The Boogens (1981 film)
Summary
There is no escape! After a hundred years they have reawakened. Some things shouldn't be disturbed...." Otherworldly creatures invade the bootleg tunnels underneath a small town mining community, and they kill any of the townsfolk who invade their home.
Details
- Release Date: 1981
- Country/Language: US, English
- Genres/Technical: Horror
- Runtime: 1 hr 35 min
- Starring: Rebecca Balding, Fred McCarren, Anne-Marie Martin, Joan Crawford
- Director: James L. Conway
- Writer: Thomas C. Chapman and David O'Malley (story), Jim Kouf (as Bob Hunt) and David O'Malley (screenplay)
- Producer/Production Co: Taft International Pictures
- View Trailer: (link)
Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: R (Violence, Profanity, Nudity, Adult Content, Sexual Situations)
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- S____ (One Tentacle: Debateably Lovecraftian; has almost no direct connection to Lovecraft's work)
Not very "Lovecraftian", except for the bizarre little race of tentacle-monster-things living in the caverns under a haunted house.
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
Spoiler Section (Highlight to Read)
Razor-sharp tentacles wrap around legs after two guys and their girlfriends move into a cabin near an abandoned silver mine.
Notes
Comments, Trivia, Dedication
- The word "boogens" is meant to be a contraction of "boogie men".
Associated Mythos Elements
- race: "boogens"
Keeper Notes
- The premise of this film might make a neat little one-shot Call of Cthulhu scenario, given a little adaptation for researching the history of the house and the "boogens" creatures.
