Expert: 7devonapes - 7/30/2007

Question
I remember years ago,around 1977 we watched a movie where some people were stranded on an island,called Logans Island.
A little farther in the movie, they discovered these mud-type monsters that would attack them.Their boat was sunk so they could not escape from the island,someone accidentely discovered that the creatures could be destroyed by salt water(sea water) which would cause them to catch on fire.I herad it was a Hammer Film productions,but not too sure,I do not even remember the title of it.at the end of the movie two of the people were being chaced by one of them and tricked it into falling into the ocean,in which it caught on fire and was destroyed,do you know what the title of this movie is,I think it might have been made in the mid 70's,thankyou.

Answer
Hi Shawn,

The film you are looking for is actually a tv movie called "The World Beyond" aka "The Mud Monster" from 1978. A plot summary from imdb.com follows:

"Sportswriter Paul Taylor, after a near-death experience on the operating table, can hear the voices of the recently dead. These voices direct him to people who need help from supernatural dangers. In this story, his mission takes him to a remote Canadian island haunted by a creature made from mud and clay. The only thing which can harm this mud golem is salt."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235068/

Pics from the movie can be seen here:

http://www.themudmonster.com/

More information about this movie can be read here:

http://home.earthlink.net/~usondermann/mud.html

I have no idea where a copy of this tv movie can be purchased, though would suggest getting in contact with the person who runs www.themudmonster.com

Best of luck,
Ryan