“Evil will surface.”
It is 1879 in the Dakota Territories, a band of men who set out to find and recover a family of settlers that has mysteriously vanished from their home. Expecting the offenders to be a band of fierce natives, but they soon discover that the real enemy stalks them from below.
Doug Hutchison
Henry Victor
Clancy Brown
John Clay
William Mapother
Will Parcher
Karl Geary
Coffey
Jocelin Donahue
Maryanne
Laura Leighton
Gertrude
David Busse
Young Bluecoat
Alexandra Edmo
Faith
Brighid Fleming
Little Sister
Christopher Hagen
Father
The Burrowers is a horror, western film released in 2008 exploring themes of monster, funeral, underground, dakota, native american, buried alive. Directed by J.T. Petty, it stars Doug Hutchison, Clancy Brown, William Mapother. It is 1879 in the Dakota Territories, a band of men who set out to find and recover a family of settlers that has mysteriously vanished from their home. Expecting the offenders to be a band of fierce natives, but they soon discover that the real enemy stalks them from below.
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