The Wild Man of the Navidad (2008)

Based on the recently acquired journals of Texan Dale S. Rogers, this vintage horror tale debunks history books to tell the veracious, harrowing story of a rural Texas community whose ... See full summary »

Directors:

Duane Graves, Justin Meeks

Writers:

Duane Graves (screenplay), Justin Meeks (screenplay),

Stars:

Jacob Bargsley, James Bargsley, Kevin Bensmiller

Cast

Credited cast:
Jacob Bargsley	...	Kevin Pennell
James Bargsley	...	Melvin Pennell
Kevin Bensmiller	...	Local - Sighting
Joyce Benton	...	Cafe' Patron
Oscar Benton	...	Cafe' Patron
Nicole Biggers	...	Local - Viewing
Shannon Biggers	...	Tanya Lynch
William Booth	...	Mack Harris
Doyle Culpepper	...	Cafe' Loiterer #1
Murray Cutbirth	...	Charlie's Friend #1
Charlie Edwards	...	Local (Posse)
Alex Garcia	...	Mario Jalisco
Shasta Gaydos	...	Darleen McCullough
Edmond Geyer	...	Sheriff Lyle Pierce
Kelly Geyer	...	Local - Viewing

Storyline

Based on the recently acquired journals of Texan Dale S. Rogers, this vintage horror tale debunks history books to tell the veracious, harrowing story of a rural Texas community whose residents were terrified for years by a mysterious creature inhabiting the nearby woods.

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Plot Keywords:

texas | creature | urban legend | death | avant garde | 

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Taglines:

For years the town of Sublime, Texas was terrorized by a mysterious creature lurking in the nearby woods. The lucky ones lived to tell about it ...

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

Spanish English

Release Date:

24 April 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

O agrianthropos tou Navidad

Filming Locations:

Boerne, Texas, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$7,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Greeks Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie's first screening was held at the Plestex Theater in Pleasanton, Texas, in the same room as the premiere of Steven Spielberg's major motion picture debut The Sugarland Express, which filmed in the same area with many of the locals cast as extras.

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Quotes

Melvin Pennell: Stick your finger in that, boy.
Kevin Pennell: It's wet, daddy.
Melvin Pennell: That's what they call pear pussy. Pear pussy, boy.

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Connections

References Creature from Black Lake (1976)

User Reviews

Flawed old-school creature feature

After a series of strange attacks and incidents in a small town, a group of friends get together to hunt down the malicious beast stalking the residents and put an end to it's reign of terror.

This turned out to be a pretty disappointing Bigfoot entry, as this one really could've been quite good had it managed to keep attention and focus on the strange attacks afflicting the towns-members instead of the ungodly amount of time with the residents and their problems. Not that a little info isn't bad on them, but they come at the expense of the creature attacks as it's mostly getting a complete history of the locals before stuff starts to happen, and the creature doesn't start getting in on things until just under the hour mark. Those are really good, with some pretty brutal attacks getting in some pretty decent gore shots and the day-time setting for the whole film is rather pleasant, if only the creature's costume would've looked better. Still, the lowered amount of time spent here on these sections of the film means it's quite a while before we get to the good stuff, flawed as it is by's low-budget nature that somewhat hurts it, but overall this is a throwback to the Grindhouse style of shockers so those who enjoy them will find a lot more here instead of more traditional creature-feature fans.

Rated R: Graphic Language and Graphic Violence.