The Boogey Man (1980)

Director
Ulli Lommel

Main cast
Suzanna Love; Ron James; John Carradine; Nicholas Love

Genres
Horror

Description
A young girl witnesses her brother murder a man through a reflection in a mirror. Twenty years later the mirror is shattered, freeing his evil spirit, which seeks revenge for his death.


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