Romance of the Limberlost

The Damned Thing

January 1975 •

Doctor who lived at the edge of a swamp was found murdered with his neck slaughtered. Investigator, together with a jury made ​​up of local farmers, comes into the doctor's cabin and tries to discover the cause of his death. The two sources may be of any help: a diary of the doctor, and the testimony of a journalist, the doctor's friend, who was with him at the moment of death. Based on the Ambrose Bierce novel with the same name.

The Defiant Ones

August 1958 •English

Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.

Grave Decisions

August 2006 •German

In this black comedy set in small-town Bavaria, 11-year-old Sebastian thinks you can never be too young to be a murderer. He's convinced that he killed his mother on the day he was born and is certain he's already been condemned to purgatory. Deciding he might be able to knock off a few years of his sentence by doing good deeds, Sebastian sets out to find a wife for his father Lorenz. When Lorenz and Sebastian's schoolteacher Veronika fall madly in love with each other, it seems the heavens must be smiling. There's just one hitch: Veronika is married.

Untamed Fury

March 1947 •English

The swamp folk of the deep Okefenokee live a brutal primitive life untouched by modern times - they support themselves by hunting alligators and selling them to the outside world. Jeff returns home from college with an engineering degree and dreams of bringing modern medical care and education to the swamps. He is immediately confronted by his old boyhood rival, "Gator-Bait" Blair, who thinks things are just fine the way the are. "Gator" whips the ignorant locals into a frenzy of fear and resistance. When Jeff is unintimidated by their threats, Blair sets out to stop his plans once and for all - with a rifle.

The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou

February 1971 •English

Black Water

February 2008 •English

Based on true events, Grace, her boyfriend Adam, and her younger sister, Lee, are on holiday in Northern Australia when they decide to take a tour down a river. As they drift into a swamp, their boat suddenly capsizes. Stranded in the flooded swamp, the three tourists must figure out what to do to survive as they realize they are being watched through the black water.

Ten Canoes

June 2006 •English

A story within a story within a story. In Australia's Northern Territory, an Aboriginal narrator tells a story about his ancestors on a goose hunt. A youngster on the hunt is being tempted to adultery with his elder brother's wife, so an elder tells him a story from the mythical past about how evil can slip in and cause havoc unless prevented by virtue according to customary tribal law.

Man-Thing

April 2005 •English

Agents of an oil tycoon vanish while exploring a swamp marked for drilling. The local sheriff investigates and faces a Seminole legend come to life: Man-Thing, a shambling swamp-monster whose touch burns those who feel fear.

Ivan's Childhood

May 1962 •Russian

In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German lines and strikes a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers.

Good-bye, My Lady

May 1956 •English

An old man and a young boy who live in the southeastern Mississippi swamps are brought together by the love of a dog.

Creature from Black Lake

March 1976 •English

Some fishermen are attacked in the Louisiana swamps. When the word gets out of a mysterious Bigfoot-type creature, two researchers come to a small town to study and hopefully discover what the beast is. Their research from some farmers help the two men to learn that the creature may be a very angry and murderous missing link.

Swamp Water

November 1941 •English

A hunter happens upon a fugitive and his daughter living in a Georgia swamp. He falls in love with the girl and persuades the fugitive to return to town.

Moonrise

October 1948 •English

Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persistent tormentor. As the police close in around him, he makes a desperate bid for the love of the dead man’s fiancée, a schoolteacher who sees the wounded soul behind his aggression.

The Louisiana Hussy

April 1959 •English

Cajun newlyweds must deal with the jealousy of his brother, who also loved her, and the arrival of a mysterious seductress in their bayou backwater.

Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party

November 2001 •English

Shrek and his friends enjoy themselves with some Karaoke partying.

Ruby Gentry

December 1952 •English

A sexy but poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn't love, but carries a torch for another man.

Swamp Girl

January 1971 •English

A little blonde girl who is abandoned by her parents in the Florida swamps is rescued and raised by a black man she calls her "Pa".

Shy People

December 1987 •English

A Cosmo Magazine journalist and her daughter leave New York City to visit their distant relatives deep in the bayous of Louisiana.

The Paperboy

September 2012 •English

A reporter returns to his Florida hometown to investigate a case involving a death row inmate.

Tammy and the Bachelor

June 1957 •English

An unsophisticated young woman from the Mississippi swamps falls in love with an unconventional southern gentleman.