Bog

Bog is a RIOT! I watched it twice in one week after I figured out what a PERFECT bad movie it is. This movie has everything a bad movie should. In parts it is reminiscent of both Pod People and Giant Spider Invasion. It has crazy hermits that talk like cartoon characters, bumbling outdoorsy city husbands who lose their wives to the mysterious creature and take off after it with whatever firearms they can muster up, a creepy old livin'-in-the-woods-tellin'-fortunes lady, a sheriff who says such wonderful things as "hypodeemic nerdle" instead of hypodermic needle, and... well you get the picture. Perfect MST3K fodder!!!

There must be many different ways to look at BOG. I, however, can't find any of them. One has to wonder why the creators of this cinematic gem never chose to insert a "The" before the title, why an actress obviously plays two parts, or why the titular "bog" in question is actually a lake. Possibly the only defining moments in this film can be seen during the preview. Pay special attention to the cop who, completely off-cue, screams out "Look, look! Hey, look over there! Look!" Now there's some classic dialogue.

Some of the filming was also done in Lake Tomahawk Wisconsin.. specifically the old airport control tower which was used in exterior shots as the police station. There is also an aerial shot of downtown Minoqua (nearby Lake Tomahawk) in the opening sequence.This is currently enjoying something of a grassroots revival in Lake Tomahawk (July 2008) Legend has it that the cast and crew spent a significant amount of time imbibing at the local bars...Which might explain some of the acting. and Yes I can confirm that this is truly one of the worst movies ever made but totally brilliant because of it. With regards to the editing. It is so bad that I had originally thought it was the vintage vcr that it was playing on that was causing the tape to freeze but soon realized that it must be an "artsy" editing job.Reading the other comment about the editing I now realize that it is even worse than I had imagined which only adds to the aura of shoddiness and thus to it's unintentional brilliance

Intermittently fun but mostly tedious monster movie concerns a mysterious lake organism that's draining its victims of blood.

Local sheriff (Ray) struggles to contain the rapidly rising body count whilst romantically repressed boffins DeHaven and Thompson run the battery of tests, then engage in speculative scientific babble that gets them into such a lather they just can't resist one another a moment longer.

Despite the premise, this DIY eco-horror soap opera is virtually bloodless and spends too long in the lab and not enough time invested in building suspense whilst the special effects department is sorely lacking. Case in point, the scuba-diving scene is reasonably tense, but like the rest of the film it fails to realise its inherent potential, instead leading us back to more lab tests and banal hypotheses that evoke 'Creature from the Black Lagoon' on an 'Octaman' budget.

There's also a rather bizarre plot development akin to the contemporary 'Humanoids of the Deep' ('quick, before it infuses her!') which makes 'Bog' an even murkier proposition.

Technically competent, with a catchy easy-listening folk song theme ('Walk with Me' by Patricia Hopkins), the dialogue is regularly laborious but despite the tedious pacing and 50s sci-fi aesthetic there's just enough 'so bad it's good' capital to prove worthwhile for the ardent monster-movie aficionado.

BOG is one of those movies that cannot be described in words. Well, that is, if the words "atrocious" and "stomach-churning" and "mind-boggling" aren't in your vocabulary. The kissing scene, Jenson's ode to "the dummies," the gratuitous laboratory scenes and Adrianna's monologue dealing with the tribulations of the Namin/Wadna/Crat creature are all featured players when it comes to the hilarity of this stinker. I'm afraid, though, that the monster (or man in monster suit) takes the cake, ahem, rice-cake that is. Don't get me wrong, this film is great. It's one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I love it!