Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Fella_shibby I saw this in 2009 n revisited it recently on a DVD which i own. This film is a refreshing mix of creature-feature n the American Old West. The plot - A family is massacred in their homestead n the womenfolk disappeared during the night. A search team is formed to go after the Indians who everyone assumes r the culprits. Comparison with The Searchers n Tremors r inevitable. This film has strong performances and beautiful cinematography. It is a slow burner with building tension and suspense. The creature effects are good, though the lack of budget can be easily spotted. The film is quite tense in places and the attempt at creating something different should be commended. The over exposure of the CG creatures towards the end was a minor flaw. If only such movies r encouraged by good budget.

BA_Harrison 1879: The Dakota Territories. A family of settlers are brutally attacked, the victims either dead or missing; suspicion falls on the local Indians. A rescue party sets out to find the missing people only to discover a race of subterranean creatures that feed on human organs (because—***heavy handed message alert!***—their usual diet of buffalo has been seriously depleted by the white man—boo hiss!).Despite a promising basic premise, I didn't enjoy The Burrowers very much: it's as if the film-makers came up with a good idea and then figured out every possible way to suck the fun out of it. They desaturated the colour, made the action as slow as molasses in January, kept the monsters hidden from view for the majority of the time (not that they are much cop when we do get to see them), and shot almost everything at night so that it was extremely difficult to see what was going on. Then, to round it all off, they gave the film one hell of an unsatisfactory ending, killing off the only vaguely likable characters and closing in a manner that I guess is intended to be daringly unpredictable, ironic, and downbeat, but which only succeeds in being hugely irritating.

SanteeFats This not your typical western movie even with the science fiction over tones. There are the burrowers, a creature I guess, they live underground ground, use the animal or human corpses for procreation. They used to prey on the buffalo but the whites slaughtered them. Gee I guess killing all those buffalo was not such a good idea at least for this movie. The good guys are played by actors that are not your typical hunks. They are kind of ugly but try and drive to the goal. The Ute's know how to kill the burrowers and take one of the hunters who has been bitten to use as bait. The Utes poison the victim and the burrowers die. Once bitten you are dead. There is some very not so subtle racism in this movie. Irish and blacks are relegated to subhuman status. This actually is true as there were ads in New York papers saying that Nig**** and Irish need not apply for jobs. Anyway like I said this is definitely not the usual movie plot. I did find the scene at the end where the creatures got pinned down by spears yet did not die until the sun came up to be a reach.

Rabh17 In my view, this is more of a Western with a Creature feature. Except I was surprised to see they didn't trash it.The Creatures are actually parsed out well and fit in the Western Genre-- No Campy Count Dracula/Zombie transplanted to a One-Horse town silliness. And the best part is, you are given only hints of the creatures until later in the movie as the characters get deeper into dangerous Indian territory.The best part, ironically, is the serious attention paid to the Frontier setting: the harsh, uncertainty of relations between White Man and the Indians, the potential brutality of frontier life and conflict, the gritty realism of the action when they get caught in a battle with hostile Indians.It moves slowly at first, but when you consider this is a frontier setting, just men and women settlers sparsely spread out amongst hostile tribes, first they have to reason past the natural suspicions to see the unnatural threat. And the progression happens with a kind of Frontier logic and pace.This is actually a Good Saturday Night Creature Feature rental/streamer on a Wide Screen. Enjoy it!