Review – The Boogens

Apparently in addition to avoiding swimming in shark-infested waters, falling asleep on Elm Street and summering at Camp Crystal Lake, the nubile youth of America should also steer clear of abandoned silver mines in Colorado. Who would have guessed? Is there nowhere in the world horny teenagers can go to get some peace from the forces of darkness? The premise at least had potential: efforts to explore an old mine let loose a cave monster that proceeds to get into folks’ homes through their basements. Sadly, the script itself is just as stupid as the title implies. If you fast forward through the ineffective romance and poorly-executed attack scenes, you’re left with a little background and a cheap rubber beast. The only notable points: two young people who have sex actually manage to survive to the end of the movie, and unless I missed something somewhere this film holds the record for the number of times a poodle is menaced by a cave monster before finally succumbing. See if desperate