Boogeyman 3 (2008) Poster, Synopsis, Trailer, Raw Review!

SYNOPSIS

From Ghost House Pictures, the makers of Boogeyman, 30 Days of Night and The Messengers comes this unrated terrifying addition to the Boogeyman series. When college sophomore Sarah Morris witnesses the alleged suicide of her best friend, it sets into motion a series of horrific events that cause Sarah to fear the supernatural entity known as the Boogeyman. As she tries to convince the rest of her dorm that the Boogeyman does exist, the evil force grows stronger and her friends begin to pay the price. Now Sarah must stop this ultimate evil before the entire campus falls prey because the question isn’t whether or not the Boogeyman is going to get them…it’s HOW and WHEN!

Get ready for another dose of terror coming from your closet this January. Boogeyman 3 will be released on DVD on January 20. We don’t have any cover art for the new disc yet, but we’ll update this story as soon as we have an update. The new film will be priced at $24.96 SRP and stars Erin Cahill, Matt Rippy, Jayne Wisener and was directed by Gary Jones.

# Actors: W.B. Alexander, Erin Cahill, Elyes Gabel, Chuck Hittinger, John Laskowski
# Directors: Gary Jones
# Writers: Brian Sieve
# Producers: Andrew Pfeffer, John Cappilla, Joseph Drake, Robert G. Tapert, Steve Hein
# Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
# Language: English
# Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
# Number of discs: 1
# Rating:
# Studio: Sony Pictures
# DVD Release Date: January 20, 2009
# Run Time: 92 minutes
# Special Features:
- Deleted Scenes
- “Creating the Boogeyman” Featurette
- “Deconstructing the Deaths” Featurette
- “Boogey in Bulgaria” Featurettepix24799

RAW REVIEW

Lame, unoriginal, and unscary. Pass on this one.

After Sarah (Erin Cahill) witnesses the supposed suicide of her friend, she must fight to prove that her friends and the rest of the college campus are under attack from a malicious force known as (you guessed it) The Boogeyman.

There’s something I’ve learned while spending the majority of my film-watching life consumed by the horror genre: No matter how good or bad a film is, a sequel is always a good idea (in the minds of the producers, that is). From the ten Friday the 13th sequels (which range from great to insultingly bad) to the thirteen (with more coming) Witchcraft films (all of which are awful), no matter how unnecessary a sequel seems, you can always fit one in. These days, it seems even worse. Even seemingly unknown films are getting countless sequels. Now, I can understand the annual Saw installment. They’re perfect Hollywood moneymakers: Lots of earnings with minimal risks. But, Boogeyman? Does this really need two sequels? The first one was bad enough (yet still somehow managed to earn more than double its budget at the box office), and the second was pretty bad as well. . . so, why a third? Well, they’ve got that $28 million they earned at the box office burning a hole in their pocket and, instead of using it on something worthwhile, why not throw a couple million at what they assume is a built-in audience. Is there a built-in audience? Would I count as a part of that simply because I’ve seen both? I sure hope not. Regardless, before watching, I had actually heard some not-so-bad things about this installment, so I thought I’d return to the subpar franchise once more. This is the last time though, I swear! Anyway. . . the film itself is pretty bad. Most notably, the amateurish acting and script make for a dull and unlikable movie. The direction seems very “TV movie” and the editing is awful, exchanging MTV-style jump cuts for real scares. As a whole, the film stands as a typically underwhelming, unscary, and poorly made low-budget horror that should be avoided by anyone other than the truest of fans of the first two Boogeymans (then again, if you like both of those, I don’t know what you WON’T like).

Obligatory Horror Elements:

- Subgenre: Demonic, I guess? Or ghost, or something.
- Violence/Gore: There’s a good bit of blood but none of the violence is really explicit enough to make it worth it.
- Sex/Nudity: A teensy bit of the homely girl at the beginning, but nothing too sexy.
- Scares/Suspense: A for effort, but flash-cuts aren’t really all that scary. The acting was pretty frightening though.
- Mystery: Not really. Just pretty stupid.

Final verdict: 3.5/10. Lame, unoriginal, and unscary. Pass on this one.