The Legend of Loch Ness (1976)

 

My parents were saints. 

Instead of getting a child who loved playing football or one who was devoted to scholarship, they got a chubby kid who wanted to be a stuntman and who was obsessed with the Loch Ness Monster. 

I wish my dad were around so I could apologize every day.

Director Richard Martin also directed King MonsterJaws of DeathUFO JournalsUFO Syndrome and The Lost City of Atlantis. His IMDb bio states that “Richard Martin has been an active member of the entertainment industry for over thirty-five years as a motion picture and television executive. Serving as Chief Executive Officer for Transworld Films and Cinema Arts, he was responsible for the development and production of over a dozen major theatrical releases. Richard helped pioneer the revolutionary movement of “Four Walling,” a system of combining film production, marketing, distribution and theater leasing.

Someone alert Sunn Classics. Kroger Babb, too.

Like most of his paranormal films, this is narrated by Arthur Franz, who appeared in Invaders from Mars, Monster on the Campus, The Atomic Submarine and more. This goes from the stuff you expected, like you know, the Loch Ness Monster, before the focus goes all over the place, and we learn about fish fossils and lizards. We also see a jet boat crash and see Boleskine, the home of Crowley, which was once owned by Jimmy Page.

Will we also watch a priest try to exorcise Loch Ness? Yes, we will. There’s also a shark, so every exploitation topic in 1976 is covered. I’m surprised this doesn’t have inserts.

You can watch this on YouTube.

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