UNDERATED!!! - The Boogey Man (1980) Discussion

[–] 18 years ago

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I gave it an 8. I really do enjoy this film. Very creepy and strange.

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[–] wally65 16 years ago

underated? i don't think so, this movie was ridiculus and i am glad
it was for free on comcast otheriwse i would have wanted my money back...

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[–] PACman66 15 years ago

Oh, Hell...
I spent 3 bucks on it. (Actually, a buck fifty... It is a double feature with "Return Of The Boogieman".) This film was SO CLASSIC early '80's schlock.
It helps if you were a teen arond that time & love bad horror. I like it. Sure, it's bad, and hokey and the special effects could have been done by a child with a crayon, but so what.

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[–] wayne101 14 years ago

I gave it a 10, loved it years ago and still love it now. Blu-Ray please?

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[–] filmbuff1974 14 years ago

It was slow moving at first, but once it hit it's stride, "The Boogeyman" delivered the goods...and then some!

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[–] karensastar73 14 years ago

I love it its a horror cult classic in my eyes

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[–] maryjeanand9others 14 years ago

It has tremendous atmosphere and dread, essential to any horror film (cheesy or not), subliminal religious and psychological imagery, the one-and-only John Carradine as a psychologist (what the hell?), clever cinematography, several homages to better horror films (too many people mistakenly called them rip-offs), several very funny intentional (or not?) one-liners, the delightfully lovely Suzanna Love and that certain magazine editor Jane 'what's-her-name' flashing her humongous breasts while slashing her own throat with scissors as her brother gets his head slammed in a window (hilarious). What more could you ask for?

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[–] WarpedRecord 14 years ago

Wow, a Curtis Harrington fan! "Ruby" and "The Killing Kind" are two of my favorite thrillers from the '70s, and "The Manitou" is a lot of fun. So is "The Boogeyman," for that matter – very loopy and weird. 7/10 stars from me.

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[–] Roddenhyzer 14 years ago

Just watched it for the very first time today and I'm quite surprised by how much I enjoyed it. I read "Directed by Ulli Lommel" and expected something from the absolute bottom of the barrel, but despite the usual genre clichés and derivative slasher elements, it really is a very competently crafted horror movie with a few genuinely unique touches and an overall strong, creepy atmosphere. I'm glad I gave it a chance.

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[–] andybob-3 10 years ago

Personally I gave it a 7, it's flawed but has a good premise, cast, score and is overall creepy which makes it stand out amongst much of what came out in the 80's.

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