The Boogey Man

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The Boogey Man

R

Released Nov 7, 1980

1h 26m

Horror

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A young woman (Suzanna Love) is haunted by a piece of broken mirror possessed by the spirit of her mother's lover.

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Gary Arnold

Washington Post

An absurd but proficiently grisly horror cheapie.

Dec 21, 2015

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

Rated: D

Mar 3, 2007

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KT Mahe

For Your Reference Podcast

The Boogey Man offers an earnestness to filmmaking and the horror genre that is a lot of fun when it allows itself to go all the way. Shaky plots and lore but a fun time all around.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 28, 2024

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Brian Orndorf

Blu-ray.com

Slow and somewhat uneventful, trying to master some type of cinematic creep that doesn't register as intended.

Rated: C

Sep 18, 2023

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Alan Jones

Starburst

The film is very evidently a low budget quickie but Lommel's direction raises it above the general appalling level of recent offerings with confidence in his material and noteworthy imagination.

Jul 28, 2022

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Dennis Schwartz

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Mind-blowing assault on the senses.

Rated: B

Dec 28, 2014

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Shiba

Still a classic one for me!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/03/23

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Steve D

Put together from pieces of far better horror films.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/12/23

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marco b

Though there are some good ideas, they really aren't fleshed out that well. It's more of The Exorcist meets … well name any slasher. Lacey and Willy are siblings who have a terrible secret from their childhood, which manifests as a ghost.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Best slasher movie about a killer mirror in the 80s

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

This combines The Entity, and maybe other obscure titles and makes something quite original with it.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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A more accurate title would be 'Death Mirror: The Mirror That Kills', or 'John Carradine Makes a Lousy Psychiatrist'.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Synopsis

A young woman (Suzanna Love) is haunted by a piece of broken mirror possessed by the spirit of her mother's lover.

Director: Ulli Lommel
Producer: Ulli Lommel
Screenwriter: Ulli Lommel, Suzanna Love, David Herschel
Production Co: Jerry Gross Organization
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 7, 1980, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 2, 2016
Runtime: 1h 26m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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