The Burrowers
2008 · Movie · R · 96 min · ★ 5.9 · 70% critics
In the Dakota Territories in 1879, a small posse rides out to find a settler family that vanished overnight. What begins as a tense search across harsh frontier land turns into a fight for survival when they realize the threat isn’t who they expected—and it may be coming from beneath their feet.
Also known as The Burrowers (2008)
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Details
- Years
- 2008
- Release date
- 2008-09-09
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 70/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.9/10 (236 votes)
- Budget
- $7,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a serious, slow-burn western-horror with tense stretches and bursts of violence, closer in mood to Splinter than a fun romp; Not for you if you need fast pacing or frequent scares.
Pros: strong period atmosphere; solid performances; original creature premise | Cons: very slow pacing; limited scares; uneven creature effects
Themes
- monster
- funeral
- underground
- dakota
- native american
- buried alive
- paralysis
- crucifix
- cavalry
Cast & crew
Doug Hutchison
as Henry Victor
Clancy Brown
as John Clay
William Mapother
as Will Parcher
Karl Geary
as Coffey
Jocelin Donahue
as Maryanne
Laura Leighton
as Gertrude
- DB
David Busse
as Young Bluecoat
- AE
Alexandra Edmo
as Faith
Brighid Fleming
as Little Sister
Christopher Hagen
as Father
Directed by J.T. Petty