http://horrormoviecentral.com In pursuit of the truly scary Sat, 08 May 2010 02:15:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://horrormoviecentral.com/2010/02/creaturefeature/the-burrowers-2008 http://horrormoviecentral.com/2010/02/creaturefeature/the-burrowers-2008#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:08:10 +0000 Jason http://horrormoviecentral.com/?p=127 MPAA Rating: R IMDB Category: Creature

Overall:

7/10

Scary/Suspense: 8/10 Gore/Yuck: 8/10 Story: 6/10 SFX: 6/10 Acting: 6/10

Quick Synopsis:

The year is 1879.  A pioneer family in the Dakota Terrorities is discovered mysteriously murdered when Fergus Coffey comes to pay a visit to his sweetheart.   Not everyone in the family are accounted for, and a rescue party is formed to chase after what is assumed a party Sioux Indians.   They find out all too late what is not only chasing them, but the Indians as well…

The Bad:

• The movie is very dark.  I had to turn off lights to see what was happening.
• The burrowers didn’t make a whole lot of sense anatomically.  Why the weird jointed back legs and no hair?

The Good:

• I liked the originality.  I was half expecting to see worms like on tremors.
• The western setting was interesting and different from most horror movies.

Final Thoughts:

This movie featured a good mix of suspense, gore and horror.  You could really had the sense of being surrounded by danger.  There were plenty of unexpected twists.  Scratch scratch scratch…

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Overall:

6/10

Scary/Suspense: 7/10 Gore/Yuck: 6/10 Story: 6/10 SFX: 7/10 Acting: 5/10

Quick Synopsis:

A group of Crites break out of maximum security prision on a penal astroid somewhere across the galaxy.  They steal a ship and make a quick getaway in search of a place to hide, eat and breed.  A pair of shapeshifting bounty hunters are sent to hunt them down and a farm outside the small dusty town of Grovers Bend Kansas soon becomes the stage for an intergalatic confrontation.

The Bad:

• Most of the acting is pretty cheesy.
• Half chewed up Dad is feeling just fine except for a slight limp and weak arm.
• There were some pretty random scenes with the bounty hunters.

The Good:

• The critter puppets are done amazingly well.  Thank God it was made before computer graphics.
• The Brad character kept the movie going.
• Shooting nerve toxin spines, lots of teeth, rolling, and the ability to get really big make for some great PG-13 scary stuff.

Final Thoughts:

This movie is a classic.  I remember watching it many times growing up and aside from the B grade acting, it is actually done really well.   I’ve always preferred this movie over Gremlins just because of the edgy story.  My favorite moments include the critter eating the fire cracker, and the one exclaiming “F**K” after his pal is blasted to goo with a shotgun moments after finishing a discussion about how the humans have weapons.

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