The Boogeyman (V)

906-poster
release date September 6 2005
studio Sony Pictures
director Ulli Lommel
writer Ulli Lommel, David Herschel and Suzanna Love
starring Suzanna Love, Ron James, John Carradine, Nicholas Love, Raymond Boyden
rating
R
tagline The most terrifying nightmare of childhood is about to return!

Synopsis

The film hit theaters in 1980: A young girl witnesses her brother murder a man through a reflection in a mirror. Twenty years later the mirror is shattered, freeing his evil spirit, which seeks revenge for his death.

Official Review

Until I was assigned this film to review, I was completely unaware that the recent and much-maligned movie “Boogeyman”(2005) was a remake of an earlier film. But after seeing that earlier film, I have to say I still like the remake, for all its faults. This film, “The Boogeyman”, is quite plainly a mess. There were SO many blatant rip-offs of other popular horror movies of the time: “Halloween”, “The Amityville Horror” and “The Exorcist”, to name the most obvious. And the story made NO sense to me. …Read More

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Official Score: 1 / 5