Boogeyman 3

Year: 1994

Director: Deland Nuse

Written by: Jack Smight

Threat: Ghost

Weapon of Choice: Electricity

Based upon: Original

IMDb page: IMDb link

      Return of the Boogeyman

Other movies in this series:
The Boogeyman
Boogeyman II

The tyranist's thoughts
Tripe was the first word that came to my mind when the credits rolled on this movie followed shortly by crapfest. This is exactly the kind of irresponsible filmmaking that gets horror a bad rap. On top of the normal offenses lies the fact that it is not the least bit entertaining. Not once in the 76 minutes the movie lasted did I even smile.
Apparently desperate for money, the creators of The Boogeyman, which I didn't like but looks like The Maltese Falcon next to this, got together and planned a clips show. Over 50% of the movie is lifted directly from the first entry to the series and what remains is an incredibly shoddy piece of storytelling. Apparently, there is a psychic named Annie (of course, she's psychic. In the only kind of original part of the movie, they try very hard to prove it to us) and she has tied into the Natalie character from the first movie. A parapsychologist lech is attempting to simultaneously study Annie and encourage her to help Natalie. Think high art film. You know, the kind where not even experimental theater understands what's going on.
Beyond the fact that the entire underlying premise for this third entry in the series is bogus, they didn't even try to make it good. The dialogue is terrible and several of the actors pathetic. What new material there is shows a lack of quality and concern. There just isn't anything to redeem the movie, unless of course, you are looking for someone to do a voice-over to The Boogeyman so that you don't have to bother to think at all.
Perhaps the two best words to describe this film aren't 'tripe' and 'crapfest' after all. 'Insipid' and 'asinine' are much better. Just don't see this. Please don't make these people feel good about themselves by lining their pockets for what amounts to grade-B crap.

Total Skulls: 31

Sequel skull
Sequel setup skull
Rips off earlier film
Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie
Future celebrity appears
Former celebrity appears
Bad title
Bad premise skullskull
Bad acting skull
Bad dialogue skull
Bad execution skullskull
MTV Editing skullskull
OTS skull
Girl unnecessarily gets naked
Wanton sex
Death associated with sex
Unfulfilled promise of nudity skull
Characters forget about threat
Secluded location
Power is cut
Phone lines are cut skull
Someone investigates a strange noise
Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door
Camera is the killer skullskull
Victims cower in front of a window/door
Victim locks self in with killer
Victim running from killer inexplicably falls
Toilet stall scene
Shower/bath scene skullskull
Car stalls or won't start
Cat jumps out
Fake scare
Laughable scare
Stupid discovery of corpse skull
Dream sequence skullskull
Hallucination/Vision skullskull
No one believes only witness
Crazy, drunk, old man knows the truth
Warning goes unheeded
Music detracts from scene
Death in first five minutes
x years before/later skull
Flashback sequence skullskull
Dark and stormy night
Killer doesn't stay dead
Killer wears a mask skull
Killer is in closet
Killer is in car with victim skull
Villain is more sympathetic than heroes
Unscary villain/monster
Beheading
Blood fountain
Blood hits camera
Poor death effect
Excessive gore
No one dies at all
Virgin survives
Geek/Nerd survives
Little kid lamely survives
Dog/Pet miraculously survives
Unresolved subplots skull
"It was all a dream" ending
Unbelievably happy ending
Unbelievably crappy ending skull
What the hell? skullskull