More of a comical mockumentary the film Momo: The Missouri Monster tries to make a statement that their swamp monster is better than the others, i.e. Bigfoot. Not only more improved, but scarier and connected to the Universe. The movie reminds me of another that I reviewed this year called Terror in the Skies, a horror documentary featuring large birds resembling a Peterodactyls that centers on cities in the same state.
Momo’s Opening Statement: “Stories are not lived but told. There are no stories out there in the world waiting to be told. They have to be invented” Louis Mink (Philosopher)
Addendum to Opening Statement: “Motion pictures are the art form of the 20th century, and one of the reasons is the fact that films are a slightly corrupted art form,” Roger Corman (Film Producer)
Welcome horror fans to “Spooky Yet True Cryptid Encounter Tales” Blackburn’s Cryptid Casefiles. The episodes in this movie are from a filmmaker by the name of Charles B. Pierce who made a horror movie in the early 1970’s about a monster roaming the swamps of Southern Arkansas. It was called “The Legend of Boggy Creek” and became a big hit on the Drive-In Movie circuit bringing in a lot of dollars. It opened the door to many other films that were made cheaply in hopes that they could make big money.
In 1975 a film crew set out to make a movie about another famous hairy monster Momo: The Missouri Monster. For some reason they never released it. Blackburn found the only known copy of the film. The result is this disjointed and discombobulated piece of entertainment that gets billed as a horror film.
Now, just in case what you see in the film may actually be true and there was or still is a hairy monster lose in America, I reserve the right to take back any comments that are made that doubt the information herein. After all I doubted The Blair Witch Project and they ended up making a sequel of the film. Of course I still doubt that debacle.
On the way to see Alice Cooper (singer/actor) two women Joan and Mary are riding down a country road in their vintage VW. They pull over by a river to take a break and eat their packed lunch. A hairy monster attacks their car. It’s the beginning of Blackburn’s show and he cuts in from time to time to give you another glimpse of footage from the “original” movie. It goes on from there where two young boys Wally and Terry Harrison see the beast, people at Harrison’s Diner talk about it, the Steele residence get together, a ladies picnic, UFO sightings, and other events that happened in conjunction.
Well there you have it. The movie is not rated, but is still inappropriate for teens because they will probably boo all the information shown. It’s now on DVD and Vimeo, Amazon, and VIDI Space.
FINAL ANALYSIS: As if it needs an analysis…. A bit foolish, um a lot foolish. (1 out of 5 Stars)
Specifications and additional video information:
Cast: Elizabeth Saint, Sara Heddleston, Janet Jay
Hosted by: Lyle Blackburn
Director and co-writer: Seth Breedlove
Director of Photography: Zac Palmisano
MPAA Rating: Not rated
Genre: Horror
Running Time: 1 hr. 22 min
Video Release Date: September 20, 2019
Language: English
Reviewed Format: DVD
Subtitles: None
Number of Discs: 1 Disc
Distributed by: Small Town Monster
Released on: DVD and Vimeo, Amazon, and VIDI Space
Writer, critic, film editor John Delia, Sr. has been on all sides of the movie business from publications to film making. He has worked as a film critic with ACED Magazine for more than 20 years and other publications for a total of 40 years. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Florida. John is a member of the Southeastern Film Critics Association and Critics Association of Central Florida Send John a message at jdelia@acedmagazine.com
