Great job as usual Phelous! I gatta ask though, are you not a huge fan of the Irate Gamer? If you aren’t, you are even more so my fucking hero. I love the subtle “breakfast is ruined,” joke from a while ago, the whole joke about how graphics would have been better if they didn’t add the extra levels and used the space for better graphics, and now this one with the “cowabunga shiii.” And by the way, you really steal the show with Suburban Knights!
Haha SMASHY SMASHY.
When the whole mind fuck thing with the teleporting closet and motel room started it somewhere reminded me of 1408, like they were trying to rip that of somehow. But that movie was 12266 times better of course.
I have never been able to finish this movie. I’ve fallen asleep three times trying to get through it. I made it as far as the part where the horse runs away. It’s just a dull, sad, nothing of a film. And, now that I know “who” the Boogyman is (Your toys? The fuck?) I guess there’s no point in slogging through it. Thanks for that.
I have to agree with you that this would have been better as psychological horror, though that revelation may have ended up making the movie seem more contrived than the more ridiculous revelation that the Boogyman is real and made out of your My Little Pony figurines. Bad movies that try to pull the “It was all in his mind!” thing often end up coming off like the writers didn’t know where the fuck they were going with their story anyway.
The movie sucked and it was an awesome review! But you just had to incite more kickassery by adding Soundwave. Also was I the only one who started to freak out when you were playing smashy smashy with soundwave lol!
Boogeyman was God awful the first time I saw it! Though I do like Phelous’ analysis about how to make it a better movie. I agree, and I think I would like to have seen THAT movie. I’ll continue to look forward to watching the reviews!
You see Phelous Boogeyman was actually a complicated allegory for those who are facing fears of their own sexuality, in this case Tim and his latent homosexual tendencies. Tim’s phobia of the closet, or rather what will “come out of the closet” reflects his fears of his parents and others finding out that he may actually be gay.
Tim discovers his father may be hiding his own homosexuallity as well and when his mother confronts him the two break into a huge argument which ends in Tim’s father abandoning them both. When Tim’s mother finds out that her son may be gay as well she punishes him severly and leaves him emotionally and physically scarred.
As he grows older Tim learns to supress his true feelings but is always troubled by the ever present fear that someone might find him out. He begins to date Jessica, despite her caustic personality, in order to decieve others and himself more convincingly. Even still he quickly grows weary of her constant need for sex and her high strung family who have very strong anti-gay sentiments.
When Tim hears of his mothers death memories come flooding back and he begins to lose his grip on reality, hallucinating ghostly figures and seeming to “teleport” from one place to another whenever he enters a closet (or under a bed at times). When Jessica goes missing and he can’t seem to remember how or when it happened Tim begins to question his own sanity, especially when he returns to the hotel he and Jessica were staying at to find only a tub of filthy water and a bloody hand print on the rim of the tub. In an attempt to finally face down his fears Tim confronts the apparition of his fears made manifest and by releasing himself from the constraints placed upon him by modern society and accepting who he really is he banishes the haunting memories.
With the disappearance of Jessica and his DNA the only evidence as to what happened to her Tim is returned to the same mental institution he was treated in as a child, found to be unfit to stand trial for Jessica’s murder, and slowly attempts to return his life to normal. In the end Tim is at peace with himself and reaches to open his closet door, only to see Jessica’s lifeless body hanging there.
Oh no wait, that might have made a decent movie, nevermind! 😀
This film was awful! I hate how half assed the boogeyman was. They didn’t even explain his origins or why he did what he did. Just “LOOK ITS BAD CGI!!! BE AFRAID!!!” The boogeyman kinda looked like Black Mask from Batman but that doesn’t matter the slightest. Overall this film sucked it was more like a bad Goosebumps book than an adult horror movie. Speaking of Goosebumps you should review the Haunting Hour Don’t Think About It! Or if you really want to see a shitty movie (or TV episode I should say) Attack of the Jack O Lanterns is an episode of the old Goosebmps show and has by far the worst plot twist in fiction history!
Whoa. I was afraid it’d be the 1980s Boogeyman since the title card said “Kickin’ it oldschool”. Glad you had some real trash to takeout instead of that amusing flick. This Boogeyman looked like it was promising at first, but when you have over explaining zooms, stupid CGI boogeyman and water, and a lot of other other bullshit I’m glad I’ve never seen this one. The Birdemic refferences where the highlights here, as they always makes me crack up.
Haha, I see your drinking the Throwback Pepsi Phelous, Good for you! High Fructose is the enemy, one can closer can leave you to a FATALITY!…Oh yea, Boogeyman did sucked, but Lucy Lawless is of course awesome!
Sweet Phelous is doing all the boogymen, that means theres probably going to be a lot of Saw jokes comming. And product placement doesn’t really work on me either, and I’m not bothered by it.
I’ve only seen the one with Jiggsaw. It takes place in an asylum and you’d think it would be a psycological thriller… but it plays more like Scream… I think
thanks to this review i was not lulled into buying or renting the boogeyman movies despite the preview on a really bad (but funny) zombie movie called “boy eats girl” not only is it zombie movie but its IRISH zombies this time and the cure to the zombism is really dumb, check it out!
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Great job as usual Phelous! I gatta ask though, are you not a huge fan of the Irate Gamer? If you aren’t, you are even more so my fucking hero. I love the subtle “breakfast is ruined,” joke from a while ago, the whole joke about how graphics would have been better if they didn’t add the extra levels and used the space for better graphics, and now this one with the “cowabunga shiii.” And by the way, you really steal the show with Suburban Knights!
Obscur Twin Peaks references are always hilarious
One of those rare movies you’ve reviewed that I’ve seen.
The second movie is much worse. Can’t remember if I saw the third one.
SMASHY SMASHY = The only way to fix anything…oddly enough.
First!
More like SIXTH!
lol
Haha SMASHY SMASHY.
When the whole mind fuck thing with the teleporting closet and motel room started it somewhere reminded me of 1408, like they were trying to rip that of somehow. But that movie was 12266 times better of course.
You do understand that I now expect that you also review the sequels and the 1980 the Boogeyman? 🙂
Oh, and FIRST!
800th! What do I win?
I have never been able to finish this movie. I’ve fallen asleep three times trying to get through it. I made it as far as the part where the horse runs away. It’s just a dull, sad, nothing of a film. And, now that I know “who” the Boogyman is (Your toys? The fuck?) I guess there’s no point in slogging through it. Thanks for that.
I have to agree with you that this would have been better as psychological horror, though that revelation may have ended up making the movie seem more contrived than the more ridiculous revelation that the Boogyman is real and made out of your My Little Pony figurines. Bad movies that try to pull the “It was all in his mind!” thing often end up coming off like the writers didn’t know where the fuck they were going with their story anyway.
The movie sucked and it was an awesome review! But you just had to incite more kickassery by adding Soundwave. Also was I the only one who started to freak out when you were playing smashy smashy with soundwave lol!
No, my heart definitely skipped when he smashed Soundwave!
I’ll take my chances with that boogeyman thing than smash my toys, lol.
“The Boogeyman” by Stephen King always scared me; so did that Real Ghostbusters episode…
Boogeyman was God awful the first time I saw it! Though I do like Phelous’ analysis about how to make it a better movie. I agree, and I think I would like to have seen THAT movie. I’ll continue to look forward to watching the reviews!
To think this movie came out in 2005 and the CGI looks worst than older movies and i was thinking of the birdemic kids too when that girl showed up
You see Phelous Boogeyman was actually a complicated allegory for those who are facing fears of their own sexuality, in this case Tim and his latent homosexual tendencies. Tim’s phobia of the closet, or rather what will “come out of the closet” reflects his fears of his parents and others finding out that he may actually be gay.
Tim discovers his father may be hiding his own homosexuallity as well and when his mother confronts him the two break into a huge argument which ends in Tim’s father abandoning them both. When Tim’s mother finds out that her son may be gay as well she punishes him severly and leaves him emotionally and physically scarred.
As he grows older Tim learns to supress his true feelings but is always troubled by the ever present fear that someone might find him out. He begins to date Jessica, despite her caustic personality, in order to decieve others and himself more convincingly. Even still he quickly grows weary of her constant need for sex and her high strung family who have very strong anti-gay sentiments.
When Tim hears of his mothers death memories come flooding back and he begins to lose his grip on reality, hallucinating ghostly figures and seeming to “teleport” from one place to another whenever he enters a closet (or under a bed at times). When Jessica goes missing and he can’t seem to remember how or when it happened Tim begins to question his own sanity, especially when he returns to the hotel he and Jessica were staying at to find only a tub of filthy water and a bloody hand print on the rim of the tub. In an attempt to finally face down his fears Tim confronts the apparition of his fears made manifest and by releasing himself from the constraints placed upon him by modern society and accepting who he really is he banishes the haunting memories.
With the disappearance of Jessica and his DNA the only evidence as to what happened to her Tim is returned to the same mental institution he was treated in as a child, found to be unfit to stand trial for Jessica’s murder, and slowly attempts to return his life to normal. In the end Tim is at peace with himself and reaches to open his closet door, only to see Jessica’s lifeless body hanging there.
Oh no wait, that might have made a decent movie, nevermind! 😀
This film was awful! I hate how half assed the boogeyman was. They didn’t even explain his origins or why he did what he did. Just “LOOK ITS BAD CGI!!! BE AFRAID!!!” The boogeyman kinda looked like Black Mask from Batman but that doesn’t matter the slightest. Overall this film sucked it was more like a bad Goosebumps book than an adult horror movie. Speaking of Goosebumps you should review the Haunting Hour Don’t Think About It! Or if you really want to see a shitty movie (or TV episode I should say) Attack of the Jack O Lanterns is an episode of the old Goosebmps show and has by far the worst plot twist in fiction history!
Whoa. I was afraid it’d be the 1980s Boogeyman since the title card said “Kickin’ it oldschool”. Glad you had some real trash to takeout instead of that amusing flick. This Boogeyman looked like it was promising at first, but when you have over explaining zooms, stupid CGI boogeyman and water, and a lot of other other bullshit I’m glad I’ve never seen this one. The Birdemic refferences where the highlights here, as they always makes me crack up.
Haha, I see your drinking the Throwback Pepsi Phelous, Good for you! High Fructose is the enemy, one can closer can leave you to a FATALITY!…Oh yea, Boogeyman did sucked, but Lucy Lawless is of course awesome!
Sweet Phelous is doing all the boogymen, that means theres probably going to be a lot of Saw jokes comming. And product placement doesn’t really work on me either, and I’m not bothered by it.
I requested this movie and you reviewed it your awesome Phelous WOO!!!
For those who have seen them, how much worse are the sequels?
I’ve only seen the one with Jiggsaw. It takes place in an asylum and you’d think it would be a psycological thriller… but it plays more like Scream… I think
Hey Phelous you should have made a Real ghostbusters reference.
The “So Forget It” drum solo kills me EVERYTIME. I die laughing because it just pops out of nowhere and slays me.
Temperance! That role doesn’t suit her b/c she looks older than her character claims to be.
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metta
WHATARE YOU DOING YOU’RE MISSING THE EPISODE EVEN IF YOUR DONW WATCH IT AGAIN >:( !!!!
thanks to this review i was not lulled into buying or renting the boogeyman movies despite the preview on a really bad (but funny) zombie movie called “boy eats girl” not only is it zombie movie but its IRISH zombies this time and the cure to the zombism is really dumb, check it out!
Little girl says.. “Thaanksssssssss” at 11:30.
Vintage Phelous. One of my fav Phelous reviews. 😉 Everything in this is funny. Classic.
The Magical Adventures of Soundwave….To be continued in Bootleg Zones.