A compilation of clips from seventeen classic slasher films.
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This Is A Good Film But Not Good Enough. Their Could Have Been A Few Changes Including The Scene From The Dentist (1996) I Dislike. Their Should Have Been A Scene From The First Child's Play (1988) Instead Of Child's Play 2 Chucky's Back (1990). The Scene From Phantasm (1979) I Dislike. The Scene From Friday The 13th Part 9 Jason Goes To Hell The Final Friday (1993) Should Have Been A Scene From Friday The 13th Part 3 (1982). And Last But Not Least The Scene From The Guardian (1990) I Mean I Don't Mind That Scene But It Should Have Been A Male Because When This Compilation Says Boogeymen I Doesn't Say Boogeywomen This Is The Only Female In The Compilation. Now What Males Could Have Replaced The Killers I Disliked Dr. Hannibal Lecter Could Have Replaced Dr. Alan Feinstone. Maybe Jaws Could Have Replaced Camilla The Only Female. Captain Howdy From Strangeland (1998) Could Have Replaced The Tall Man. Other Then All That Everything Else In This Compilation Is Alright. From Brandon DeVore.
I am obviously a big fan of horror films, and there is nothing I like better than a good psychotic, demonic, stalking and killing boogeyman. This special DVD (with optional Trivia facts and commentary from Robert Englund, aka, Freddy Kreuger) is a compilation of some of the greatest boogeymen from the last 40 years of horror films. It consists of 17 moments of archive footage, all with the specific boogeyman. First the narrator gives the name of the boogeyman, the film he/she appears in, then some short facts about them, and then we see their evil work. The boogeymen that appear on this compilation are: Pinhead from Hellraiser (Doug Bradley), Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street (Robert Englund), Wishmaster/ The Djinn from Wishmaster (Andrew Divoff, Leatherface from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Gunnar Hansen), Ghostface from Scream (Dane Farwell, voiced by Roger Jackson), Leprechaun (Warwick Davis), Chucky from the Child's Play series (voiced by Brad Dourif), Candyman (Tony Todd), The Fisherman from I Know What You Did Last Summer (Muse Watson), Camilla from The Guardian (Jenny Seagrove), Dr. Alan Feinstone from The Dentist (Corbin Bernse), Simon from The Ugly (Paolo Rotondo), The Tall Man from Phantasm (Angus Scrimm), Blade from The Puppet Master (voiced by Bert Rosario), Norman Bates from Psycho (Anthony Perkins), Jason Voorhees from Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday (Kane Hodder) and Michael Myers from Halloween (Tony Moran), also if you can find it, there is Jack Frost (voiced by Scott MacDonald). Very good!
At only an hour, this isn't the best compilation DVD they could possibly come up with, but I liked it a lot. I've been a little out of touch with horror movies recently, so it was nice to watch clips from all these famous horror movies to get me back on the ball. There are some very gruesome clips, some are downright sickening, but that's the fun of it. I loved the Robert Englund commentary--he had some very interesting things to say, and seemed to be at least somewhat oriented with every horror director, writer and actor featured. Plus, he has a fine sense of humor. The easter egg was really nice. I haven't seen "Jack Frost," and am only familiar with it through the trailer. It seems like a really cheesy flick, but boy does that babe look great naked. You can't have a cheesy horror flick without a lil' bit of gratuitous nudity, that's my motto. My impression after the clips were over was, "That's it?" But hopefully, they'll sooner or later come up with a "Boogeymen 2" DVD. If they do, I really look forward to it. And I love the song "I'm Your Boogeyman" by Rob Zombie (back then, White Zombie), which was featured in the opening and closing credits. Horror fans will probably love it. Others will be genuinely disgusted and will probably wanna stay away. Not for the squeamish or faint of heart. My score: 7 (out of 10)
While watching the end credits on the DVD, you'll notice the credits for Jack Frost 2. From the disc's main menu, go to 'Flixmix Recommendations.' On this screen you see menu entries for trailers for 'American Pie 2' and 'The Mummy Returns.' If you press the 'Right' arrow key on your remote control however, an icon appears, and if you hit 'Enter' now, you will get the chance to see a clip from 'Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman,'. A must see!As far as Boogeymen is concerned, being a 20 year plus horror fan I was a bit let down by the compilation. Flixmix boasts "Nothing but the good stuff!", but one could debate that after seeing the selections of not only some of the films, but some of the clips they chose from the film. Most of the time, they didn't include the classic scenes from the films, just secondary scenes. Nothing but the good stuff...whatever. It's not a bad disc if you a throwing a Halloween party and want a video mix, otherwise it'll be on your coffee table as a coaster within months. The Flixmix animated trivia is often incorrect, and the commentary by Rober Englund (who I love) is dull and uninspiring. The DVD-Rom features are hardly anything to write home about, but none really ever are. Other than that, you get some selected trailers, a lame Name That Frame game, and Legends Of The Boogeymen text (also filled with mistakes). A great concept fell short. Not for the hardcore horror fans, as we've seen this all before ... but with the good stuff!