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The Boogens

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Razor-sharp tentacles wrap around legs after two guys and their girlfriends (Rebecca Balding, Anne-Marie Martin) move into a cabin near an abandoned silver mine.
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John Beifuss Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) The director keeps the creatures off-camera for most of the film, but when they do show up they're at once ridiculous and brilliant: rubbery, king crab-like things... Rated: 2.5/4 Oct 26, 2012 Full Review Scott Weinberg FEARnet Hey, we weren't all that demanding of our low-budget monster movies in 1981. Rated: 3/5 Aug 28, 2012 Full Review Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid This is a fairly typical, low-rent, low-imagination horror movie of the early 1980s. Aug 22, 2012 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews At best, it's a so-so horror pic. Rated: C+ Oct 25, 2010 Full Review Mel Valentin eFilmCritic.com Rated: 1/5 Oct 18, 2008 Full Review Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily Rated: 2/5 Oct 9, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Raiodesol S The slow pace and underused creatures really don’t help this movie. While the story is good enough and the characters are basically the soul of the movie, nothing else seems to hold up. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/02/24 Full Review Audience Member Pretty great little monster movie! The creatures are effectively kept offscreen for most of the film, and we spend a lot of time getting to know and connecting with the protagonists, who are very likeable and human. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/13/18 Full Review Audience Member The video and audio quality are too poor to make this watchable, and nothing ever happens. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member The Boogens is actually a really good slasher-style movie from the 80's. Miners open up a old mine and release these carnivorous creatures that have been dormant for years. People die horrifically, and we get some great characters. The characters in this story are real people. They act like real people act, are likable, and are fun. The setting of the mine is claustrophobic and disorientating. The only real letdown is the reveal of the creatures themselves. They are just rubber things and the sound of growls laid over top. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Me decepcionó que casi no mostraron mucho los monstruos. Muy poquito y no explicaron de donde venían realmente o que eran y los otros túneles a las casas, ¿qué? no pasó nada con eso, además el poster muestra dos manos esqueléticas, los boogens tienen como tentáculos. Además por qué se llaman boogens. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I STILL remember how this movie scared me TOO DEATH when I saw it back when it first came on HBO... Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Razor-sharp tentacles wrap around legs after two guys and their girlfriends (Rebecca Balding, Anne-Marie Martin) move into a cabin near an abandoned silver mine.
Director
James L. Conway
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Oct 1, 2015
Runtime
1h 35m
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