Charles B. Pierce

Charles B. Pierce

Charles Bryant Pierce (June 16, 1938 – March 5, 2010) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, set decorator, cinematographer and actor, and is considered one of the first independent filmmakers. Pierce directed thirteen films over the span of 26 years, but is best known for his cult hits The Legend of Boggy Creek (1973) and The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976). Pierce was born in Hammond, Indiana, but moved to Arkansas early in his childhood. After working in production jobs at television stations, Pierce moved to Texarkana and started an advertising agency. He made his directorial debut with The Legend of Boggy Creek, a faux documentary-style film inspired by the legend of the Bigfoot-like Fouke Monster. The film was funded largely by a donation from an advertising client, and Pierce rented a local movie theater to exhibit it. The low-budget film grossed roughly $25 million. Pierce followed the success with several inexpensive, regional films set in Southeastern and Southwestern United States. Among them were The Town That Dreaded Sundown, based on the true story of the Phantom Killer murders in Texarkana. Pierce continued directing films into the 1980s, when he wrote the story for the Clint Eastwood film Sudden Impact (1983). For that screenplay, he is said to have written the phrase, "Go ahead, make my day," which became one of the most famous movie quotes in history. After years of pressure from producers, Pierce directed a Boggy Creek sequel, Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues (1985), which he considered the worst film of his career. The sequel was featured in a 1999 episode of the comedy television series Mystery Science Theater 3000, which ultimately increased Pierce's visibility. Pierce died of natural causes in Dover, Tennessee. His work has been cited as an influence on the horror film The Blair Witch Project (1999). Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles B. Pierce, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Charles B. Pierce
  • Popularity: 0.4636
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1938-06-16
  • Place of Birth: Hammond, Indiana, U.S.
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Charles B. Pierce Movies

  • 1976
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    The Town That Dreaded Sundown

    The Town That Dreaded Sundown

    5.78 1976 HD

    When two young lovers are savagely beaten and tortured on a back country road in Texarkana, local police are baffled and must find "the Phantom Killer" before he can kill again.

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  • 1986
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    The Aurora Encounter

    The Aurora Encounter

    4.3 1986 HD

    In 1897, residents of a small Texas town are visited by a benevolent extraterrestrial being whose presence divides the community.

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  • 1984
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    Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues

    Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues

    2.6 1984 HD

    Having heard tales of Bigfoot wreaking havoc in the swamps of Louisiana, a zoology professor sets out to investigate these strange occurrences for himself, aided by a ragtag team. Hitting the road in their camper, the group encounter person after person who relay their strange and often frightening encounters with the beast, while the creature itself remains elusive...

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  • 2014
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    The Town that Dreaded Sundown

    The Town that Dreaded Sundown

    5.791 2014 HD

    A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.

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  • 2001
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    Man and Cat

    Man and Cat

    7 2001 HD

    Man lives with his best friend, Cat, to defend others from big bad.

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  • 1976
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    The Winds of Autumn

    The Winds of Autumn

    5.8 1976 HD

    In 1884, an eleven-year-old Quaker boy sets out on his own to seek revenge against a gang of outlaws who senselessly murdered his family.

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  • 2021
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    The Man From Boggy Creek

    The Man From Boggy Creek

    1 2021 HD

    A retrospective look at the life and work of the influential independent filmmaker, Charles B. Pierce.

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  • 2006
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    Family

    Family

    1 2006 HD

    This is unknown animated movie about family.

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  • 1974
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    Bootleggers

    Bootleggers

    5 1974 HD

    A bunch of bootleggers run booze in the South.

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  • 1972
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    The Legend of Boggy Creek

    The Legend of Boggy Creek

    5 1972 HD

    A documentary-style drama based on true accounts of the Fouke Monster in Arkansas.

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  • 1973
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    The Night Strangler

    The Night Strangler

    6.7 1973 HD

    After being run out of Las Vegas, reporter Carl Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he’s on the trail of another string of bizarre murders. It seems that every 21 years, for the past century, a killer murders a certain number of people, drains them of their blood, and then disappears into the night. Kolchak is on his trail, but can he stop him?

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  • 1977
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    Grayeagle

    Grayeagle

    5.6 1977 HD

    A young Cheyenne warrior, who goes by the name Grayeagle, kidnaps the daughter of a grizzled frontier man John Colter who goes on an epic search for his daughter Beth, aided by a friendly native...

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  • 1973
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    Scream Blacula Scream

    Scream Blacula Scream

    5.8 1973 HD

    After an aging voodoo priestess dies, her arrogant son Willis Daniel's believes he is next in line to lead. He is outraged when Lisa, his mother's adopted apprentice is chosen as the leader. Willis seeks revenge by reviving the African prince Blacula — but soon finds that he cannot control him.

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  • 1978
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    The Norseman

    The Norseman

    3.3 1978 HD

    An 11th-century Viking prince sails to America to find his father, who on a previous voyage had been captured by Indians.

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  • 1978
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    The Norseman

    The Norseman

    3.3 1978 HD

    An 11th-century Viking prince sails to America to find his father, who on a previous voyage had been captured by Indians.

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  • 1978
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    The Norseman

    The Norseman

    3.3 1978 HD

    An 11th-century Viking prince sails to America to find his father, who on a previous voyage had been captured by Indians.

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  • 1976
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    The Town That Dreaded Sundown

    The Town That Dreaded Sundown

    5.78 1976 HD

    When two young lovers are savagely beaten and tortured on a back country road in Texarkana, local police are baffled and must find "the Phantom Killer" before he can kill again.

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  • 1987
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    Hawken's Breed

    Hawken's Breed

    3.692 1987 HD

    Hawken is a rugged drifter and loner who meets and comes to rescue a young Shawnee woman, named Spirit in 1840s Tennessee, whom he leaves after saving her from a rouge group of Shawnee Indians. After taking up residence with an old fur trapper and old friend named Jeb Kline, Hawken later meets Spirit again whom runs away from a local fur trader named Tackett, whom she is sold to. Soon, Hawken is up against Tackett and a posse of hired killers, as well as a greedy and racist land owner, named Hickman, who's long abused son Noel whom narrates the entire story, comes to his and Spirit's aid to help them survive.

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  • 1987
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    Hawken's Breed

    Hawken's Breed

    3.692 1987 HD

    Hawken is a rugged drifter and loner who meets and comes to rescue a young Shawnee woman, named Spirit in 1840s Tennessee, whom he leaves after saving her from a rouge group of Shawnee Indians. After taking up residence with an old fur trapper and old friend named Jeb Kline, Hawken later meets Spirit again whom runs away from a local fur trader named Tackett, whom she is sold to. Soon, Hawken is up against Tackett and a posse of hired killers, as well as a greedy and racist land owner, named Hickman, who's long abused son Noel whom narrates the entire story, comes to his and Spirit's aid to help them survive.

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  • 1979
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    The Evictors

    The Evictors

    6.484 1979 HD

    A nice young couple move into an eerie house located in a small Louisiana town, unaware of its violent history.

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  • 1979
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    The Evictors

    The Evictors

    6.484 1979 HD

    A nice young couple move into an eerie house located in a small Louisiana town, unaware of its violent history.

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  • 1975
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    Winterhawk

    Winterhawk

    6.5 1975 HD

    Smallpox plagues Chief Winterhawk's tribe. He seeks cure from the white men, who in turn, in fear of getting the smallpox, kill two of his companions. Winterhawk comes back to kidnap a girl and her brother from the white men's settlement, and thus begins the chase...

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  • 1975
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    Winterhawk

    Winterhawk

    6.5 1975 HD

    Smallpox plagues Chief Winterhawk's tribe. He seeks cure from the white men, who in turn, in fear of getting the smallpox, kill two of his companions. Winterhawk comes back to kidnap a girl and her brother from the white men's settlement, and thus begins the chase...

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  • 1975
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    Winterhawk

    Winterhawk

    6.5 1975 HD

    Smallpox plagues Chief Winterhawk's tribe. He seeks cure from the white men, who in turn, in fear of getting the smallpox, kill two of his companions. Winterhawk comes back to kidnap a girl and her brother from the white men's settlement, and thus begins the chase...

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  • 1974
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    Bootleggers

    Bootleggers

    5 1974 HD

    A bunch of bootleggers run booze in the South.

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  • 1974
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    Bootleggers

    Bootleggers

    5 1974 HD

    A bunch of bootleggers run booze in the South.

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  • 1983
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    Sacred Ground

    Sacred Ground

    6 1983 HD

    SACRED GROUND tells the fact-based story of a mountain man and his Indian wife who happen upon a partially built cabin and finish it for their own home, not realizing that they occupy a sacred burial ground. A Paiute burial party clashes with the couple and in the ensuing skirmish, the wife is critically wounded while in the middle of childbirth. Bitter over her loss and needing a wetnurse for his baby, he steals one of the Paiute woman who had just lost a baby. In this modern version of Helen of Troy, the battle is on, as he takes on the whole band in a desperate attempt to survive. Written by Dale Roloff

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  • 1983
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    Sacred Ground

    Sacred Ground

    6 1983 HD

    SACRED GROUND tells the fact-based story of a mountain man and his Indian wife who happen upon a partially built cabin and finish it for their own home, not realizing that they occupy a sacred burial ground. A Paiute burial party clashes with the couple and in the ensuing skirmish, the wife is critically wounded while in the middle of childbirth. Bitter over her loss and needing a wetnurse for his baby, he steals one of the Paiute woman who had just lost a baby. In this modern version of Helen of Troy, the battle is on, as he takes on the whole band in a desperate attempt to survive. Written by Dale Roloff

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  • 1976
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    The Winds of Autumn

    The Winds of Autumn

    5.8 1976 HD

    In 1884, an eleven-year-old Quaker boy sets out on his own to seek revenge against a gang of outlaws who senselessly murdered his family.

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  • 1984
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    Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues

    Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues

    2.6 1984 HD

    Having heard tales of Bigfoot wreaking havoc in the swamps of Louisiana, a zoology professor sets out to investigate these strange occurrences for himself, aided by a ragtag team. Hitting the road in their camper, the group encounter person after person who relay their strange and often frightening encounters with the beast, while the creature itself remains elusive...

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  • 1984
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    Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues

    Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues

    2.6 1984 HD

    Having heard tales of Bigfoot wreaking havoc in the swamps of Louisiana, a zoology professor sets out to investigate these strange occurrences for himself, aided by a ragtag team. Hitting the road in their camper, the group encounter person after person who relay their strange and often frightening encounters with the beast, while the creature itself remains elusive...

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  • 1977
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    Grayeagle

    Grayeagle

    5.6 1977 HD

    A young Cheyenne warrior, who goes by the name Grayeagle, kidnaps the daughter of a grizzled frontier man John Colter who goes on an epic search for his daughter Beth, aided by a friendly native...

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  • 1977
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    Grayeagle

    Grayeagle

    5.6 1977 HD

    A young Cheyenne warrior, who goes by the name Grayeagle, kidnaps the daughter of a grizzled frontier man John Colter who goes on an epic search for his daughter Beth, aided by a friendly native...

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  • 1983
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    Sudden Impact

    Sudden Impact

    6.6 1983 HD

    When a young rape victim takes justice into her own hands and becomes a serial killer, it's up to Dirty Harry Callahan, on suspension from the SFPD, to bring her to justice.

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  • 1997
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    Renfroe's White Christmas

    Renfroe's White Christmas

    2 1997 HD

    A little boy growing up on a farm in rural Louisiana in the 1930s wishes for a White Christmas and must do a selfless act in the spirit of giving in order to get his wish.

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  • 1984
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    Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues

    Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues

    2.6 1984 HD

    Having heard tales of Bigfoot wreaking havoc in the swamps of Louisiana, a zoology professor sets out to investigate these strange occurrences for himself, aided by a ragtag team. Hitting the road in their camper, the group encounter person after person who relay their strange and often frightening encounters with the beast, while the creature itself remains elusive...

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  • 1976
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    The Town That Dreaded Sundown

    The Town That Dreaded Sundown

    5.78 1976 HD

    When two young lovers are savagely beaten and tortured on a back country road in Texarkana, local police are baffled and must find "the Phantom Killer" before he can kill again.

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  • 1972
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    The Legend of Boggy Creek

    The Legend of Boggy Creek

    5 1972 HD

    A documentary-style drama based on true accounts of the Fouke Monster in Arkansas.

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  • 1972
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    The Legend of Boggy Creek

    The Legend of Boggy Creek

    5 1972 HD

    A documentary-style drama based on true accounts of the Fouke Monster in Arkansas.

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  • 1983
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    Sacred Ground

    Sacred Ground

    6 1983 HD

    SACRED GROUND tells the fact-based story of a mountain man and his Indian wife who happen upon a partially built cabin and finish it for their own home, not realizing that they occupy a sacred burial ground. A Paiute burial party clashes with the couple and in the ensuing skirmish, the wife is critically wounded while in the middle of childbirth. Bitter over her loss and needing a wetnurse for his baby, he steals one of the Paiute woman who had just lost a baby. In this modern version of Helen of Troy, the battle is on, as he takes on the whole band in a desperate attempt to survive. Written by Dale Roloff

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  • 1976
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    The Winds of Autumn

    The Winds of Autumn

    5.8 1976 HD

    In 1884, an eleven-year-old Quaker boy sets out on his own to seek revenge against a gang of outlaws who senselessly murdered his family.

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  • 1976
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    The Winds of Autumn

    The Winds of Autumn

    5.8 1976 HD

    In 1884, an eleven-year-old Quaker boy sets out on his own to seek revenge against a gang of outlaws who senselessly murdered his family.

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  • 1976
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    The Winds of Autumn

    The Winds of Autumn

    5.8 1976 HD

    In 1884, an eleven-year-old Quaker boy sets out on his own to seek revenge against a gang of outlaws who senselessly murdered his family.

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  • 1974
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    Bootleggers

    Bootleggers

    5 1974 HD

    A bunch of bootleggers run booze in the South.

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