Boogeyman 2 [DVD] [1983] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

I thought I was watching a special feature when I started this movie, and was surprised that it was the feature. This is not a sequel, this is one of the worst DVDs of all time. Thankfully, I only rented it and am only out the rental cost. Everybody, be warned, you barely see anything of the actual Boogeyman sequel, just scenes in fast motion. There should be some kind of law because this DVD is slickly packaged and is a complete and total rip-off. Everybody involved with the making of this DVD should feel ashamed. Those who bought it deserve their money back.

I was so excited when I saw this DVD online. It said DIRECTOR'S CUT on the front UNEDITED, blah blah you know the rest. This DVD is presented on the outside package as the full length Feature Film, "Boogeyman 2". What you actually get is a chopped up edited piece of junk with actual scenes from the film sandwiched inbetween these boring interviews with the director Uli Lommel. This DVD IS NOT the full length Feature Film. Instead it is a cheap, dihonest crooked, misrepresentation of a product designed to fool people like me into thinking I am getting the real film. This is more like a documentary about Boogeyman 2. I am extremely furious at the makers of this DVD and the crook director called Uli Lommel. This is false advertising in the purest form. I wasted $13.39. Dont make the same mistake I did and just get the old 1992 VHS tape Boogeyman 2 from Movie Trading Company for $4.99.

Uli Lommel is a CROOK!.

There is one thing genuinely scary about "Boogeyman 2." That would be that the first three words onscreen are "Ulli Lommel Presents." Lommel has made some terrible films (Don't believe me? Check out "Revenge of the Stolen Stars.") but this one is among his very worst. (As a caution, there are two films of this name and this review is for the 1983 release, not the 2007 movie.) It is highly derivative and highly boring. The script is awful, and the acting worse. Lommel stars against Suzanna Love as Lacey, a young woman haunted by her past and the gruesome deaths of her family and friends.

While the film is sadistic, it is also incredibly plodding and fails to chill on any level. While the film allegedly stars John Carradine, be advised that he is in it as a dour psychiatrist for maybe five minutes. It's a shame, as he turns in the best performance in the film (not that that's saying much.) The plot revolves around a house where murders occurred years ago. There's a mirror that witnessed the killings and little pieces of it possess people and objects to bring more death and destruction. I will not bore you with details, but the following is a non-exhaustive list of murderously possessed items: scissors, electric hedge trimmers, a window frame (not the glass part, you understand,) a medicine cabinet, a can of shaving cream, and my personal favorite, a toothbrush. Bonus points go to Lommel for the most ridiculously deadly French kiss in history.

The "Exorcist" and "Amityville Horror" influences are obvious, but the film is clearly not in the same league. The film centers on B-movie personalities in Hollywood, where Lacey confronts her past while the cast gets thinned out. The film has poor sound and lots of annoying directorial choices and camera work (the closeups of children's toys in the dark, etc.) that utterly fail to create suspense or horror. The film winds down with a jarringly quick, but wholly ridiculous conclusion involving a convertible in the desert with three unlikeable cast members in it. I couldn't help but think of the parallel sequences in "Manos, The Hands of Fate," but "Manos" is a much more enjoyable movie.

Even John Carradine's most devoted fans may want to steer clear of "Boogeyman 2," surely one of the most trying horror films of his career to endure. You have been warned.