The Boogens is a 1981 horror movie starring Rebecca Balding

Rebecca Balding

Rebecca Balding is an American actress who was born in Little Rock, Arkansas.- Life and career :Balding may be best known for her 23 appearances, from 2002 through 2006, in the television series Charmed as Elise Rothman, newspaper editor-in-chief and Phoebe's boss Rebecca Balding (born on...

, Fred McCarren, Anne-Marie Martin

Anne-Marie Martin

Anne-Marie Martin is a Canadian actress and writer who is perhaps best known for playing Sgt. Dori Doreau in the American television comedy series Sledge Hammer! from 1986 to 1988....

, 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 David O'Malley and Jim Kouf (as Bob Hunt), directed by James L. Conway

James L. Conway

James L. Conway is an American film and television director, producer and writer.- Director :* 90210* Charmed* Star Trek: Enterprise* Star Trek: Deep Space Nine...

, and produced by Charles E. Sellier Jr. and Bill Cornfold.

Release

The film opened in US theaters on September 25, 1981. The distributor was independent outfit Jensen Farley Pictures. The film is notable for having received a positive review from author Stephen King

Stephen King

Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...

 in Twilight Zone magazine.

The film saw a belated VHS

VHS

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 video release in the mid-90s via Republic Pictures

Republic Pictures

Republic Pictures was an independent film production-distribution corporation with studio facilities, operating from 1934 through 1959, and was best known for specializing in westerns, movie serials and B films emphasizing mystery and action....

. It has not been released on DVD

DVD

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and has since remained out of print.