The Loch Ness Horror, or as I like to call it, what the f*** am I watching…was my movie choice on this rainy day today. I stumbled on to it through YouTube as it rolled into this while watching some different cryptid documentaries.
This movie was another gem from Larry Buchanan, (who also brought us Mars Needs Women and the Curse of the Swamp Creature) and starring Sandy Kenyon, Miki MacKenzie, Barry Buchanan and Eric Scott. The plot of the film, which I’ll let Wikipedia describe because it’s to insane is:
“The Loch Ness Monster is feeding on unsuspecting swimmers and eventually goes on a killing spree. There are three subplots: the monster’s egg that is ready to hatch, a scientist who wants to capture the beast, and a mysterious sunken Nazi bomber plane which the military is trying to cover up.”
The movie which was filmed in Lake Tahoe California, and not in fact on Loch Ness, starts with two men out on the lake looking for Nessie and finding her egg, Nessie of course didn’t really approve of this idea so she pops up and attacks like Godzilla with a vengeance. Let’s just say only one man makes it to shore, and he has escaped with her egg. Which maybe wasn’t the best idea as you can imagine. And this film does just happens to mention in the beginning that Nessie can also move around on dry land, that should have alerted me to what was to come.
The script was something special in itself, the young couple that is the “yankee” that came over to look for Nessie and a Scottish local girl was just crazy. The lead man kept saying over and over that he’d like to see the girl in a skirt. I have no idea why this had to be said over and over but if this is Buchanan’s attempt at flirting, it just comes off creepy. It would have been creepy in 1981 too!
The Loch Ness Monster is a puppet with the large head usually on a pole, and when she attacks the actors have to stand there patiently and not move while she slowly attacks. I just had to take a little recording so you could get the full idea of what I’m saying. And also because if I had to sit through this someone else should too!
But despite all this insanity I just laid out for you, I’m still going to recommend this movie to you if you love cryptid movies and/or cheesy B-movies. It was still a ridiculous amusement just begging for Riff Tracks to take it on. So pop some popcorn, grab a friend and just enjoy.
Have a great Sunday evening everyone…
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