Legend of Fall Creek (2021) Review
Legend of Fall Creek (2021) Review
On a chilly Halloween night in 1988, Fall Creek Valley turned upside down when Robert “Bobby” Maxwell disappeared from a party. On the 20 Year Anniversary, BLOODY BOBBY seeks revenge on his tormentors who sealed his fate with a blood pact.
THE LEGEND OF FALL CREEK was produced in 2016 and is receiving a release rather perplexingly a couple of months after it’s sequel BLOODY BOBBY 2 (also entitled BLACK PUMPKIN) saw the light of day on digital. Quite why the sequel was released BEFORE the original film, which has been renamed from BLOODY BOBBY, actually makes as much as sense as this alleged ‘grindhouse’ flick from director Anthony Hall and co-director Ryan McGonagle.
At the start of THE LEGEND OF FALL CREEK we are offered what is effectively a disclaimer which reads as follows….GRINDHOUSE, A term to describe a movie that sacrifices the traditional film-making concepts such as good acting, character development, production values, creative directing and a understandable plot outline in favor for sex, nudity, violence, and other shocking themes. (Shouldn’t that be ‘an understandable’ rather than ‘a understandable’)?
I enjoy classic grindhouse flicks and it’s true that much of what makes the list detailed above is valid, grindhouse flicks have all that and more, and that ‘more’ is something that is unfortunately not present here. That ‘more’ is some semblance of watchability which sadly this does not have. I really enjoyed this film’s sequel BLACK PUMPKIN which is also grubby and rough around the edges but it’s also better made, entertaining and one I would recommend seeking out.
In fact the film’s opening disclaimer should read as an apology to the viewer, it’s almost like they are saying ‘we know we’ve made a bad film, but hey, let’s pretend it’s a homage to grindhouse and therefore intentional’. From the irritating tiresome tirade against ‘gay propaganda’ in the form of He-Man to the irksome Reggie there’s little here to warm to and consequently it became less of a viewing pleasure and more of a chore.
