Horror

Western

The Burrowers

Blue Star Pictures

United States of America

Français

English

Doug Hutchison

Clancy Brown

William Mapother

Karl Geary

Jocelin Donahue

Laura Leighton

David Busse

Alexandra Edmo

Brighid Fleming

Christopher Hagen

Galen Hutchison

Harley Coriz

Suzi McLaughlin

Tatanka Means

Seri DeYoung

David Midthunder

Sean Patrick Thomas

J.T. Petty

William Sherak

Alton Walpole

Phil Parmet

Toni Cobb Brock

John Sacchi

Jason Shuman

Peter Block

Nancy Nayor

Robb Sullivan

Kelly Wagner

James F. Oberlander

Deborah Everton

Joseph LoDuca

Shari Rhodes

Andy Grieve

Mark Alan Duran

Gabrielle Petrissans

Marisa Frantz

Bren Cook

Matthew Jacobs

William 'Barcode' Rosa

David A. Brooke

Mark Gingras

Lyn Gawron

Joel Goodell

Allan B. Holt

Tom Bjelic

Jennifer Booth

Lewis Jacobs

Steven Litecky

Scott Hastings

Keith Elliott

Noel Hooper

Mark Zsifkovits

Sam Tischler

Tyler Fletcher

Julie Dole

Andrew Tay

Steven G. Fracol

Jesse Trevino

Gregory Doucette

Christa Tazzeo

Russell Solberg

Ed Duran

Jimmy Robb

Alastair Gray

David Brownlow

Bobbi Jo Gonzales

Judah Getz

Virginia Storey

Andrew Morgado

Randy Wilson

Dale Lennon

Nathaniel Sandoval

Paula Jane Hamilton

Lou Boggs

Lisanne Scafine

Andy Linderkamp

Ginger Dunhill

Liza Norris

Phyllis Detrich

Meliton Duran

Ester Kim

Jerad Marantz

Travis Stroope

Linda R. Gore

Steve Kahn

Zacheriah T. Rheam

Paul Judges

Robbie Mueller

William Maloney

Danelle Vierkant

Jess Levy

Gina Lovato

Kenneth Cook

Dennis Crow

Yvette Meely

Abbie D. McCreary

Robin Blagg

Charles Chesser

RA Arancio-Parrain

Thom Buckley

Kimberly Murak

Chip Byrd

Dominika Posserén

Joshua Mathews

Beau Chaput

Aleah Ames

Tsuya Chinn

Ben W. Estrada

Christopher Norris

Peter Weidenfeller

John Marshall McLeod

Eric Steinig

Hank Herrera

Ryan Eustis

Lee Hughes

Scott Davidson

The Burrower Tribe in BurrowerVision.

The Burrowers is written and directed by J.T. Petty. It stars William Mapother, Sean Patrick Thomas, Clancy Brown, Laura Leighton, Doug Hutchison, Karl Geary and Robert Richard. Music is by Joseph LoDuca and cinematography by Phil Parmet.

August the 11th 1879, the Dakota territories, and after a family of pioneers are abducted a posse is formed and go off in search of the culprits. It is believed they have fallen prey to hostile Native Americans, but once out in the wilds the truth hits home and the posse find themselves in a brutal and bloody fight for survival.

It's not like Tremors! That wonderful homage to the B movie creature features of the 1950s is played for laughs and action thrills. The Burrowers admittedly on plot synopsis' does lend one to think that a fun packed creature feature is in the offering, but as many unaware film fans have found out, this is far from being the case.

I would rather walk in the right direction than ride with my head up my ass.

The Burrowers takes itself seriously, and not insultingly so. J.T. Petty wanted to make a Horror/Western but not in the schlocky sense. He even infuses the narrative with some human concerns and statements, ecologically and racially so.

The pace is very, very deliberate, so potential first time viewers need to take that into consideration. Once the plot is kick started in the opening salvo, the posse go out into the wilds and interact, for better and worse, dialogue is sharp and pointed, intelligent even.

A number of great character based scenes are setting the tone for what is a downbeat picture, while when the action comes in tantalising spurts, it's well marshalled by Petty, and it's not just all about the creatures either.

The look is of a classical Western, which considering the modest budget is quite some achievement. From costuming and props, to the colour palette, the film convinces as the Old West of 1879. In this regard it would have been very interesting to have seen Petty make a standalone Oater.

Practical effects are very decent and CGI is wisely used sparingly, though the big showdown at pic's end is something of a let down. Elsewhere Sir Clancy of Brown and Doug The Thug Hutchison are sadly under written, though the face fuzz department scores high marks!

A tricky one to recommend to either Horror or Western fans, but for atmosphere and a great sense of period - and no little amount of originality as well, it's worth checking out as long as you don't expect Tremors. 7/10

THE BURROWERS Trailer

Best Movies

The Burrowers

Cast & Crew

Videos

Cast

Doug Hutchison

Clancy Brown

William Mapother

Karl Geary

Jocelin Donahue

Laura Leighton

David Busse

Alexandra Edmo

Brighid Fleming

Christopher Hagen

Box office

More Like This

Undead or Alive: A Zombedy

The Paleface

Class of Nuke 'Em High 2: Subhumanoid Meltdown

Quatermass 2

Silent Hill

The Vanishing

Comanche Station

Godzilla Raids Again