The Boogey Man

The Boogey Man (1980)

The most terrifying nightmare of childhood is about to return!

A young girl witnesses the brutal murder of her stepfather at the hands of her brother, by mirror reflection. Years later, when the mirror is accidentally shattered, a dark and vengeful curse is unleashed on the family, and anyone unlucky enough to come into contact with its shards falls victim to heinous murder.

Date of release
1980-11-07
TMDB
4.9 / 10 (128)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Horror
Director
Ulli Lommel
Collection
The Boogey Man Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

The Boogey Man is a 1980 American supernatural slasher film written and directed by Ulli Lommel, and starring Suzanna Love, John Carradine, and Ron James. The film's title refers to the superstition of boogeymen, and its plot concerns two siblings who are targeted by the ghost of their mother's deceased boyfriend, which has been freed from a mirror.

Production

The film uses several apparent pieces of folklore and superstition regarding mirrors: In addition to the superstition that it is bad luck to break a mirror, the film also discusses the belief that breaking a mirror releases everything the mirror has ever "seen"; further, placing the pieces of a broken mirror into a bag and burying it will counteract the bad luck from breaking the mirror.

Stylistically, Lommel stated that he wanted to make a "movie about outrageous killings set in an average-looking environment with ordinary actors. First establish things an audience can identify with, then inject the horror into a normal environment".

Filming took place on location in the Waldorf, Maryland area, with additional photography in Los Angeles, California. Lommel cited the film's production budget as $321,000 in a 1980 Los Angeles Times interview, though he estimated it cost $350,000 in a 1998 article published by Video Watchdog.

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