Mr.Boogedy not only scared the Crystal Pepsi out of me it was one of my favorite kids movies. So much in fact I watched the VHS enough to make it stop working. I would pop it in everyday after getting home from the sitters.

It aired in April of 86 which made me 4 and I thought it was the scariest thing I have ever seen. After just re watching it with my son it wasn't as scary as I remember of course but my son found it scary so it still holds up. Its about a family who is moving into a haunted house(John Astin is waiting in the house warning the family to leave...No one thought this was odd I guess...) that has been haunted for the last 300 years by Mr.Boogdey who is William Hanover a old Pilgrim who loved a women named The Widow Marion who had a son Johnathan. Hanover was an odd dude who scared the town with his weird behavior. Of course she didn't love him so he struck a deal with the devil and was given a magic cloak to make her love him. Boogedy has tortured the Marion for 300 years by keeping Marion from her little ghost boy Johnathan. Ghost Johanathan stays trapped in the house with his cold(which killed him) while the Widow roams outside the house crying about her son. WOOoooooOOOooooooooo...
The family Dad is a real kidder and runs his own gag store(how do you make a living doing that?!?!) so a lot of the early spook stuff the kids are seeing gets written off as the Dad pulling a joke. The two brothers play a major part as they are the ones to first discover Mr.Boogedy and his history. The older is Bud from Married with Children and the little brother is from ALF. The sister is just worried all the time of course and the Mom just goes along for the ride.
When Boogedy is on screen with his nasty face and green glow around his body it can be pretty frighting for a kid. Match that with some great 80s effects and good spooky soundtrack and it makes most kid freak. It has lots of cheese moments with the family and Boogedy to keep it some what light but still is just a fun scary ride. Its really to bad it was never given a DVD release. You can watch it on youtube(below) or pay a few bucks for a clean up version on Amazon digital video. There is also the 2nd movie which is the Bride of Boogedy which is longer and I liked just as much. I'll review that one next Halloween. BOOGEDY BOO!

80s movie, disney, halloween, mr.boogedy