The Burrowers (2008 film)
Summary
"They wait. They hunt. They feed. Evil will surface." In the American western Dakota Territories, a rescue party sets out to find a family of settlers that has vanished from their home under mysterious circumstances.
Based on the short film "Blood Red Earth" (18 minutes, Sioux with English subtitles).
Details
- Release Date: 2008
- Country/Language: US, English and French and Sioux with subtitles
- Genres/Technical: Horror, Thriller, Western (weird west)
- Runtime: 1 hr 36 min
- Starring: Clancy Brown, David Busse, William Mapother
- Director: J.T. Petty
- Writer: J.T. Petty
- Producer/Production Co: Glass Eye Pix, Blue Star Pictures, Reel Chefs Catering(?)
- View Trailer: (link)
Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: R (Violence, Profanity)
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- SS___ (Two Tentacles: Barely Lovecraftian; could be a very loose adaptation)
The weird, subterranean race of "werewolf"-like beings
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
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Synopsis
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BLOOD RED EARTH: A band of Native Americans sets off in search of missing members of their tribe, taken by a strange race of creatures for mysterious purposes. THE BURROWERS: In the American western Dakota Territories, a rescue party sets out to find a family of settlers that has vanished from their home under mysterious circumstances. The trail leads them to deadly and horrific race of "burrowers"....
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Comments, Trivia, Dedication
Associated Mythos Elements
- TO DO
- setting: Weird West
- race: subterranean Werewolves; compare to Ghouls, Machen's Faeries, or to similar races like Serpent Men and Worms of the Earth
