150 Movies You Should Die Before You See - Miller Steve [41]
And the Worst Writer Award goes to … Brett Piper for failing to recognize that the heart and soul of his story was the strip club and its denizens. Not to mention the idea that the bugs mutate as a result of ingesting tainted marijuana.
They Really Said It!
Ralph: Somebody better get that God dame off the stage, right now!
Betcha Didn't Know
Misty Mundae has been working toward a film studies degree in recent years, and she has released one of her student films (Voodoun Blues in 2004) on DVD.
In an age of cheap CGI, Brett Piper continued to use stop-motion miniatures in his films.
Trivia Quiz
Why did actress Misty Mundae change her name to E rin Brown?
A: She wanted to disassociate herself from the soft-core porn of her early career
B: She was tired of having a name that invoked a New Order song
C: She entered the Federal Witness Protection program
D: She parted ways with the production company for which she had made virtually all of her early films, but she did not own the rights to the Misty Mundae stage name.
Answer: D. Mundae from 1999-2004 starred in over thirty-five soft-core horror-and/or comedy tinged soft-core porn films produced by E.I. Independent for its various labels. By 2004 she had tired of erotic filmmaking and wanted to branch out into other things. E.I., which had invested much in making Misty Mundae a symbol of their brand of entertainment, did not let her take the name with her, so she started making movies as Erin Brown.
BOOGEYMAN
Screen Gems, 2005
PRODUCERS Gary Bryman, Joe Drake, Steve Hein, and Nathan Kahane (executive producers), Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert (producers)
WRITERS Eric Kripke, Juliet Snowden, and Stiles White
DIRECTOR Stephen Kaye
STARS Barry Watson (Tim), Emily Deschanel (Kate Houghton), and Skye McCole Bartusiak (Franny Roberts)
A young magazine editor finds himself and his loved ones endangered when a childhood closet-monster comes back to haunt him in adulthood.
Why It Sucks
This attempt at a horror movie might have worked if someone had bothered writing a coherent script. If, for instance, we had an explanation of why the monster attacks … other than “just because.” It's astonishing that Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert could miss the mark by so much, since they were involved in such great horror fests as Evil Dead II and Drag Me to Hell.
Thumbs Down Rating:
The Crappies
The Worst Script Award goes to … Erik Kripke, Juliet Snowden, and Stiles White, because between the three of them they couldn't come up with a sensible story.
And the Worst Director Award goes to … Stephen Kaye for failing to recognize that repeatedly building an atmosphere of dread and then dispelling it without a payoff doesn't make a move scary, it just makes it annoying.
They Really Said It!
Franny: I wanted to tell you something. Is it true, the boogeyman took your Dad? Are you scared?
Betcha Didn't Know
To date, two direct-to-video “sequels” have been made to this movie. They aren't any better that the original, despite the fact that neither has anything to do with the other or the movie they follow.
Troma Entertainment produced a boogyman-centric horror spoof in 1986 titled Monster in the Closet. It is scarier than this.
Trivia Quiz
What series of superhero movies did Boogeyman producer Sam Raimi direct three of?
A: Superman
B: Darkman
C: Batman
D: Spider-Man
Answer: D. Raimi directed the first three Spider-Man movies.
CRY OF THE BANSHEE
American International Pictures, 1970
PRODUCERS Louis M. Heyward (executive producer), Samuel Z. Arkoff and Gordon Hessler (producers)
WRITERS Tim Kelly (story), Christopher Wicking (script)
DIRECTOR Gordon Hessler
STARS Vincent Price (Lord Edward Whitman), Hilary Dwyer (Maureen Whitman), Patrick Mower (Roderick), and Elisabeth Bergner (Oona)
When the ruthless, psychopathic Lord Edward Whitman (Price) orders a coven of witches