The Boogey Man (1980)

The Boogeyman, released in the UK as The Bogey Man, is a 1980 American horror film directed by Ulli Lommel and starring Suzanna Love, John Carradine, and Ron James. The movie's title refers to the long-held superstition of bogeymen beings, and its plot concerns an adult brother and sister who are tormented by what they believe to be the ghost of their mother's dead boyfriend. The film was followed by Boogeyman II and Return of the Boogeyman.

The film has received mixed to negative critical reviews, with the heavy influences from earlier horror films such as Halloween and The Exorcist criticized as well as the fact that the titular serial killer is shown with ladies' pantyhose over his head. However, the movie became successful enough commercially to make the film-makers eager to release sequels.

Synopsis

The film opens with Willy and Lacey as children watching their mother and her lover preparing to have sex. When the mother notices them, she has her boyfriend tie Willy to his headboard before sending Lacey to her room. Lacey frees Willy from his bed and Willy enters their room and repeatedly stabs his mother's boyfriend to death with a kitchen knife in front of a large mirror.

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