Yeah, Ack and I are quite familiar with crap....
New write-up of the week:
The Boogey Man
After the soul of a very creepy dude who was trapped in a mirror for several years is freed, he goes on a murder spree to punish those responsible for trapping him in the first place (as well as anyone else who happens to cross his path.)
I swear this is one of the slowest slashers I've ever watched. The killer doesn't even show back up until the movie is half way over. And then once he's there they make it worse by dragging out the murderin' to an obnoxious degree. There is a fine line between tension and boredom, and the filmmakers seem to have found that line and purposefully jumped over onto the boredom side. The film also has a bad habit of not explaining things. Like, I really like all the included folklore related to mirrors, but the film doesn't bother explaining any of that to the viewer, it just expects you to already know it. So if you don’t, you're going to be a bit confused. So basically it's an interesting slasher with some neat ideas, but it’s bogged down with strange story oddities, pacing issues and the usual suspects when considering the film is distinctly low-budget.
