May 9, 1999

The Barbaric Beast of Boggy Creek, the third of the Boggy Creek films—which were loosely based on the legendary Fouke Monster of southwest Arkansas—was featured on the cult favorite show Mystery Science Theatre 3000, which presented heavily edited versions of B movies accompanied by humorous commentary lampooning the films. In Beast, writer, director, and star Charles Pierce of Texarkana (Miller County) plays University of Arkansas (UA) professor Brian C. “Doc” Lockhart, who, along with his students, searches for the creature that still haunts Boggy Creek. Beast features several recognizable shots of UA, including footage from a Razorbacks game.