early 80 creature feature concern a long abandon gold mine that some intrepid miner be determine to check out . naturally and they find no gold down there but one very hungry monster that slither along in search of prey . while i have to be honest and admit i find it dull at first ( i personally prefer the thematically similar the boogens ) and it actually grow on me a it go along . now and the character aren not too interesting nor the actor either . the close to an interesting character be morgan and play by keith hurt . in any event and female lead terri berland be quite good look and rolf theison make his domineer jerk an easy person to hate . the writer play by effect man mark sawicki wear thin quickly . it begin in a comfortably predictable enough way and with a nighttime set piece in which two victim be claim to get thing off to an acceptable start . the monster itself be intrigue for it design ( a you can imagine and it get reveal a bit at a time until late in the game ) and for be the product of stop motion animation when this process be no long use very much . director melanie anne phillips ( direct under the pseudonym of david michael hillman ) and crew deserve some credit for their creation of atmosphere . they manage to make the film look quite claustrophobic and gloomy and and their use of light work well . the film do build in intensity towards a pretty good end . suffice it to say and they do the best they can on their low budget . an obscure little item worth look into for die hard horror buff . positive .