Wild Man of the Navidad (V)

4119-poster
release date August 11 2009
studio IFC/MPI
director Duane Graves, Justin Meeks
writer Duane Graves, Justin Meeks
starring Jacob Bargsley, James Bargsley, Kevin Bensmiller
tagline History tells one story. Truth tells another.
trailer 1 Trailer #1

Synopsis

In 1975, the small town of Sublime, Texas had an encounter with a creature so horrifying that it remains legend today: Deep in the woods along the Navidad River, someone – or something – has left its lair to rip a trail of ferocious carnage through the local population. Is it man, monster or Lone Star myth? And in a rural community commanded by the Bible, corrupted by moonshine and ruled by rifles, can anything stop the vengeance of a beast unleashed? “Pass the popcorn and hook that speaker to the driver’s side window,” raves Film Threat. “THE WILD MAN OF THE NAVIDAD has a lot of heart and captures the essence of ‘60s and ‘70s grindhouse/drive-in horror!”

Official Review

Steeped in the 1970s aesthetic of faux-documentaries like The Legend of Boggy Creek, directors Duane Graves and Justin Meeks have crafted a down home, corn pone variation of the Bigfoot legend, a “based on true events” yarn about a dangerous man-creature that terrorizes the bottoms of the Navidad River outside of Sublime,
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Official Score: 3 / 5