Review of The Boogens (1981) by Cory T — 11 Sep 2012

Amusing, would have been better if I could have turned off my inner sarcasm. This film is begging for the MST3K treatment.

This review of The Boogens (1981) was written by Cory T on 11 Sep 2012.

The Boogens has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Al M (1,263) on 10 Nov 2012

Fun in an 80's horror trashfest sort of way, the Boogens is about some miners wanting to open up an old mine that was closed in the early part…

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By Daniel R (1,021) on 30 Nov 2007

Never gets any recognition, but it's super awesome, and you actually care about the characters. Little creatures in the mine shaft? AWESOME…

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By Kristian M (107) on 19 Mar 2011

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By Bill B (2,505) on 28 Jul 2013

Okay, I was finally able to give this one a look via the recently released Olive Films Blu-ray release, and since it's always been one of those…

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By I Have Riboflavin Flavored Blood (37) on 03 Oct 2008

This movie scared me to death when I was 6 I dont think it would have the same effect now but I finally found this wow I thought maybe I just…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 21 Aug 2012

This is a fairly typical, low-rent, low-imagination horror movie of the early 1980s…

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By Justin B (2,000) on 20 May 2013

It's most certainly competent and succeeds at keeping the 'Boogens' under wraps until the finale but overall it's rather dull and is short…

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By Niklas S (516) on 24 Apr 2012

This great cult classic, long unavailable on anything but a poorly transferred VHS copy, will be released on DVD! Watch for it…

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By Luke B (1,067) on 23 Dec 2009

Takes forever to get going and even once it gets there, not much happens. Some clever dialogue for a monster movie, however…

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By Shawn E (566) on 09 Jun 2010

This movie is pretty good! really quite scary for it's time! I only wish they would bring it to dvd…

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