The Boogens
| The Boogens | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | James L. Conway |
| Produced by | Charles E. Sellier Jr. |
| Written by |
David O'Malley Jim Kouf (as Bob Hunt) |
| Starring |
Rebecca Balding Fred McCarren Anne-Marie Martin Jeff Harlan |
| Music by | Bob Summers |
| Cinematography | Paul Hipp |
| Edited by | Michael Spence |
Production company |
Taft International Pictures |
| Distributed by |
Jensen Farley Pictures (USA, original) Paramount Pictures (USA, current) Citadel Films (Canada) |
Release dates | 1981 |
Running time | 95 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $600,000 |
The Boogens is a 1981 American horror movie starring Rebecca Balding, Fred McCarren, Anne-Marie Martin, and Jeff Harlan.
Plot
A small construction team of four men work to reopen an abandoned silver mine, 100 years after a mysterious massacre forced the Army to shut it down. What they don't know is that their excavating has inadvertently freed some amphibious reptilian creatures lurking deep within the mine shafts.
Production
The screenplay was written by Thomas C. Chapman, David O'Malley and Jim Kouf (as Bob Hunt), directed by James L. Conway, and produced by Charles E. Sellier Jr. and Bill Cornfold.[1]
The opening credits make use of several still image zoom (zoom burst) and panning techniques that predate by several years the motion effects popularized by filmmaker Ken Burns, which have since become a hugely popular feature in Apple Inc.'s iMovie software program.
Release
The film opened in US theaters on September 25, 1981. The distributor was independent outfit Jensen Farley Pictures. The film notably received a positive review from author Stephen King in The Twilight Zone Magazine.
The film was belatedly released on VHS video in the mid-1990s via Republic Pictures.[2] In 2012, Olive Films sub-licensed the film from Paramount and The Boogens was released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 7.[3]
References
- ↑ Canby, Vincent. "The Boogens (1982)". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Company Credits for The Boogens". imdb.com. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
- ↑ http://www.horrordvds.com/vb3forum/showthread.php?threadid=43439