Legend of the Bog (2009)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Director:

Brendan Foley

Writer:

Brendan Foley (writer)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Plot:

When a 'bog body' a 2000 year old murder victim preserved in a peat bog is disturbed by developers in rural Ireland, an archaeologist, a hunter and their helpers face the task of sending him back where he came from.

Cast

Vinnie Jones	...	Mr. Hunter
Jason Barry	...	Professor David Wallace
Nora-Jane Noone	...	Saiorse Reilly
Adam Fogerty	...	Bog Body
Gavin Kelty	...	Deano Doyle
Amy Huberman	...	Hannah Ross
Shelly Goldstein	...	Val Leary
Olga Wehrly	...	Mallory Ross
Michael Collins	...	Construction foreman
Paul Valentine	...	Construction worker
Glen Barry	...	Damo the Shop
Charlene Gleeson	...	Lorna Dunn
Sheamus O'Shaunessy	...	Celtic warrior
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Aran Condren	...	Kid 2 at circus
Sean Condren	...	Kid 1 at circus

Also Known As:

Bog Bodies (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence, disturbing images and brief sexuality.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Ireland

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Company:

Bog Body Films

Trivia:

The "Bog Man" is heard speaking occasionally throughout the movie. A lot of what he says is nothing other than grunting, but several phrases are actually modern Irish Gaelic, specifically, "Uisce" (water) and "Saoirse" (freedom, usage is unrelated to the name of the female lead).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the group are foraging for food around the cabin, one of them "digs up" a potato. However, it had clearly been placed there, as there were no roots attached and no potato plant leaves above ground.

Movie Connections:

References The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

Bog almighty, what utter crap!

This film's main contribution must be that it constitutes irrefutable evidence against creationist notions of an intelligent designer of mankind. A truly intelligent designer would not just have provided us with eyelids to avoid watching this kind of rubbish, he would have given us earlids as well to protect our brains against the utterly inane and imbecille dialogue. Fortunately, we have legs, so at least one can walk away from what must be one of the worst movies ever made. It has NO redeeming features. It is not even bad in such a way as to be amusing or entertaining. It is just plain BAD. Inane, idiotic, imbecille, illogical, inconsistent...