‘Creature From the Bag Lagoon’ may be the best thing we’ve seen all year. It heads to Tampa in December.
Even if I didn’t already love Creature from the Black Lagoon, I’d be in love with local filmmaker Kevin Short’s short film, Creature from the Bag Lagoon.
Watch the trailer. Go ahead, I’ll wait.
I’ve seen the full thing (hey, as a journalist, you take what perks you can get) and can tell you it’s well worth heading to either the Tampa Bay Underground Film Fest or the Silver Screen for Short Films to check it out. It’s an environmentally aware B-movie riff made locally, which is to say that we had a filmgasm watching it.
Seriously, it’s a lot of fun to watch. In a world where every environmental choice seems to have planet-ending consequences, this one approaches the same topic with levity and — dare we say it? — schlock.
This article originally appeared at Creative Loafing.
Tampa Bay Underground Film Festival | Britton Theater and Villagio Cinemas, Tampa | Dec. 6-9 (Creature shows ec. 8) | tbuff.org