CREATURE FROM BLACK LAKE: LURKING SHADOWS AND LEGENDS IN THE SWAMPLANDS OF SUSPENSE
Murky Depths: Unearthing “Creature from Black Lake” “It always happens in the middle of nowhere,” a chilling teaser for 1976’s “Creature from Black Lake,” directed by Joy Houck Jr., echoes the isolated dread synonymous with rural horror. As much a snapshot of 70s B-movie culture as it is an obscure entry in the cryptid canon,…