The Boogeyman 2 (1981)

Gee, let’s see if I can get this to sound like the back of a video box. Trying to escape the horrific events from her first encounter with the “Boogeyman”, Suzanna Love reprises her role as Lacey, on holiday with some friends in sunny L.A. Her moviemaking friends are terrified by her tale of a vengeful ghost, deciding that Lacey’s tale is just perfect for the big screen treatment. Lacey protests, feeling that too much attention to the past may cause the evil spirit to arise once again. As a snooping butler comes across one of the cursed mirror fragments which house the Boogeyman’s ghost, all hell breaks loose until the terrifying and blood soaked finish.

Not bad eh? Since we all know that was a lot of bull, let’s see how things really went, shall we? Simply put, “Boogeyman 2” is a simply atrocious film that almost had me nodding off in a boredom-induced coma. The character of Lacey does indeed return just like I said above. Her Hollywood friends (where does she get these?) want to cash in on her story, with Lacey just wanting to let the past be the past. If you never saw the first “Boogeyman” don’t worry, you’ll be treated to practically the entire first film’s events via numerous flashback scenes that probably allotted for about thirty minutes of the films running time. Since she knows the “secret” (?) of the Boogeyman, only Lacey can touch the mirror fragment that she carries with her. Let’s see, the mirror releases the ghost that killed practically your entire family, yet you want to carry it on you at all times. Right. And yes, wouldn’t you know it, Mr. Snooping Butler comes across the shard, becoming possessed just as Lacey’s friends are throwing a big party for their Hollywood pals. What you’re left with is a pretty much straight up slasher, as our possessed butler offs the guests one by one. Ah, but here is where it gets (un)interesting. Why the kills themselves are lamely photographed and executed with some really bad special effects, it’s the murder weapons themselves that will have you rolling on the floor. Prepare yourselves for the dreaded floating toothbrush, the vicious garden hose and, last but not least, the deadly can of shaving cream. Yes, a couple is actually killed by a toothbrush through the throat (make that an electric toothbrush) for the guy, while the little lady gets a face full of Barbasol. In all my years I have never seen death by shaving cream, and to be honest, I don’t think I ever will again. “Boogeyman 2” does for shaving cream what “Jaws” did for the water. After numerous uninspired kills and extremely weak acting, not to mention zero amounts of nudity, things come to the typical weak climax promising, you guessed it, another sequel. Avoid…At ...All…Costs.