The Burrowers (2008) (V)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

J.T. Petty

Writer:

J.T. Petty (writer)

Release Date:

21 April 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller | Western

Tagline:

Evil will surface.

Plot:

In the Wild West a rescue party sets out to find a family of settlers that has vanished from their home under mysterious circumstances.

Plot Keywords:

Indian | Night | Death | Monster | Animal Trap

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Clancy Brown	...	John Clay
Steph Delgado	...	Burrower #3 (as Stephanie Delgado)
David Busse	...	Young Bluecoat
Jocelin Donahue	...	Maryanne Stewart
Alexandra Edmo	...	Faith
Brighid Fleming	...	Little Sister
Karl Geary	...	Fergus Coffey
Christopher Hagen	...	Father
Doug Hutchison	...	Henry Victor
Galen Hutchinson	...	Dobie Spacks
Laura Leighton	...	Gertrude Spacks
William Mapother	...	William Parcher
Harley Coriz	...	Short Ute
Suzi McLaughlin	...	Mother
Tatanka Means	...	Tall Ute

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and gore.

Runtime:

Canada:96 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color (Fuji Film) | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:MA (2009) | Singapore:NC-16 | Netherlands:16 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Bonanza Creek Ranch - 15 Bonanza Creek Lane, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Blue Star Pictures

Quotes:

William Parcher: [analyzing a corpse] She should've bled out more.

Movie Connections:

Spin off Blood Red Earth (2008)

Do yourself a favor: do not miss this one

It is difficult to come up with new ideas for a horror movie. Perhaps that is why this movie feels like it has elements of many other well-known movies. Regardless of that fact, this movie is a great piece. The plot develops naturally. Characters are well defined. There is no happy ending, but instead an almost poetic one.

This is the story of the tough people who made a country, good and bad, and the people they displaced, good and bad as well. Some comments about this movie try to use this forum as a platform for political propaganda (i.e. calling the representation of well documented army history "liberal crap")... do not be fooled. This movie is about story telling, not about political agendas, neither liberal nor conservative.

The movie does not show as a low-budget production. Photography is very good, sound is excellent, acting is convincing, the screenplay is engaging... this director is a talented person.

Do yourself a favor: do not miss this one.