This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Blistering performances.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

I was born in 1975 and watched a fair amount of horror movies during the mid- and late 1980s, odd why I never stumbled across this title. But I did recently, and then I sat down to watch it.Wow, talk about being slow paced! I managed to sit through one hour of this ordeal of a movie. And in all of that time nothing, yes nothing, happened to make the movie even remotely interesting.The characters are flat and one-dimensional, which means you have no interest in them or what happens to them.And the storyline was just about capable of putting you well into dreamland. So there are not thumbs up director James L. Conway on this accomplishment.This was as uninteresting as it gets, and I am not ever returning to finish this movie, not now, not ever.

With the advent of cheap CGI, a lost art has been created: the monster movie, sans monster. Creating a monster in the olden days was expensive. Having a good-looking puppet, or dare I say even something animatronic, would cost several hundreds if not multiple thousands of dollars, and could even require hiring a specialist to operate the creature. A lot of these older movies just didn't have the budget or the connections for that sort of thing.The Boogens is one of those monster movies -- it's 90 minutes long, but for the first 75-80 of those minutes, you'll never guess what the monster looks like. It's all POV shots of... well, it could be anything, really. Does it have arms? Legs? Teeth? Claws? Wings? Is it large, small? You just don't know, and the only clues you're given are from first-person point of view shots as the monster skulks around in the shadows.The movie tries to fill that void with stronger characters, and admittedly, the cast here isn't bad. There's some fun banter and decent characterization in the long, slow lead up to the monster finally taking action. But it just isn't enough. I eventually found myself getting bored, waiting for literally anything to happen. And that fun banter? Sometimes it's laid on just a little too thick.The Boogens finally slams on the gas pedal in the last ten minutes, but for all the setup the payoff feels thin and rushed. It's a race against a creature we've only just barely been introduced to. It doesn't help that when the creature is finally given the spotlight, I found it to look more silly than scary -- and maybe even a little cute.The Boogens is... tolerable, but not great. As a horror movie, it's just not very suspenseful. But you could do worse. That's the best endorsement I can give it.

Years ago there was a small town where the main employer was a large silver mine. When a bizarre accident occurs, the mine is shut down, leaving the town near-empty.Years later, a group of friends go to spend the night at one of the houses. It has a bootleg mine in the basement below, and unknown to anyone but the freaky old man who hangs around the mine, there are strange mutant creatures living within that eat people; the old man calls them Boogens. The mine is re-opening and some of the workers find themselves trapped inside with the strange creatures. Who will survive? Oh, the suspense! Anyway, Boogens isn't very scary, but for its time it isn't a bad movie, it's a little funny and creepy and at least stays entertaining the whole way through. My little brother says that boogens are just mutated nose boogers that grew large and needed a much bigger cave than noses, so they moved into the mine. I think the boogens were just supposed to be a made-up fantasy creature species or mutants.The soundtrack was creepy and eerie, the acting was decent, the scenery was great and you've gotta admit, the plot sure is original! If you crossed My Bloody Valentine (1981) with Gremlins (1985), you'd get this. The beginning credits with the old newspapers were pretty cool and different as well. It's overall a pretty good horror movie.

A feature that simply fell through the cracks, but maybe because it was nothing more than a fair little low-budget creepy-crawly monster shocker from the 80s. Abandoned boarded up silver mine in Colorado is opened up, but the workers in doing so unknowingly release some nasty critters. Rather standard and minor, but well-made (sweeping camera-work) and always amusing. Pacing wise it's slow (as the simple plotting in the first half really does take its time to set everything up and can be gradually repetitive), but then it goes on to offer a couple neat little shocks (after some off-screen action, a touch of gore spills out), cheesy monster creations (which look like mutated turtles), an atmospheric setting (from the wintry Colorado mountains to the under lit underground mines) and the characters are likable enough. Rebecca Balding, Fred McCarren, Anne-Marie Martin and Jeff Harlen shared a good chemistry. Also appearing were John Crawford, Med Flory and John Lormer. However the dog Tiger really is a scene stealer. Director James L. Conway's slight handling is earnestly executed, where its old-fashion build-up keeps the danger out of sight, but constantly lurking (plenty of monster cam and tentacle work) and a spooky air is cemented. Things do get a little crazier at the back end. Typical, but fun 80s horror oddity.