Birth of a Legend: The Story of the WAWA (US-2008, directed by Steve Wiggins)
Sweet Tee, Alabama, has a problem; a big, wormy, carnivorous mutation that comes out of the polluted lake to chew up the residents and generally cause trouble for everyone. Everyone except Sheri Wiggins, that is, who with her husband, director Steve Wiggins, is responsible for exposing the horror to the world.
Kaiju Search-Robot Avery asked Sheri about their new movie and how it came about.
“Birth of a Legend: The Story of the WAWA is a funny little film that pokes fun at good ole boys, the deep south and all that it represents. We not only poke fun at authority and the creature genre in and of itself … but we give it to clichés in general. We put political correctness out there for everyone to see just how insane it is.”
“I believe there will always be a place for downright good old monster movies … whether they scare the begeeze out of you … or whether they do send ups of the old “B’ movies of the 50s and 60s. There are always new ways to re-invent the good old man-eating monster.”
“Each and every character in Birth of a Legend: The Story of the WAWA was fashioned after someone from our quad city area, Florence, Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia and good old Sheffield, Alabama. Even the names are similar to some of our most infamous/famous town folk.”
Read the full interview here.
Thanks to you Robert and Avery to you also for believing in this strange and funny little movie.
Sheri
No-Way!! The THANKS goes all to you guys for making this fantastic little flick!! Although,I do agree with thanking Rob for allowing me to show it so much LOVE here on his website!! THANKS!!