Title: The Burrowers Directed by: J.T. Petty (Blood Red Earth, Mimic: Sentinel) Starring: Doug Hutchison (Punisher: War Zone), Clancy Brown (Conan: Red Nails), William Mapother (Prison Break: The Final Break). Scores: Technical: 75, Story: 90, Acting: 90, Overall: 85 The Burrowers really interested me when I first started hearing about it. A western/horror?? I thought it could go one of two ways; a well-written western with a lame horror sub-plot or a blood and guts horror pretending to take place in cowboy times. They took the best aspects of both and made an surprisingly original western/horror. Who woulda thunk it? The film begins when a family disappears from their home….

Los Angeles, CA – April 14, 2009 – FEARnet.com, the web’s #1 entertainment site dedicated to horror, suspense and thrillers, will host the site’s first-ever live chat with acclaimed film director J.T. Petty on Thursday, April 16 at 9:00 pm (ET). Petty will treat fans to a never-before-seen four-minute online preview of his latest feature film “The Burrowers,” which will be released to DVD from Lionsgate on April 21. In addition, Petty will be chatting with fans as – together – they view the sneak preview as well as “Blood Red Earth,” the director’s short subject prequel to “The Burrowers.” Fans need not pre-register for the chat and sneak preview,…

Los Angeles, CA – Monday, March 9, 2009 – Critically acclaimed director J.T. Petty’s newest film, “Blood Red Earth,” is now available for viewing – absolutely free – at FEARnet.com, the world’s premiere online and on demand destination for horror, thriller and suspense. “Blood Red Earth” is the 18-minute prequel to Petty’s feature film “The Burrowers,” which launches on DVD in April. “Blood Red Earth” takes viewers on a harrowing journey of death, survival and mystery in 19th Century America. Filmed in a rich and sweeping cinematic style, “Blood Red Earth” begins as one Native American Lakota brave, Red Earth (played by Malachi Tsoodle-Nelson), takes his younger brother, Waiting Crow…