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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Salesrank: 87521
Released: February 16, 1999 |
| Our Price: $33.98 |
| Used Price: $7.67 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Director Ulli Lommell graduated from Rainer Werner Fassbinder's stock company to become a director in his own right, and his horror films have garnered something of a cult following. The Boogie Man, a slice of post-Halloween slasher gore, follows the legacy of a murder perpetrated by a young boy on his mother's sadistic lover. Decades later, the boy is mute, his sister haunted by memories of the fateful night, and the murdered man's evil spirit escapes from a shattered mirror to begin a reign of slaughter. Lommell's direction is plodding and sloppy and his writing stilted (it's not helped at all by his stiff cast), but he provides the gruesome payoffs: scissors in the neck, a skewer through the back of the head, a pitchfork through a torso. The Devonsville Terror again charts the legacy of evil, this time in a family cursed to repeat the vile acts of their witch-hunting ancestors. When three independent women move to a small Massachusetts town, the chauvinist family decides to put them in their place, but could one of them actually be the reincarnation of a vengeful victim? Lommell exhibits none of his mentor's subtlety or grace, but he manages to create a genuinely eerie and off-putting mood between scenes of violent and sadistic murders and casts two familiar horror icons in supporting roles (John Carradine in The Boogie Man and Donald Pleasance in The Devonsville Terror). While these flourishes may appeal to die-hard horror fans, others will prefer to stick with the classics. --Sean Axmaker
The Boogeyman/The Devonsville Terror Reviews:
Zero Stars + 3 1/2 Stars = About 2 
2009-10-23 - "The Boogey Man" is unforgivable...in its ripoff of John Carpenter a la "Halloween" from its shooting angles to the sets to the music...I didn't waste my time on that heap of crap.....BUT, "The Devonsville Terror" grew and grew on me: even though the visuals are grainy and at times unfocused the setting of New England in Autumn suckered me right in; the small town paranoia and creepiness; the plotting, wife-killing shop owner; even the dialogs around the table, as jilted as they are, have a low-budget charm about them. Lommel utilizes the natural environment of New England quite well to build the unsettling atmosphere of the story...I wanted more. The film suffers from uneven acting performances, cheesy make-up and special effects (the opening scene is disturbing, but not so indelible that I will be scarred forever...the latter witch trial sequence is carnivalesque in a bad way), and the unforgettable dream sequence where the lead actress and shop owner are walking by the creek then he....well, watch it and see how much laughter comes out of you!
Buy it for the second film....only!
Original storylines 
2007-12-17 - I have to say while watching the Boogeyman, I did laugh at the murders. It is almost as if they were intended to be funny. However, I am not going to say this was terrible. The storyline was really unique. The broken mirror shining on the teens across the lake is way out there and over the top. Yes, it terribly acted and directed. But unique.
The Devonsville Terror was better acted and directed. I found this one intriguing and interesting to watch. A much better film. All in all, worthy of a purchase at least for the drive-in feel of the movies.
A great comedy 
2006-10-04 - This movie had me rolling on the floor laughing at how bad it was (Boogeyman). The story seems like it was made up by a 10 year old kid and the acting seems like it was directed by a 10 year old kid. A haunted mirror?!?! Sorry that would never put chills down my spine no matter how the story is spun. In one scene some members of the family are walking through a barn in the middle of the night and see some of their relatives dead and hung. What do they do? scream? run? cry? nope they move deeper in the barn without even pausing. HORRIBLE MOVIE!
This Side Yes, This Side No....
2005-08-02 - I watched this DVD because I wanted to see Boogey Man. When I saw that Devonsville Terror was on the same DVD I was like whatever. Well, to my surprise Devonsville Terror was much better than Boogey Man.
Boogey Man gets 1 star if any. Actually started out OK, but the whole possesed mirror was lame and ruined the movie. Also, the death scene of the teenagers in the car was stupid. A guy has a knife go through the back of his head and is sticking out of his mouth like 2 inches. That two inches of knife goes into his girlfriend's mouth and kills her? Made it look like a kiss. Very lame.
The Devonsville Terror I'd give 2 1/2 to 3 stars. Has an interesting story about witch trials and how they come back to haunt the townspeople 300 years later. Definitely some slowness in between, but I always like Donald Pleasence flicks for some reason. He makes them more entertaining. Some good gore in the end. Now I know where Raiders of the Lost Ark got the idea for melting faces - yuck!
Boogeyman-not very good...Devonsville-sucks.
2005-05-07 - The double feature of "The Boogeyman"/"The Devonsville Terror" aren't very good horror movies. "The Boogeyman" is a Halloween ripoff to a certain degree although there is some variation for sure...as a whole, this movie isn't terrible, but the mirror theme that the movie is essentially based on was pretty stupid in my opinion. The Boogeyman is a ghost confined to a mirror until it is broken and then people start dying at the hands of this Boogeyman...this movie is very slow to develop and the acting is poor.
As for the movie called "The Devonsville Terror", it sucks! It starts with three witches killed during the Inquisition. These three witches come back to get revenge from the descendants of their murderers. Again, the movie is slow to develop and boring. I don't recommend this DVD to anyone...I'm thoroughly disappointed.
