The Boogey Man
1980 film by Ulli Lommel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 long-held superstition of boogeymen beings, 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.
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Directed by | Ulli Lommel |
Written by | Ulli Lommel |
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Cinematography | Jochen Breitenstein |
Edited by | Terrell Tannen |
Music by | Tim Krog |
Distributed by | Jerry Gross Organization |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $350,000[1] |
Box office | $2.1 million–$25 million[lower-roman 1] |
Released theatrically in November 1980 by the independent distributor the Jerry Gross Organization, it received mixed to negative critical reviews, with criticism mainly regarding the heavy similarities from earlier horror films such as Halloween, The Exorcist, and The Amityville Horror. The film was followed by two sequels: Boogeyman II and Return of the Boogeyman.