Product Details

• Actors: Locals
• Directors: Dana Holyfield
• Writers: Dana Holyfield
• Producers: Dana Holyfield
• Format: NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: HONEY ISLAND SWAMP BOOKS 2 FILM
• DVD Release Date: March 29, 2011
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000X02HEE
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #91,177 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars AUdio Issues, March 16, 2010

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shacary "Shacary" (Illinois United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Legend Of The Honey Island Swamp Monster (DVD)

while the premise is good and the new footage [ well old ] it was impossible to get into the documentary as the audio was soooooo bad.
It was so garbled that i could not hear the witnesses stories or much of anything else. scenicly it was beautiful, but despite the low price,and honest interest in Manimals, I would not advise purchasing it for those reasons alone.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I watched at a friend's and just bought a copy for my collection!, June 11, 2009

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Jane Smithson "Pearl River Traveler" (Mississippi) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Legend Of The Honey Island Swamp Monster (DVD)

I had heard tales about the Louisiana Honey Island Swamp Monster, and watched this film while visiting a friend, who had bought his DVD at a Louisiana Gift Shop. I enjoyed the movie because it was not a big budget Hollywood film, but raw and real with authentic Swamper story-tellers who lived on houseboats and river camps. Most of the eye-witness encounters were believable, though a few make you wonder. It is the legend and lure about this creature that is so facinating. I think my children would also enjoy it because they like monster movies and this one is tame enough for them to view, so I just ordered a copy for our collection. I also enjoyed the swamp scenery and original music.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Bigfoot in the Big Easy, July 22, 2010

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Robert I. Hedges - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Legend Of The Honey Island Swamp Monster (DVD)

"The Legend of the Honey Island Swamp Monster" is an extremely low-budget bigfoot pseudo-documentary made by Dana Holyfield, granddaughter of the late Harland Ford, whose 1963 Louisiana swamp bigfoot footage inspired the project. While she is doubtlessly sincere in this project, the final product is highly unlikely to convert skeptics. The bulk of the DVD is interviews of locals and of a gentleman who is an author and "authority in the field of alternative knowledge", whatever that means. The remainder of the DVD is a nighttime trek through the swamps where there has been a Honey Island Swamp Monster sighting. There are lots of dogs barking, some unidentified sounds, a tailgate party gone awry, and an intense search for the creature...but it got away.

The best footage in the DVD is from one of Harlan Ford's early 1970's color film reels which purports to show the monster, though it is behind a lot of foliage and appears extremely briefly just before he ran out of film. The worst aspects of the DVD are the general quality of the interviews, and the accompanying terrible audio quality, which makes hearing and understanding the native's testimonials very difficult. I realize, also, that the film was made on a small budget, but when faced with a miniscule budget, it's generally best not to have original bigfoot-themed music added to the soundtrack. The re-enactment footage at the opening of the film is also quite entertaining for all the wrong reasons.

I am giving this DVD two stars. It is not of very high quality, and I seriously doubt many will be convinced by the presentation, but I do appreciate Dana Holyfield undertaking an independent film production. Although it's amateurish, she actually decided to make a movie about something she found compelling, did her very best, and made it happen. You have to admire tenaciousness, and in that regard bigfoot skeptics and believers alike owe her a thank you.