When I settled in to watch this one, I had this strange compulsion that I’d already seen it and written about it. The name looked so familiar that I couldn’t help but check.  Turns out I hadn’t, so I tucked into The Boogyman.

There’s not too much here in the way of plot–its meager two-minute run time prevents that–so all you get is a guy home alone one night who finds himself attacked by a monster he cannot comprehend.

What’s interesting about this is that, one, it was shot fully ten years ago as part of a student film project.  Two, it’s told in a series of frames, without a whole lot of movement involved.  Three, even though it uses a whole LOT of cliches it still manages to make them seem fresh and interesting.  Look for things like screamers and the good old fashioned behind you gag.

And yet, despite this, it manages to be a fairly creepy little affair that just might keep you up a night or two, looking for that old goosalum, The Boogyman.

The Screenhead Ten Scale thusly awards this shockingly minimalist horror production a seven out of ten for doing the most it could with what it had to work with.

Which, in all honestly, really wasn’t that much.