The Boogey Man
- IMDb link: 0080464
- IMDb rating: 4.7 (5,783 votes)
- Genres: Horror, Drama, Documentary
- Director: Ulli Lommel
- Cast: John Carradine, Suzanna Love, Ron James, Nicholas Love and others
- Release date: 7 Nov 1980
- Release year: 1980
- Runtime: 82 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: mirror, traumatic childhood experience, scream, screaming, psychiatrist, nightmare, letter, flashback, childhood trauma, bound and gagged
Plot:
After the brutal death of their mother's boyfriend, young siblings Willy and Lacey had moved out of their mother's house n been staying with their uncle n aunt for the past twenty years. Lacey is married with a young son and Willy has been mute since the night of the murder. Lacey's husband, Jake, takes her to a psychiatrist to help her confront her fears, and after the psychiatrist's advice, Jake n Lacey visit the house where the murder took place. Lacey sees a reflection of her mother's deceased boyfriend coming towards her in a mirror inside the bedroom where he died, and smashes the mirror in a panic with a chair thereby releasing the vengeful spirit of the deceased lover from the mirror.