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Summary: A Terrific DVD To Rent. A Not-So-Good-DVD To Buy.
Review: I must say, I enjoyed this "Boogeymen" disk. It was a lot of fun watching as a different killer popped up on the screen. The first one is Pinhead (from Clive Barker's Hellraiser) and the last one is Michael Myers (from Halloween). Some of the killers are very cool, well known horror icons that are actually my very favorite (such as Leatherface, from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, or Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare On Elm Street), but others are really stupid and boring- try hard "Boogeymen" (The Guardian, Leprecaun, Candyman). It's still really great fun watching theses clips. If you get bored, or have seen one clip to many times, simply skip to the next clip. However, there weren't nearly as many features as I thought there would be. There's a cool commentary by Mr. Robert Englund (if you're a true horror fan, then you know who he is!), where he comments about certain movies, and why he likes them. Occasinily he's very funny, and I felt reasured when he said Freddy vs. Jason WILL happen! Other extras include a few theatrical trailers (NO theatrical trailer for Jason Goes To Hell The Final Friday, however! I makes me mad!). Also are "Flixmix Recommends" where you can watch trailers for The Mummy Returns, American pie 2, and Jurrasic Park 3. BY THE WAY..... THERE'S A HIDDEN SCENE FOR "JACK FROST 2". Here's how you get to it. At the top of the Flixmix Recommends menu, there's a little thing that says 'Upcoming Flixmix Titles". Highlight this (so that it's green) and press the right arrow on your remote. Then, it'll say "Jack Frost 2". You may have noticed in the movie itself, on the end credits it has cast for "Jack Frost 2". If you were wondering why that's there, it's because the scene's hidden. I hope that helped. Other extras include a "Legends Of The Boogeymen", which features breif descriptions of their histories. You can also watch the movie with "Flixfacts" on. Flixfacts pop up every scene or so and say things like "It took 500 gallons of fake blood to make Nightmare On Elm Street". Nothing to exciting. For DVD Rom, you get a trivia game, and some cool sound effects. But, it really nothing so exciting that it's something you must buy. I don't think so. There are not THAT many features. The movie IS only 58 minutes. After you've watched all the scenes and all the trailers, it's kind of silly. You'll say "Why did I buy that?" It's a TERRIFIC movie to rent or for a party. But, why but it? If you found my review helpful, please vote for me. Thank you! If you enjoyed Boogeymen The Killer Compilation, I'd recommend Halloween The Extended Edition, Terror In The Aisles, and Friday The 13th.
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Summary: Horrid!!!
Review: I ran out to purchase this dvd since I love most of the movies on the dvd!!! However the parts that they chose from the movie were the parts that i disliked most... and tell me how the hell can they put The Leprechaun on this DVD that is the most horrible movie ever!!!.. Let me tell you this.. My girlfriend who gets ill at horror films could not belive how stupid it was! I must give it one star since it did have a great Hellraiser scene at the beggining! But thats all it had!
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Summary: Good For A Rent, But Not To Buy!!
Review: Boogeymen The Killer Compilation seemed like a very cool idea to me, at first. I agree with another reviewer who stated that there should have been about 90 or 100 minutes of horror scenes. This movie (if that's what you call it) is only 58 minutes, less than one hour!! Some clips were great (A Nightmare On Elm Street, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and some were the worst movies of all time (The Guardian, Lepracaun). But I can not say I did not enjoy watching this the first time. It was cool seeing certain scenes from movies, and some I'd never even seen before! I quickley rented The Dentist after watching a clip from it on this. Wow, was The Dentist scary! Really, very freaky stuff. Other movies I just wanted to skip (The Guardian again, Leprecaun again). I'm really not sure what to say about this disk. I did feel quite dissipointed whwn I finished it. The clip of Jason (from Jason Goes To Hell The Final Friday) was not cool, mainly because Mr. Voorhees didn't slash anyone. The scene is where he chases that chick who's really an FBI agent. I felt they should have included a scene from Friday The 13th Part 3:3D instead. It'd be really cool to show that scene where he first gets his hockey mask, and shoots that girl, Vera, in the eye with a speargun. That's my favorite scene from the whole series. I was dissipointed with the Halloween clip as well. It was NOT widescreen. Halloween is a movie that MUST be viewed in widescreen to get the full effect. But this is ugly old Cropped format. I enjoyed the clip for Nightmare On Elm Street (where the clip was in widescreen). I also liked the clip for Phantasm. But, I felt that they could have removed I Know What You Did Last Summer for something like Evil Dead, maybe. I expected more like, MANY scenes from these movies, or from the whole series of movies. As for extras, dissipointment. Robert Englund's commentary was cool, but I was super duper hoping for a trailer for Jason Goes To Hell. Not here! And, no Nightmare On Elm Street trailer, Scream trailer, or a few others. Most of the trailers are for the bad movies. The "Name That Frame" game is OK, except it doesn't work on my TV. The "Flixfacts Animated Trivia" is not to interesting, basically just stuff we all know (like Brad Dourif is the voice of Chucky). For DVD Rom you get a pretty easy trivia game, and some sound files, or something. But, that's basically it. So, all in all, I do not recommend that you buy this disk. Rent it. It only takes a few hours (not THREE, as the cover says) to get through everything, and then you'll say "Why'd I buy that?" If you found my review helpful, please be sure and give me a vote. Thank you very much.
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Summary: waste of money
Review: I was so excited when I got my hands on this DVD and I couldn't wait to watch it. I was very disappointed with the results. All they do is show you one clip from each movie and introduce each "Boogeyman". It would have been better had they used less "Boogeymen" and showed more clips/highlights from the main stars like Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers. Who wants to pay to see clips from The Dentist, Leprauchaun or The Ugly. They didn't include theatrical trailers for each "Boogeyman" listed either. Save your money, because they could have done a lot better job.
Rating:
Summary: Satisfactory
Review: For the genre fans, this DVD does do the movie goer justice; lots of information on all the boogeymen presented. Englund does a good job on the narration. The interactive game was clever too. The only flaw I found was the actual presentation of the feature. I was under the impression that the all of the "starts" would be presented in a documentary format, rather than a individual scene for both. Not as long as I would have expected it to be too, which is why I only gave it an average rating. It is good to have and own, since I am a fan, but I would recommend any fan who wished to have this to buy it used; it isn't worth the price for the material included.
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Summary: What I expected...maybe a bit better...
Review: I first heard of this film accidentally thru Amazon; I hit a button and there were all these reviews & commentaries. When I saw it in a store at a good price, I bought it, sight unseen.I LOVE trashy horror flicks, though not really a slasher fan. I was pleasantly surprised, though it was largely what I expected. The DVD has lots of extras, and I'm terribly impressed. The unknown (to America) film THE UGLY looked most interesting, and was impressed to know that the lead actor won awards for the portrayal. Jason & Michael Myers are only slashing madmen; F. Kruger had sophistication; Chucky & Puppetmaster involved possessed inanimate objects...etc. Somewhat out of place was Norman Bates, Tony Perkins' brilliant and complex performance in the only truly Grade A film of the bunch. What's really great is that scenes were shown as an example, without giving away too much, but getting to the nitty-gritty of the genre. (I never saw "The Dentist", nor do I want to...) At 58 minutes, this is a film you will want in your collection, especially when guests are over and beer is flowing. It never gives you a chance to get tired of any ONE element/idea, and you will never get bored. It moves at a good clip. I noticed that this is "Vol. 1"...the horror genre is so massive that countless volumes in this series could be developed successfully, considering Sci-Fi, Dracula, Mummy, Frankenstein, Haunted Houses, etc. Everything about this compilation film hits the right notes. Let's have more, but let's also keep it diverse and interesting. More of the same (slasher) would be perhaps a bit redundant. I'm glad for the inclusion of "Phantasm", one of the true originals!
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Summary: If you're a horror fan, you'll like it....maybe
Review: I bought this VHS the other day, and I must admit, I was a little disappointed. I was hoping that more in-depth commentary would be available on the movies that these Boogeymen were in. Also, they left out some of my personal faves(Nicholson, Lugosi, Karloff, Cheney)and there was only one entry by Hitchcock. While they did get virtually most of the heavy hitters (Jason, Freddy, Michael-my fave!), they also put in the guy from Scream and I know what you did last summer(come on, were those two REALLY that scary?). If you want to see a classic on horror movies with some great commentary, rent or buy a copy of "Terror in the Aisles" circa 1981 with Donald Pleasance and Nancy Allen. It's a little dated, but it also hits all the old school legends. Happy Halloween!
Rating: 
Summary: Gives Horror Fans the goods
Review: As a horror fan, I really enjoyed this collection. I disagree with some of the detractors that say the scenes are too short or aren't bloody enough. All the scenes are about 3 or 4 minutes long, and there is PLENTY of blood. (Did they SEE Hellraiser and Chainsaw Masaacre?) What I like about this collection is that the scenes are representative of the best horror movies, and there is variety between them. So you get the KILL shot in Hellraiser, but maybe in the Friday the 13th scene you get the iconic Girl-Chased-Through-the-Woods scene. I like the fact that not only do you get Freddy, Jason, Michael, Pinhead, etc., but also Grandaddy Norman Bates and older school-but-still-scary-as-hell Tall Man and Leatherface. It really is a fun, well imagined collection of scenes and horror villains, and the extras make it worth the price of admission (or purchase).
I also like the idea below of throwing this on at a Halloween Party, and I plan to do just that at my own party. It is fun, well done, and honors the horror genre.
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Summary: i hope there is a second
Review: Boogeymen has a lot of great aspects to it, and there were a lot of scenes that I didn't see on here that I'd like to see. So, hopefully there will be a Boogeymen II for all the other great movies that weren't represented here!
Rating:
Summary: very well done
Review: This movie was very well done. A lot of time was obviously put into picking the scenes and the commentary was well done by Robert Englund.
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