Legend of the Bog (2009)

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:

Assault of Darkness (UK) (DVD title)
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 | Singapore:M18

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: The "Bog Man" is seen to "make" his own shoes early on in the film, but later on he can clearly be seen wearing modern shoes with molded rubber soles.

Quotes:

Mr. Hunter: [Zombie like critter bites Mr. Hunter's boot and pulls it off during struggle. He responds by cutting her hand off and she slides/falls down a slope into the swamp]
Mr. Hunter: Gimme me boot back you swamp snubber.
[Zombie throws the boot and motions for something back]
Mr. Hunter: [Mr. Hunter throws the hand back]
[Zombie catches the hand and waves thank you]

Movie Connections:

References "Tales from the Crypt" (1989)

How to behead a concept

Sweet LORD this is without a shadow of a doubt one of the WORST films, let alone horror films I have ever seen, the cheapness of the budget shows more in the acting talent than anything else, with the exception of Vinnie Jones who puts in his usual performance as...well...Vinnie Jones. You would have thought he'd have developed some acting talent useful enough to broaden his range since LOCK STOCK but apparently not, he just grunts and mockneys his way through this heap like every other film unfortunate enough to be tainted by his embarrassingly unconvincing efforts at character realism. Also this film a lot of the time, especially for the first half doesn't appear to be sure to-be-sure whether or not it's a horror or an infomercial made for the travel and tourism board of Oireland, a lot of it seems to be jolly-begorrah panning shots of rural country or people going about their mundane business to the chirpy sound of Gaelic folk. The only saving grace to this joke is the on-the-floor-in-hysterics performance put in by whatever lunk they hired to play the bog man. He comes across like a supermarket trolley attendant lost in the woods on cheap speed, his facial expressions as he attempts to convey whatever the director told him to convey are priceless in their utter retardation, look out for a good bit at the end where the girl is squaring up to him, and for a minute he looks like he's building up to a really HUGE roar of fury, neck straining and everything, and then just suddenly looks confused, or constipated, a little embarrassed too. I'm totally in respect of the constraints in place once you've spunked most of your budget on hiring someone with some international kudos but no acting talent whatsoever to play one of your leads, but the least you can do is put SOME effort into redistributing the rest to good effect.