The Boogens (1981)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

James L. Conway

Writers:

Thomas C. Chapman (story)
Jim Kouf (writer)

Release Date:

25 September 1981 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

There Is No Escape!

Plot:

The "Boogens" are scaly monsters that look somewhat like giant turtles with lots of sharp, nasty teeth...

Plot Keywords:

Monster | Mine | Snow | Cave | Abandoned Mine

Cast

Fred McCarren	...	Mark Kinner
Rebecca Balding	...	Trish Michaels
Anne-Marie Martin	...	Jessica Ford
Jeff Harlan	...	Roger Lowrie
John Crawford	...	Brian Deering
Med Flory	...	Dan Ostroff
Jon Lormer	...	Greenwalt, the old man
Scott Wilkinson	...	Deputy Blanchard
Marcia Reider	...	Martha Chapman
Peg Stewart	...	Victoria Tusker

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:18 | USA:R | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Colorado, USA

Company:

Taft International Pictures

Trivia:

Some believe that "The Boogens" is an actual term once used by miners to describe the fear some would experience while spending too much time in deep mines. In fact, it was a word fabricated by screenwriter David O'Malley, using the word "boogeyman" as it's root.

Movie Connections:

References "Let's Make a Deal" (1963)

Well done "B" movie

The Boogens is a good fright flick. It plays well on the fear of dark abandon mine shafts, and creepy old buildings. I gave it a "7" out of ten - mostly because of the effectiveness that the movie sets in its atmosphere, from the opening sequence of old photographs and news stories that set the stage for the movie, to the ending - which I found really funny - in a good sort of B-movie way.