Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation

I mean, over all, they really can't go wrong with some of the classic horror movies: Halloween, Hellraiser, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Psycho. But they didn't show the best clips and some movies, you were either "I didn't see that" or "Huh, why did they put that in there?" They also missed some great classic horror movies, such as Jaws, The Exorcist, and Silence of the Lambs. I know that those aren't considered in some ways to be Boogeymen, but I think this was more of a tribute to horror movies. Also, they showed the worst clip of the Friday the 13th series, I thought they should have shown the 6th one where Jason slams the person in a sleeping bag against a tree, that was classic and terrifying.

This wasn't too bad, but I mean, who really had heard of "The Guardian", "The Ugly", and not too many knew about "The Dentist". If you want to see this, I'd recommend the DVD, it has great commentary by Freddy Krueger, or as true horror fans know him as Robert Englund. It has trivia and trailers, and is must see for horror fans.

6/10

"The Ultimate Horror Experience with the most terrifying scenes in the history of horror"... Is that legal? Such a movie is a great idea yet the people who put this thing together must have not been thinking clearly to pin such a tag line to this video. The movie supposedly features some of the most terrifying scenes from horror movies ever put on film yet what it delivers is mainly a showcase of horror icons (It pains me to call some of them that for they truly aren't.) and someone scene of them doing what they do best. The sad part is that only a handful of scenes actual belong here, namely 4 : The Texas Chainsaw Massacre; A Nightmare on Elm Street; Psycho; and Halloween. And when I mean they belong here, I truly believe that the belong here, These 4 scenes are some of the best in the horror genre and arguably best in cinema. That last minutes of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Psycho, and Halloween are what the horror genre is all about. I would list Friday the 13th but they chose a really bad scene of Jason Vorhees not killing anyone. The rest are just filler that have no business being on such a video with such a title. 'The Fisherman' and 'Ghostface' on here?... huh? That's not scary, that's MTV Teeny Bopper Happy horror, if it can be called 'horror'. They also chose a bad scene for Chucky, they should have chose the scene from the first Child's Play where Andy's mother realizes that the doll has no batteries. What pains me is that some titles are overlooked such as scenes from The Exorcist, the first minutes of Night of The Living Dead, and scenes from Silence of The Lambs. Also the list at the end of the video disgusted me on how some people ranked things. I agreed with a few but others I couldn't think could be anymore wrong. In conclusion I would recommend this movie to anyone who was never really into horror, but be warned only a few of the movie scenes stay true to the title.

I dunno if I can see the fanbase for this. On one hand you have nitpicky hardcore horror obsessives who will object to every other choice of scenes found on this compilation (and, btw, already own 90% of the films shown) and on the other hand you have people mildly interested in horror who may rent this to check out some of the horror monsters. But who would purchase it when for the same price you can get one of the films in its entirety?

The DVD does make for a nice rental for horror fans interested in behind the scenes trivia and such. Personally, the sole reason I rented this was for Robert Englund's running commentary. He shares a few interesting tidbits which was nice since a lot of horror DVDs seem to lack any kind of commentary whatsoever. As cool as it was having Englund share his thoughts, I think this DVD could have been a lot better if they assembled a few horror icons together. Maybe Craven, Carpenter, Hodder, Todd, Scrimm, Bradley, Savini, or Dourif? I wouldn't mind listening to multiple commentary tracks or even hearing a group commentary.

Oh well, I don't see the point of renting the VHS version; however, the DVD one does offer trivia, bonuses, and commentary by the great Robert Englund. With all that though, it's just a rental for me.

Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation (2001) C-56 min. Well-made compilation of some of the most frightening movie slashers of our time. From Michael Myers, Jason Vorhees, and Freddy Krueger to Pinhead, Chucky, and Leatherface, this serves as a supplement to any horror/slasher fan's video collection. Unfortunately, some of the scenes they chose were not the best (there were far bloodier and scarier scenes in the Friday the 13th series than the one they chose from JASON GOES TO HELL) and they left out a few of the classic slashers (Santa Claus killer from SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT, Jack Frost, the Thomas Sinclair/Bryan Lawson brother/killer duo from the GLENVILLE films, the URBAN LEGEND killers, etc). But the `film' is more than adequate and provided me with a list of horror movies on my `must-see' list. Commentary on the DVD edition is done by none other than Robert Englund. RATING: 6 out of 10.

This compilation of the 'rogues gallery' of modern day movie monsters could have been better. Of course you've got the Big 4 (Freddy, Jason, Michael, and Leatherface) along with those of well-deserved honorable mention (Candyman, Chucky, Pinhead, and the Tall Man). As far as the Guardian, 'Ghostface', Fisherman and the others goes, they should've been left out. Why you ask? They're not considered cult classics to me. They're not in the same league with old school horror favorites.

You mean to tell me that the producers and writers forgot about Pazuzu the demon from 'The Exorcist', Damien from 'The Omen', and the demon from 'The Evil Dead'? Also, they could've chosen a much better Jason Voorhees moment (of which there are many) instead of JGTH, which is his worst.

Hope those guys do better with a sequel if they decide to do so.