Bill Walker
Production; companies	Bog Productions ; Nelsen Communications
Distributed by	Marshall Films
Release date	May 1979 (Albany, Georgia);
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Bog is a 1979 American independent horror film directed by Don Keeslar and starring Gloria DeHaven, Aldo Ray, Marshall Thompson, and Leo Gordon.

Plot

Dynamite fishing in a rural swamp revives a prehistoric gill monster that lives on the blood of human females. When a local is fishing with dynamite in Bog Lake, something larger pops to the surface: a green bug-eyed monster awakened from a long sleep, which promptly begins killing fishermen who stumble across its lair. When biologist Ginny Glenn (Gloria DeHaven) discovers the creature's evolutionary nature, the local sheriff decides to use various methods to destroy the beast. Eventually the monster is killed after it is rammed with a truck, but its eggs remain.

Cast

Gloria DeHaven as Ginny Glenn / Adrianna
Aldo Ray as Sheriff Neal Rydholm
Marshall Thompson as Dr. Brad Wednesday
Leo Gordon as Dr. John Warren
Glen Voros as Alan Tanner
Rohay North as Chuck Pierce
Carol Terry as May Tanner
Lou Hunt as Kim Pierce
Ed Clark as Deputy Jensen
Robert Fry as Wallace Fry
Leroy Winbush as Terry Taylor
Dan Killian as Bill Beckley
Don Daniel as Jim Hotchkiss
Charles Pitt as Deputy Corbett
Chris Harris as Deputy Siegel
Allen Krebs as extra in gun shop

Release

The film was given a limited release theatrically in the United States by Marshall Films in 1979.^{[citation needed]} It was subsequently released on VHS by Prism Entertainment Corporation.^{[citation needed]} The film was released on DVD by Trinity Home Entertainment on Nov 1, 2005 and in Canada later that year by Maple Pictures. It was released twice by Allegro Corporation, both in 2011.^[1] Dark Force Entertainment released it on Blu-Ray in the U.S. in June 2023 along with Mako The Jaws of Death.

Reception

Leonard Maltin awarded the film 1 star or BOMB, calling the film "Ultra-cheap" and "[an] ultra-bad time-killer".^[2] In his book Horror Films of the 1970s, film critic and independent filmmaker John Kenneth Muir gave the film 1 out of a possible 4 stars. In his review, Muir wrote, "They don't make movies like Bog anymore and we can all be grateful for that. This is a monster film made by people with only the most rudimentary knowledge of how to assemble a film. It is poorly acted, shot, written, and edited. It also commits the cardinal sin of being boring."^[3]

References

^ "Bog (1984) - Don Keeslar". AllMovie.com. AllMovie. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
^ Maltin, Leonard (2013). Leonard Maltin's 2014 Movie Guide. foPress. pp. 158. ISBN 9780451418104.
^ John Kenneth Muir (2002). Horror Films of the 1970s. McFarland. pp. 513–515. ISBN 978-0-7864-9156-8.

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[1] "Bog (1984) - Don Keeslar". AllMovie.com. AllMovie. Retrieved 31 March 2016.

[maltin14-2] Maltin, Leonard (2013). Leonard Maltin's 2014 Movie Guide. foPress. pp. 158. ISBN 9780451418104.

[Muir2002-3] John Kenneth Muir (2002). Horror Films of the 1970s. McFarland. pp. 513–515. ISBN 978-0-7864-9156-8.

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