Wing: Sometimes, yes. Or to find something that I can halfway remember but can’t quite get all of it.<\/strong><\/span>]<\/p>\nBACK TO THE FILM!<\/p>\n
It\u2019s morning, dawn is bright in the old haunted house. Jennifer walks into the kitchen and is greeted by her mother, who asks if she slept well. Nope. Taking a seat at the table, Carlton says she needs a good breakfast. Corwin chimes in as well before R.E. yells, \u201cEat the eggs!\u201d Well, you and I both can guess what\u2019s coming.<\/p>\n
\u201cRubber eggs, Daddy? Again?\u201d God, I am so glad I am not a member of this family. This crap would get old so fast. Carlton and the boys display more gag items while Eloise and Jennifer just roll their eyes.<\/p>\n
Growing serious, Jennifer asks again if her father thinks the house is haunted. Corwin and R.E. are convinced. Eloise chalks it up to the fact it\u2019s an old house and it makes noises, while Carlton says there are absolutely no ghosts in the house. Eloise goes to put bread in the toaster but it slides away from her, causing her to scream. Carlton holds up the invisible string and smirks, \u201cGag City!\u201d<\/p>\n
This was funny when I was five. Not so much now.<\/p>\n
We skip right to a shot of the full moon, surrounded by ominous clouds. The sneezing child is back, awakening Jennifer. She comes out into the hall and sees the glow behind the door at the end of it yet again. The light switch in the hall won\u2019t work, so she resorts to a handy candle and matches. She calls, asking if it\u2019s R.E., if someone is there, as we hear the sneeze yet again.
\nInstead of entering, she knocks on the door before opening it. No one answers, so Jennifer slowly pushes it open\u2026 and a ghastly green light envelopes her, as the wind begins to blow hard. Stunned, Jennifer stares at whatever is off-camera, as an evil laugh is heard.<\/p>\n
Jennifer faints.<\/p>\n
Now she\u2019s on the floor, surrounded by her parents and brothers. She awakens to her mother asking frantically if she\u2019s okay. Apparently they found her on the floor, clicking her heels, mumbling, \u201cthere\u2019s no place like home.\u201d Ha ha ha.<\/p>\n
\u201cI SAW HIM! I SAW HIM! THE BOOGEDY MAN! HIS FACE WAS ALL YUCKY, LIKE A GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH OR SOMETHING!\u201d<\/p>\n
Okay, Jennifer, grilled cheese sandwiches are not yucky, they are delicious. Secondly, I think you mean his face was more like Freddy Krueger but whatever.<\/p>\n
Carlton\u2019s all, wait, hold up. He walks in the room, which is empty and not lit with green lights. \u201cWhat Boogedy man?\u201d He asks his poor daughter. That\u2019s when Jennifer yells, \u201cLook! It\u2019s his footprints!\u201d<\/p>\n
Sure enough, green gel shoe prints are on the wall, walking up it. R.E. and Corwin are impressed. Eloise isn\u2019t too impressed, telling Carlton not to get the goo on his pyjammas. Carlton, on the other hand, is super impressed, peeling one off the wall. \u201cThese are great!\u201d He cries, going further on to say he can totally sell them, because they stick to shit!<\/p>\n
\u201cI DON\u2019T BELIEVE THIS!\u201d Jennifer cries, flabbergasted that her family doesn\u2019t believe her. Carlton suggests that Witherspoon set this whole thing up. Jennifer says no, she really did see the Boogedy man! \u201cMaybe you had a nightmare,\u201d Eloise suggests. Corwin and R.E. set into teasing their sister about the Boogedy man. Way to parent there, Eloise.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Carlton has peeled all the slime footprints off the wall and covered himself in them, yelling jokingly, \u201cLook! The Boogedy man walked all over me!\u201d The boys think he\u2019s hilarious but Jennifer just looks upset and Eloise is probably considering divorce.<\/p>\n
Now it\u2019s morning again! Geez, no standing on ceremony here. Corwin and R.E. are playing in the kitchen when the toaster starts to rock back and forth. Then it levitates. Spooky. Corwin thinks it\u2019s another of Carlton\u2019s jokes but as he and R.E. approach the toaster, it stops moving. R.E. checks but there\u2019s no wires. This actually seems to worry Corwin.<\/p>\n
The middle child picks up the toaster to look underneath but the toaster powers up, glowing a bright red almost instantly. Corwin is forced to drop it. Suddenly the water comes on in the kitchen sink, the cupboard doors begin to open and close, the tea kettle on the stove begins to whistle. This isn\u2019t good. An ominous old man\u2019s laughter fills the kitchen, sending the boys fleeing.<\/p>\n
Smash cut to the idyllic downtown of Lucifer Falls. The children are out walking, apparently discussing the mysteries of their new house. Corwin explains that since they\u2019re the only ones who know what\u2019s going on, plus the fact their father doesn\u2019t believe in ghosts, it\u2019s up to them to solve the mystery. So here they are, at the Lucifer Falls Historical Society, to see Mr. Witherspoon.<\/p>\n
Entering the store front, they find Witherspoon asleep, laying over the desk. Papers, books, antique furniture, and even a mannequin dressed in \u201cpilgrim\u201d clothing are what make this a historical society apparently. R.E. wakes Witherspoon, who comes to and takes a minute to remember why he\u2019s there \u2014 \u201cI work here!\u201d \u2014 before Corwin explains point blank that they want to know why their house is haunted.<\/p>\n
STORY TIME!<\/p>\n
A weird cut in the film and Witherspoon now has a huge leather-bound tome, which he sets on the table and opens, revealing it to be a huge pop-up book. The story takes place 300 years ago, in 1686 (sure). A group of pilgrims settled on the land that is now known as Lucifer Falls, hard workers and decent folk, and now we transport to a live-action recreation of this scary story.<\/p>\n
A juggler is entertaining a group of people dressed in \u201cpilgrim garb\u201d, complete with white collars and buckles on their hats. Everyone was pretty down for a laugh, except one William Hanover. Hanover was \u201cstrange\u201d and disliked by everyone, even afraid of him. He even hates children, running up to a group and yelling \u201cBOOGEDY BOOGEDY BOOGEDY!\u201d at them.<\/p>\n
Hence the name, Mr. Boogedy.<\/p>\n
Back in reality, Corwin states, \u201cWhat a weirdo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Turning the page, Witherspoon reveals another popup, this one of the womenfolk of Lucifer Falls. Apparently none of the available women were remotely interested in knocking on Hanover\u2019s door in the name of romance. But the beautiful widow Marian tries to look kindly upon Hanover and admonishes the other women to not judge him so harshly. Marian\u2019s young son, Jonathan, doesn\u2019t believe there\u2019s any good in Hanover.<\/p>\n
So, sure enough, Hanover falls in love with Marian, wanted to marry her. But Marian shot down his proposal. Spurned, Hanover cuts a deal with the devil himself. I would say nice twist, it being a man instead of woman, but in current times, this is just uuuuhhhhhgggggg.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re treated to a dude in a tacky shiny red devil costume, complete with pitchfork and horns, treating with pilgrim Hanover. Some say that Hanover sold his soul to the devil to gain a magical cloak of INVISIBILITY!<\/p>\n
Um, how the fuck is this supposed to win him Marian? GIANT PLOT HOLE.<\/p>\n
Just to speed this up, Hanover uses the cloak and kidnaps Jonathan, who is sick and traveling down the road to the doctor apparently ALONE because story, and takes the boy back to his house. Hanover then issued an ultimatum to Marian: marry him or you\u2019ll never see your son again!<\/p>\n
I have a lot of questions but I don\u2019t think I\u2019m going to get any answers, so I\u2019ll just keep recapping.<\/p>\n
Oh. Okay. That\u2019s an answer. It seems that not only did Hanover get his magical invisibility cloak, but he also gained the use of magic spells because of it. (I wish you could see my expression. You\u2019re probably making the same face.) In order to force Marian to agree, Hanover cast a spell but it went WRONG and the house blew up.<\/p>\n
Jennifer is just incredulous as I am about this revelation.<\/p>\n
In short, the house didn\u2019t really \u201cblow up\u201d; more it actually disappeared and any residential building that has been built upon the same lot since has been haunted by Hanover, Jonathan, and Marian. Because all three were in the original house when it was disappeared. Okay.
\nTo go for the extra sadness, because Disney, Marian cannot be with her son in death, even though they\u2019re technically ghosts haunting the same residence. Okay.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn fact, Jonathan still has his cold,\u201d Witherspoon informs the children. EXPLAINS ALL THAT SNEEZING JENNIFER HEARD!<\/p>\n
Corwin wonders aloud what they\u2019re going to do. Witherspoon says, \u201cWell, if it were me, I\u2019d move.\u201d SO. HELPFUL.<\/p>\n
(COMMERCIAL TIME! This round we get a Snickers commercial; the USPS promoting STAMP COLLECTING! [I\u2019m not a philatelist, sorry.] Promos for Peter Jennings and the ABC World News Tonight (man, this is old), Who\u2019s the Boss?, and Perfect Strangers (Balki discovers writing checks!) Home Savings of America (I don\u2019t remotely remember that one, but I also wasn\u2019t in need of a home loan when I was five), some brand of potato chips that doesn\u2019t exist anymore and probably weren\u2019t sold outside of NorCal, and the KGO-TV AM show with guests Evel and Robbie Knievel. It\u2019s kind of sad when the commercials are more exciting then the film you\u2019re recapping, but here we are.)<\/p>\n
BACK TO THE MOVIE!<\/p>\n
It\u2019s night again! (Man, what is time?) The kids have returned from town, but it seems as though their parents aren\u2019t home. They creep into the house, through the foyer. Someone in an ape mask and a green cape sneaks up behind the children and softly speaks, \u201cBoogedy, boogedy, boo!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHi, Dad!\u201d R.E. cries, much to Carlton\u2019s disappointment.<\/p>\n
Eloise turns on the lights, in on the prank. She and Carlton are doing store inventory. Carlton purposefully knocks over a box, spilling packing peanuts. He asks Jennifer to hand him the hose attachment on the shop vac, then to turn the machine on. A quick wink shared with Eloise says this is another prank being attempted. Jennifer complies, frustrated by her parents. When she hits the power button, the top of the shop vac pops open, revealing a jack-in-the-box. Ha ha ha.<\/p>\n
Braying with laughter, Eloise thinks this is hilarious. \u201cDaddy had it made special before we moved!\u201d She announces to the not remotely impressed children. The hose attachment even shoots ping pong balls!<\/p>\n
\u201cDaddy, we are trying to talk to you!\u201d A seriously frustrated Jennifer cries, while the boys look confused but serious. Carlton finally sobers up and agrees to listen. Just as she\u2019s about to explain, Carlton interrupts Jennifer by pulling a full-sized dummy out of a box, which is dressed like an Egyptian mummy. He cracks a bad pun while the kids roll their eyes and R.E. even covers his face with his hands. Wow, this is some terrible parenting.<\/p>\n
Even, demonic laughter fills the house. Jennifer grabs her brothers, Carlton and Eloise stop laughing. \u201cHey, good one! What was that?\u201d Carlton asks.<\/p>\n
\u201cGHOSTS!\u201d The three children scream.<\/p>\n
Unconvinced, Carlton still wants to know how the kids did that trick. He refuses to believe the house is haunted. That\u2019s when the piano starts to play itself, there\u2019s more shrieking and laughter, and the dummy mummy (which was a dummy before a bad edit where it became a real person in a suit) stands up and begins to dance. Other objects begin to float around the living room, the lights flicker, and the family stares in horror at the supernatural display.<\/p>\n
Then it suddenly stops.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, that\u2019s it,\u201d Eloise declares. \u201cTime to call a realtor.\u201d<\/p>\n
Still disbelieving even after seeing it with his own eyes, Carlton tries a bunch of excuses then attempts to physically prevent his family from exiting the haunted house. He suggests they use sleeping bags and camp out in the living room.<\/p>\n
Somehow the family agrees to this stupid idea.<\/p>\n
A fire burning in the fireplace, Carlton tells the boys a spooky story about an old house. That same wolf keeps howling in the distance. Carlton scares everyone by screaming abruptly. Jennifer has had it. She\u2019s yammering on about the poor decisions this family has made by staying, while a creepy monster hand with claws appears over her shoulder. It reaches round to cover her mouth. Jennifer screams!<\/p>\n
It\u2019s just Corwin, being a dick.<\/p>\n
Eloise says no more talk of ghosts, and Carlton decides it\u2019s time for everyone to bed down for the night. The camera zooms in on the roaring fire, which eventually fades into the cinders burning low in the grate, hours later. The family is tossing and turning, Carlton laughing in his sleep, before Eloise wakes up.<\/p>\n
Pushing up her eye mask, she gives up and gets out of her sleeping bag, pulling on her robe and heading to the kitchen. Pulling some leftovers out of the fridge, she takes her plate and goes to the table, sitting down to eat.<\/p>\n
There comes a rapping, a gentle three-part tapping, that draws her attention. She gets up and opens the door, stepping out cautiously. Suddenly there is a bright pink-red light that illuminates the scene. On the porch is the poor ghostly form of Widow Marian!<\/p>\n
\u201cWould you like to come in?\u201d Eloise invites her in (she\u2019s not a vampire, you twit) and even offers Marian a cup of coffee. Marian begins to sob and Eloise asks if coffee is a taboo subject for ghosts.<\/p>\n
\u201cI cannot enter your home!\u201d Marian explains. \u201cMr Boogedy preventh me!\u201d<\/p>\n
Eloise finally catches on to whom she is speaking and I\u2019m like, but wait, Marian wasn\u2019t in the house when it \u201cexploded\/disappeared\u201d, but she was apparently near enough to be sucked into the spell???<\/p>\n
At some point, unseen, the children told their parents the story of Hanover and the Widow Marian, and poor little Jonathan with his sniffles. Eloise keeps inviting Marian in but Marian explains that as long as Mr Boogedy resides within, his magic \u201ckeepth me out!\u201d<\/p>\n
AND BOOM, Eloise has told the kids about meeting Marian. Geez, time does not exist in this half hour film, it\u2019s not even a concept.<\/p>\n
Corwin is only interested in knowing if Marian had fangs, \u201clike a vampire\u201d, and R.E. wants to know if she was oozing goo \u201cout of her face\u201d. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE CHILDREN?? Whatever, Eloise ignores it, saying Marian was a lovely woman who just misses her son. Well, I guess that the appeal from one mother to another, ghost or not, worked.<\/p>\n
Oh my god\u2026 now that Eloise believes fully in ghosts, Carlton is on board. And he is pissed that Marian can\u2019t be with her son. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? Corwin asks Eloise what they need to do, and that\u2019s get rid of Mr Boogedy, by getting rid of his magical cloak.<\/p>\n
Remember, that one that makes him invisible. But in the story time flashback was very tangible, nothing like the invisibility cloak in Harry Potter.<\/p>\n
Armed with a plastic baseball bat, a fly swatter, and some other inappropriate items for weapons, the family climbs the staircase. They\u2019re after Mr Boogedy! Eloise points out, what if the cloak blows them up? She, R.E., Corwin, and Jennifer try to turn around and go back downstairs.<\/p>\n
Carlton admonishes them they can\u2019t give up! This is important! I guess going from a total non-believer to a fervent believer is Carlton\u2019s nature. Everyone troops upstairs but then we see R.E. has hung behind. He hears a noise and heads downstairs.<\/p>\n
Just as they\u2019re almost to the second floor, Corwin notices R.E. is missing. He, too, heads downstairs. Carlton notices the weird green light is on again behind the door at the end of the hall. It\u2019s decided that must be the presence of Mr Boogedy.<\/p>\n
Carlton decides he\u2019s going to talk to Mr Boogedy. Eloise doesn\u2019t believe in this plan. Neither do I. \u201cThis I gotta see. Dad\u2019s going to negotiate with Mr Hamburger Face!\u201d Jennifer scoffs.<\/p>\n
Back downstairs, Corwin calls for his little brother, finding just the plastic baseball helmet R.E. was sporting on the floor. He heads into the kitchen, but still hasn\u2019t gotten an answer. Meanwhile, Carlton announces he\u2019s entering the room, Eloise adding that it\u2019s \u201cjust to talk!\u201d Opening the door, all they find is a green light bulb. \u201cHe tricked us!\u201d<\/p>\n
Corwin finds the door to the basement\/cellar open, and calls for R.E. The lights won\u2019t come on, so he readies the giant red plastic bat and starts down the stairs, only to hear R.E. screaming, \u201cStop! Stop!\u201d<\/p>\n
(COMMERCIAL! At least they used this break to maximize the effect, since the screen fades to black as R.E.\u2019s high-pitched screams fill the air. [Wing: I can’t believe this ball of cheese was better at dramatic cliffhanger chapter endings than Stine.<\/strong><\/span>]\u00a0What do we get? JUICY FRUIT GUM! Oh my god these were my favorite commercials when I was little! And I hate sports! Next up is Cheerios, Orville Redenbacher microwave \u201cpopping corn\u201d, a 1986 Ford Ranger STX that features HORSIES, a commercial announcing that Disneyland is NOW OPEN EVERY DAY, and finally a promo for MCGUYVER and his battle against \u201cnature\u2019s deadliest creation\u201d (if this is bugs, rocks, or water, THEY NEVER SAY!)<\/p>\nBACK TO THE BASEMENT! R.E. is screaming and yelling as Corwin slowly enters the room. A blue light illuminates the junk in the basement\/cellar, and there\u2019s even a comet-like ball of blue light streaking about, throwing sparks. WTF?<\/p>\n
Corwin rounds the corner and finds R.E. wrestling with none other than the ghost of Jonathan, who\u2019s throwing off supernatural sparks, as they fight over R.E.\u2019s teddy bear. Uh huh. R.E. accuses Jonathan of stealing, while Jonathan explains he just borrowed the bear. It\u2019s really amazing these ghosts are truly able to interact with physical objects on the mortal plane.<\/p>\n
It takes a minute but Corwin finally gets R.E. to understand this is Jonathan, Marian\u2019s sneezing ghost son. He even touches Jonathan, who zaps like a joy buzzer, before he sneezes once more, dropping the teddy bear. Jonathan apologizes for taking (and sneezing on) the teddy bear. \u201cI was just lonely for a friend,\u201d he explains in an endearing childish lisp. Oh lord. There\u2019s even a sad musical cue in the background. Make it stop.<\/p>\n
Feeling guilty, R.E. hands over the teddy bear, but not for keeps. The boys sit down to have a chat; Jonathan tells the tales of others who have come and gone from the house, scared away by Mr Boogedy. R.E. offers that he and Corwin will be Jonathan\u2019s friends. He goes so far as to offer that Corwin can beat up Mr Boogedy so Jonathan can reunite with Marian, which is a complete surprise to Corwin.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, I am distracted by the horrible blue ghost glow being rendered around Jonathan. I know partly it\u2019s the shitty VHS-to-digital transfer compounded by upload to YT, but it was pretty bad when I saw it originally, too.<\/p>\n
Corwin informs R.E. that he can\u2019t beat up Mr Boogedy. And that\u2019s when we switch to villain POV (BOOOOO) because, of course, Mr Boogedy is looming in the dark recesses of the basement\/cellar, watching the boys. Creep.<\/p>\n
Jonathan apparently can sense Mr Boogedy, telling the boys to run, handing over the teddy bear. He adds a new wrinkle: if Mr Boogedy catches them he can keep them \u201cforever\u201d. This gives me a multitude of questions but I guess we\u2019ll just chalk it up to that devil cloak of his.<\/p>\n
The boys run for upstairs, screaming for their parents. Carlton and Eloise, along with Jennifer, meet them in the living room. Before they\u2019re able to explain, we switch yet again to villain POV (BOOOOOO) as Mr Boogedy arrives in the room. A bunch of yucky green orbs blip and the room fills with an evil wind, while objects rattle and fall, and there\u2019s more evil laughter and I\u2019m really sure this was terrifying when I was five but now I\u2019m like there\u2019s still ten minutes of this to watch???<\/p>\n
Terrified, the whole David family cowers behind a tower of packing boxes just as a fire explodes in the fireplace. More green blips appear before they solidify into the ghostly, green-glowing form of Mr Boogedy. He\u2019s clad in his magic invisibility cloak, laughing like a maniac. A closeup reveals there are giant holes in his wrinkled and melted skin, as those something exploded and burned him. Eww.<\/p>\n
Carlton attempts to talk to Mr Boogedy but the evil ghost isn\u2019t having it. Shouting, \u201cBoogedy! Boogedy!\u201d he shoots lightning bolts from his fingers. This makes Eloise and Jennifer\u2019s hair stand up ala the Bridge of Frankenstein, while electricity outlines them and Carlton. Oops.<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay, so you don\u2019t want to talk. Fine.\u201d Carlton, you\u2019re a bad negotiator.<\/p>\n
Corwin springs into action, bringing R.E. in to help. He tells R.E. to throw some itching powder on Boogedy while he jumps in to steal the cloak. Of course Jennifer ruins this plan, though R.E. has enough time to blow the powder into Boogedy\u2019s face. Boogedy sneezes so hard he knocks Carlton, Eloise, Jennifer, and R.E. down.<\/p>\n
Corwin, on the other hand, watches his fireplace shovel begin to inflate, until it\u2019s strong enough to pull him into the air. He screams for help, dangling, as Carlton tries to help him. Jennifer yells at Boogedy to put her brother down. Okay. Boogedy just laughs.<\/p>\n
Unable to let go, as his hands are magically glued to the metal, Corwin floats higher. Carlton runs for a ladder, trying to get his son down. R.E. hides behind the shop vac and seems to be realizing a plan. Boogedy zaps Carlton, forcing him to magically climb up and down the ladder without stopping.<\/p>\n
Eloise and Jennifer a next, getting caught in a magical wind. R.E. has had enough, he picks up the shop vac hose and threatens Boogedy, even shooting a few ping pong balls at the ghost. Gotta admire the kid for his plucky attitude. Boogedy magics the ping pong balls back into the hose, which also somehow turns it on. It begins to float mid-air, the shop vac chasing R.E. around the room, sucking violently at the child. This is disturbing. R.E. feeds it a piece of the lace curtains as well as a dust rag, but it\u2019s still coming after him. Mr Boogedy finds this hilarious.<\/p>\n
Just when it seems like the shop vac is going to suck down R.E. he gets the bright idea to hide behind Mr Boogedy! Who\u2019s cape gets sucked into the hose attachment. And for some reason, Mr Boogedy isn\u2019t strong enough to pull it free.<\/p>\n
So many questions but we\u2019ll roll with this.<\/p>\n
Now the cape is literally sucked off Mr Boogedy, leaving him powerless and vulnerable. He begins to scream, his hands covering his face, asking what has R.E. done to him, before he blinks out in an explosion of green light.<\/p>\n
Yay?<\/p>\n
Everything and everyone slowly return to normal. The shop vac canister lid pops open, the jack-in-the-box holding Boogedy\u2019s magical cloak. The David family gathers round and congratulates R.E. on a job well done, defeating the evil ghost. Okay. Corwin takes the magic cloak, throws it in the air, yells \u201cBoogedy boogedy boo!\u201d and makes the damn thing disappear. Okay.<\/p>\n
This is super anticlimactic.<\/p>\n
A bright light fills the room as the ghosts of Jonathan and Marian appear, glowing blue and red-pink, respectively. Mother and son are finally reunited after over 300 years! Yay. Marian thanks R.E. and gives him a big hug. Jonathan sneezes, so Carlton gives him a handkerchief. Then the two ghosts disappear from the mortal plane for good.<\/p>\n
Everyone considers this a job well done. Then Carlton adds, \u201cbut there are no such things as ghosts!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou wanna bet??\u201d An angry, evil voice yells from the ghostly plane. Carlton passes it off as another prank but realizes that Boogedy isn\u2019t exactly defeated for good, as the jack-in-the-box winks at him.<\/p>\n
(Commercials?? Again?? Wow, one for the National Dairy Board advising to cook with \u201creal cheese\u201d; Twix bars with a drum line! Arm & Hammer deodorizing spray, which I don\u2019t think exists anymore. A promo for the world television premiere of Disney\u2019s Robin Hood<\/em> on the Sunday Night Movie. (YAY!!)<\/p>\nAND ROLL CREDITS. THE END.<\/p>\n
Final Thoughts:<\/h1>\n
This didn’t age well.<\/p>\n
Sure, if you’re new to it or only have vague memories of it from back in the day, or maybe want to scare a five year old, it might still be fun. Or it might be a total bust. Though what kid of this era will understand practical effects in a movie? So that might work? I dunno.<\/p>\n
As I said, the film was almost the basis \/ backdoor pilot to\u00a0 series. If Disney decided to do that today, they should start from the beginning (kind of like how Hocus Pocus<\/em> starts) and build up to Boogedy treating with the Devil and gaining the cloak and maybe using the cloak successfully a few times and becoming cocky and over confident with his powers before he steals Jonathan. The whole first half of, say, a ten episode season would be plenty of time in which to show this. Maybe even less. Then the David family enters the picture and voila, I just totally wrote your series for you, Disney.<\/p>\n[Wing: This would be kind of fun.<\/strong><\/span>]<\/p>\nI love the valiant efforts of John Astin, no stranger to the spooky or strange, because he always brings his A-game to these. Especially when they’re terrible.<\/p>\n
Honestly, I was going to recap Bride of Boogedy<\/em> along with this one but A) this was rough getting through and B) it’s not on YT, and C) it’s worse<\/em> almost then Mr<\/em> Booged<\/em>y<\/em>, so… nope.<\/p>\nBoogedy Boogedy BOO until next Halloween, everybody!<\/p>\n
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