The Boogeyman (1981)
Sub-Genre- Supernatural Stalker
In Attendance- Me, Eryn, The Vanilla Gorilla and Nick (although he ran off not far into the movie.)
Cast Members of Note- John Carradine. (This was not his career high point.)
What's it about?- A little boy that is tired of his mothers incessant whoring around (Including tieing him to the bed so that she can scrump), stabs her nylon-faced lover to death while she's scrumping him. His sister only watched, so she's the pure one I guess.
Well, Junior grows up to be a mute creep, strangling his sisters friends and painting mirrors black, but everyone seems to think he's just "quiet." Like any of us would do, the sister returns to her childhood home to face her fears, and break things that don't belong to her in the process. She breaks the mirror which has been in the house since that fateful night, and still contains the ghost of the guy her brother killed.
Luckily, her moron husband decides to take it home, and the vengeful spirit follows them and starts killing random people... really, no more needs to be said. I mean, when a shard of glass stuck to a kids foot casts that "sun filled mirror reflection thing" across and entire lake, thusly killing the campers that were "Shined upon", I just want things to be over.
The Good- This isn't the worst horror movie ever, but it certainly isn't good. There are some decent kills, but the movie as a whole is a big mess. Ulli Lommel isn't much of a director; in fact he's a bit of an old school Uwe Boll and it shows. I dont have much good to say, so I guess this section is done.
The Bad- It spawned 2 sequels. I'm not so happy about that.
The Downright Horrendous- The retarded little brother screaming "Boogeyman!" every chance he got. Special thanks to the window for snapping his neck.
The Gory- Some decent kill scenes such as Scissors to throat, a double mouth impaling, pitchfork violence, and a nice scene with a kid stabbing a guy to death...
The Naked- Nothing more than a quick flash of boob... although there were some suggestive scenes.
Best Line- "Thank god it's fucking over!" Wait, that was me who said that...
What did we learn?- The 80's took its fair share of cinematic shits, especially in the horror genre.
Rating- D Watch it if it's on TV or something, but don't expect much.
Final Thoughts- Poor John Carradine.
