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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not the movie I thought it was........, September 30, 2006
When I was a little kid, I saw THE BOOGYMAN in our local video store many times. Something about the cover art made it seem like a really scary, "old school" Horror classic. Being the avid Horror fan that I am, I read about THE BOOGYMAN through the years yet I never saw it. So I decided to pick up a used copy (on VHS) online for a couple of bucks.
After watching THE BOOGYMAN, I think it's safe to say that my childhood ideas about the film (without actually watching it) were a lot more scary and interesting that the actual film.
THE BOOGYMAN starts off with a rather enjoyable scene of a drunk Mother and her abusive boyfriend (the movie never really makes it clear what his role was) tying up her Son to his bed while his Sister watches. For some reason, she wants peace and quiet while having "sexual adventures" with her boyfriend and thinks the only reasonable action to take is having her Son tied to his bed. His Sister gets mad (obviously this happens all the time, although it's another plot detail left hanging) and goes into the kitchen to get a knife to cut the ropes. Once free, the little boy grabs the knife from his Sister's and runs into his Mothers bedroom and stabs her "boyfriend" in the back a bunch of times. It's a scene that could have been well done but for some reason, it wasn't. Too much choppy camera work really "kills" the scene (excuse the bad pun) and ruins any feeling of tension considering it's a small boy doing the killing.
Anyways, fast forward 20 years later and the little boy and girl are all grown up and living with other family members on some distant farm. Once again, these are plot details left hanging and I would have liked to at least seen one or two scenes showing what happened to them over the years. Anyways, one night at the dinner table they get a letter in the mail from their Mother saying that she is dying and one of her last wishes is to see her kids again. Reading the letter sends the daughter into a bunch of cheap flash backs (basically old scenes reused) and makes the already strange Brother ('yup, he's still around and not locked up for killing his Mothers abusive lover 20 years ago) act even more strange than normal. If you ask me, it's a pointless scene because you never see any scene with their Mother in the rest of the movie. Not once do they visit their Mother and through the rest of the movie, the director acts like that letter never happened. Talk about major lot holes! The director could have used any other plot detail and it wouldn't have taken away anything major from the already messy plot.
Lets move along, shall we? The girl decides she has to face her fears (her husband doesn't like his wife having nightmares about her childhood) and decides she needs to go back to that house. They go there and she has a flash back in which forces her to smash a mirror that was in the same room when her Brother killed their Mom's lover. Smashing the mirror in turn sets free the killing spirit of the abusive Father. If the plot sounds all over the place, thats because it is! Messy, pointless and confusing.
Things don't start to really pick up until near the end of the film when people start dying in the typical (yet greatly needed) slasher style. This is the only enjoyable factor of the movie until the interesting if not pointless ending.
THE BOOGYMAN could have been a great slasher movie with a better director, larger budget and a more faster moving plot. However, it's all ruined because of these lacking and much needed details. If your looking for a good 'ol fashion "old school" Horror film you might be better off with the original FRIDAY THE 13th or TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. Heck, even check out a movie called MOTEL HELL over this mess!
The only people that could enjoy such rubbish as THE BOOGYMAN are Horror fans (such as myself) and gore hounds. Even gore hounds might be a little disappointed after watching this garbage. Three stars for a few interesting moments and enjoyable death scenes. Nothing of what I expected.
I guess they made a squeal which from what the other reviews on this website said was even worse than the original. I don't see how that can be possible considering THE BOOGYMAN was a total failure in my opinion.
Avoid this like a fart from your Grandmother at a family reunion! HA-HA! For only the most "hardcore" of Horror fans. Over and out!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
The Sony version the Boogey Man is terrible., November 21, 2005
This allegedly new digitally re-mastered version of 1980s "The Boogey Man" has replaced the original opening credits with computer generated, generic white lettering. And the video image is probably not as good as the original Anchor Bay release. The Anchor Bay version is still around so buy that one instead.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
NOT HAPPY AT ALL!!, October 28, 2005
Although, The Boogeyman is worth watching and very entertaining for what it is, I can't help but feel ripped off by the movie on the other side of the disc titled Return of the Boogeyman. Basically, a psychic woman narrates the original movie for you claiming that she's having nightmares about it. It's like watching the original movie with some annoying commentator giving you a play by play of what you have already seen. Not to mention, whoever put this movie together also stole a scene from another movie called Brainwaves (the tub scene where the woman is electrocuted by the radio).
Return of the Boogeyman is boring, a waste of time. A waste of money if you buy it. View at your own risk. You were warned.
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