The Boogeyman

The Boogeyman (1980)

  • 48% of users liked it
    (7,553 ratings)

Fassbinder protegee Ulli Lommel directed this moody, atmospheric but ultimately derivative horror film about a dark family secret and the broken mirror which releases that secret's malignant spirit. The film's prologue opens in the 1960s, when a young boy conspires with his sister to murder their… More

R, 1 hr. 33 min.
Directed By
Ulli Lommel
Genres
Horror
In Theaters
Nov 7, 1980 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

    Goofy old-school killer mirror schpiel.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Keiko A


    Well for this will be the last American or horror I review for a while because I would rather move onto something different something more like Akira Kurosawa films or really anything that I have seen that comes out of were I live. So the reason for me seeing this that Vamp Reilly… More

  • Dr Blood  


    This is a weird mix of "Halloween", "The Exorcist" and even "The Amityville Horror". It was one of the original banned "Video Nasties" in the UK (where it was called "The Bogey Man") but it's such a badly edited mess that… More

  • John M


    "The Boogeyman" is a peculiar little horror movie that mixed "Halloween", "Amityville Horror" and "The Exorcist". The plot was stupid, the acting terrible, illogical script, the cutting extremely bad, the pace is slow and feels dragged. The only… More

  • Marion R


    Not being a horror film watcher I am not sure if this is standard, but this was really bad. Darth Vader's ghost attacking random people really doesn't make any sense.

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