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(aka "The Boogey Man" or "The Boogeyman")
directed by Ulli Lommel
USA 1980
"The most
terrifying nightmare of childhood is about
to return!" when siblings Lacey (Suzanna
Love, HAIR!) and Willy (Nicholas
Love,
WILD AT HEART) receive a letter from
their dying mother who wishes to see them
one more time. The letter brings back
traumatic childhood memories of Willy
stabbing his mother's abusive lover to
death. Although no one thinks to seek help
for Willy - who has been mute since the act,
squirrels away knives, and paints over
mirrors - Lacey's husband Jake (Ron James,
OLIVIA) takes her to a psychiatrist
(John Carradine,
THE HOUSE OF SEVEN CORPSES) for her
nightmares, and he suggests they revisit her
childhood home to confront her fears. The
mirror in which Lacey witnessed the murder
still hangs in the bedroom and she smashes
it when she sees her mother's lover in the
reflection. For some odd reason, Jake takes
the pieces of the mirror back home with them
and puts it back together; however, stray
shards containing the vengeful spirit of the
dead man start wreaking telekinetic havoc:
first upon the family currently living in
the house, and then upon some picnicking
teenage slasher film cannon fodder, as the
force makes its way to the farmhouse where
Willy and Lacey live with her husband and
their uncle and aunt. By the time they are
ready to believe, it may be too late for an
excorcism! |
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Theatrical Release: 7 November 1980 (USA)
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Comparison:
Anchor Bay Entertainment - Region 0 - NTSC vs. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - Region 1 - NTSC vs. 88 Films - Region FREE - Blu-ray
Big thanks to Eric Cotenas and for the DVD Screen Caps!
1) Anchor Bay Entertainment - Region 0 - NTSC - LEFT2) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - Region 1 - NTSC - MIDDLE 3) 88 Films - Region FREE - Blu-ray - RIGHT
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Anchor Bay Entertainment Region 0 - NTSC |
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Region 1 - NTSC |
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Runtime | 1:21:48 | 1:21:39 | 1:21:54.910 |
Video |
1.85:1 Original Aspect Ratio |
1.85:1 Original Aspect Ratio
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1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 30,489,908,822 bytesFeature: 20,419,454,976 bytes Video Bitrate: 29.99 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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Audio | English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono |
English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono |
LPCM Audio English 1536 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit |
Subtitles | none | none | none |
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Release Information: Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment
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Chapters 29 |
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DVD Release Date:
6 September
2005 Chapters 12 |
Release Information: Studio:88 Films
1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 30,489,908,822 bytesFeature: 20,419,454,976 bytes Video Bitrate: 29.99 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
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• Stills
Gallery (1:31)
Blu-ray
Release Date: March 23rd, 2015 Chapters 8 |
Comments |
NOTE: These Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc.
ADDITION: 88 Films - Region FREE - Blu-ray (March 15'): The 88 Films 1080P transfer shows more information the frame - on all four sides of the Anchor Bay DVD and on the top and bottom of the Sony SD. The Sony DVD also looks vertically stretched wedged between the other two release screen grabs. Skin tones cool to a more natural appearance. It is also sharper and is the best eaily over the other two - supported with a dual-layered rendering and a high bitrate around 5X that of the DVD transfers.
The uncompressed linear PCM is also crisper and more even although I thought I noticed some sync issues - but if they were there - they weren't an issue, IMO. Like the DVDs there are no subtitles offered, but the 88 Films Blu-ray is region FREE!
Extras include an interview with the director Ulli Lommel running almost 18-minutes, a trailer, TV Spots and a Stills gallery. I suspect an Easter Egg or two but I didn't investigate too thoroughly. Perhaps, if it exists, it will be a nice surprise for the purchasers.
Early 80's slasher-style horror - actually fairly adeptly produced with a significantly superior video presentation over the previous digital releases. Recommended to those keen on the genre. *** ON THE DVDs: Sony issued a double-sided disc with the second sequel RETURN OF THE BOOGEYMAN (a 1994 direct-to-video item that combined footage from the first film with new video footage) as a tie-in with the unrelated 2005 Sam Raimi-produced film THE BOOGEYMAN using an older non-anmorphic letterboxed master. It was later reissued in an anamorphic widescreen transfer from an HD master (the 1994 sequel, of course, was not remastered). The anamorphic one should mention being mastered in HD on the back of the case as well as the disc ring label. The Anchor Bay disc remains of value for the inclusion of a letterboxed transfer of Lommel's atmospheric THE DEVONSVILLE TERROR. -Eric Cotenas |
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