Grassmen of Ohio
Posted by: Loren Coleman on February 9th, 2010
But where are the Grasswomen?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvaZWv8AwiI
Okay, maybe I should have warned you? Alright, you’ve been warned. Warning the rest is on you. Hey, it’s important to support indies, right?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbJRFMCsOXc
Do you get the feeling that every American non-PWM “Bigfoot” movie since 1975, has been trying to recapture the excitement of The Legend of Boggy Creek? Meanwhile, reality television on this one has taken a decidedly sleepy approach…in the past.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVW0WCwot5o
But watch out. This week, MonsterQuest takes on MOTHMAN!!
- Similar Phenomena:
Yes, it is important to support independent film makers.
The trailer wasn’t bad, the teaser was a little better……BUT…..can they sustain story line, tension, emotion, drama, and your attention over the course of a 90 minute+ film? THAT is the deciding factor on whether a film maker and film has what it takes.
However, in my opinion, Paranormal Activity was subpar, yet it was widely released and grossed over $100M domestically.
With the success of films like Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity (both of which I liked for a variety of reasons), we are going to see much more of this kind of grass-roots advertising for low budget indie films. It makes sense in this day and age, and market, where the big movie companies are only interested in the “summer blockbusters”, it will be grass roots advertising that will help sell some of these fringe movies–and of course, some of them will be good and some will suck boggy creek water.
From the trailer, who knows…could be a waste–but if The LEgend of Boggy Creek tried to pick up a distributor in this day and age, it would almost certainly never get it, and would probably have been forced into this same kind of online advertising to get a following…or even knowledge that it was out there.