Genres:
Film
TV & Radio
Release Date: 01/01/2001
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time:
Distributor/Studio: Universal Studios
Key scenes from films as varied in period, tone, and critical stature as
Psycho,
The Ugly,
Leprechaun, and
I Know What You Did Last Summer are interspersed with factoids about the famous characters they portray in this interactive DVD, which was also released as a more traditional VHS
documentary. Splashy, CD-ROM style graphics introduce clips from the aforementioned films plus
Jason Goes to Hell,
Hellraiser,
Wishmaster,
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,
Child's Play 2,
Candyman,
Scream,
The Guardian,
The Dentist,
Phantasm,
Puppet Master,
A Nightmare on Elm Street, and
Halloween. The emphasis, however, is not on the films themselves, but on the "boogeymen" they unleashed on the collective pop culture consciousness, such as
Pinhead,
Freddy Krueger,
Leatherface,
Chucky,
Blade,
Norman Bates,
Jason Vorhees, and
Michael Myers.
Boogeymen eschews traditional narration and
documentary technique, focusing instead on quick, bullet-point snippets about the characters and their preferred methods of maiming, torturing, and killing. The DVD version, however, features an optional audio track featuring narration by
horror-
sci-fi star
Robert England. Other enhanced features include additional character information and trivia questions.
Boogeymen marked the inaugural release from
FlixMix, a subsidiary of
Universal Pictures that promises to deliver "nothing but the good stuff" from the various genres that it tackles.
~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
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