my father ( hangul : 마이 파더 ; rr : mai padeo ) is a 2007 south korean film .

the film , which is based on a true story , is about an adopted son who is searching for his biological parents in south korea .

during his search he meets his real father , a condemned murderer on death row .

daniel henney plays the lead role of james , who works as a volunteer in the united states armed forces in korea .

he asks questions of why his father is on death row and finds out things that he always wanted to know .

then he finds more and more truths unravel about his father and his life .

the release of the film inspired controversy because the family of the father 's victims did not support its production .

in its first week on release it topped the south korean box office sales charts .

the adopted son on whom the story is based is aaron bates , a licensed insurance broker for his family 's insurance brokerage , insurance services of america .

he lives and works in arizona with his wife and two sons .

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my father <EOT> the person i admire ever in my life is only my lovely father . i still remember all my childhood memories with my father . he was the real reason of my happiness and joy . what i am is because of him as my mother was always busy in the kitchen and other household activities and it was my father who has joy with me and my sister . i understand he is very unique dad in the world . i am feeling of being so lucky to have such father in my life . i always praise to god to give me such opportunity to take birth in the family with good father .

it s my golden life now , ep . 15 , why don ' t you change this title . my father is strange is over since september

angelina jolie and sareum srey moch on the set of " first they killed my father . " ( netflix )

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he always respects his parents means my grandparents and cares for them all time . i still remember that when i was little , my grandparents were generally talked to me about my father naughtiness in his childhood but they told me that your father is very good person in his life , be like him . it is my father who wants to see everyone happy in the family and always asks whenever anyone becomes sad and solves his / her problems . he loves and cares my mom and suggests her to take rest when she gets tired of doing all the household chores . my dad is my inspiration , he always becomes ready to help me in my school tasks and even go to every ptm to discuss my behaviour and performance in the class .

the final episode was on august , now it s " my golden life " , why " my father is strange " is still on this place in the list of the dramas on air .

sareum srey moch as loung ung in a scene from " first they killed my father . " ( roland neveu / netflix via ap )

' he was my son ! ' devastated father sobs as he is detained by police moments after his two - year - old . . .

my father is an ideal person of my life . he is my real hero and my best friend ever . he always helps me a lot in my any difficulty . he is an internet marketing manager in a limited company in new delhi . he is very famous person in his office as well as in the society because of his gentleness and politeness . he is very intelligent man and always helps others in their problems . he is the boss of my family and gives advice and instruction to every family member . he solves problems of the neighbours . he takes me to school on every ptm and discusses my performance with my teacher .

` ` when people dwell in the past , it consumes you , ' ' said bates , an optimist who does not feel anger about past evils . ` ` the fact that i could see my dad , that i could hold him , knowing that my search was not in vain , and if he died tomorrow , if he were executed tomorrow , i was very satisfied to know that i was able to hold my father . not only for my sense of self - gratification , also for ( my father ) .

“first they killed my father” premiered on netflix september 15 , and is currently in limited ipic theaters for a one - week day - and - date run .

my father was born in very poor family however currently he is one of the richest people in the city because of his patience , hard works and helping nature . my friends generally tell me so lucky of being the son of such father . i usually laugh on such type of comments and tell my father , he also laughs and says that what they are telling is not true but the truth is that i am so lucky to have son like you . he tells me that , my son always be what you want and always believe in you .

don ' t believe the father deserves to be treated like an outcast in the drama .

a kid generally attaches from his / her parents from childhood . children generally understand their father a real hero and a good friend of the life who always instruct them to go on the right path . here we have provided easy and simple paragraphs , long and short essay on my father to help your kids to take part in the essay writing competition . they can select any my father essay given below according to their class standard :

` ` my father ' ' depicts the reunion , as it was in real life , a hectic affair with incessant camera flashes and reporters asking the bewildered young man to bow to the father in the traditional style , hug him and say i love you . '

thank you father is strange team , you have done a great job , each and everyone .

in the u . s . , first they killed my father was released theatrically on september 15 in the top 10 markets , the same day it launched globally on netflix .

i even want to watch the drama " oh my boss " now . .

@ faye : the secret is , the father isnt joonghee ' s real father . but i ' ll not tell you why joonghee think that miyoung ' s father is his father . and why the father and his wife lie to joonghee . i think it ' s the reason why the title is ' father is strange ' ' hehe just watch it and i ' m sure you ' ll addicted to this story ; ) i watch this drama bcz lee joon , but right now i love every person in this story . love hyeyoung . she ' s really tough girl ! xd

angelina jolie ' s new movie , first they killed my father , will be available on netflix friday . find out when you can watch it and what it ' s about .

` ` the only thing i asked ( the makers of the film ) is that they show the utmost respect to my father , to the victim ' s family , to my family and to have those positive results like adoption works , family values and love .

first they killed my father is based on the 2000 book first they killed my father : a daughter of cambodia remembers , written by loung ung , a human rights activist . the book follows her experiences as a 5 - year - old child during the pol pot and khmer rouge regime . between 1975 and 1979 , the marxist leader killed up to 2 million people .

` ` i try to see everything on the positive side . i couldn ' t wait to spend time with ( my father ) . i said , well , this could be my last time . i didn ' t want to waste a golden opportunity , ' ' said the devout christian , recalling the time he was about to see his father for the first time in 2000 .

in 2003 , a kbs documentary entitled ` ` my father ' ' touched the hearts of many as it traced bates ' search . the film version has fictionalized parts ` ` but it captures the essence of my life , ' ' he said after watching the film the same evening .

` ` my father , ' ' directed by critically acclaimed filmmaker hwang dong - hyuk and starring daniel henney and kim young - cheol , explores the multifaceted meaning of family , love , forgiveness and acceptance .

my father is very lovely father of the world . he is my real hero , best friend , my inspiration and best person of my life i ever seen . he is the person who helps me a lot in getting prepared for the school , getting rise of the bed and getting my home work done well . he always cares for me and calls to my mom in the afternoon to know that whether i have come from school at right time or not . he is very healthy , fit , happiest , peaceful and punctual person . he always goes to the office at right time and teaches us too to go to school at right time . he teaches us the value of time in the life and says that if one wastes his / her time , time ruin his / her life .

but the fact that his father was a murderer did not bother him . nor that they may be biologically unrelated .

upon hearing his wife was killed in the iraq war , a father takes his two daughters on a road trip .

director angelina jolie , left , brings loung ung ' s memoir to the screen in " first they killed my father , " a harrowing drama now available on netflix . ( chris pizzello / invision / ap )

oh my heart ! i ' m going to miss this drama . best family drama for 2017 . best couple jh and my . the final episode is so good to watch again and again .

@ ? miyoung & joonhee aren ' t related by blood because byun ahjussi isn ' t his real father . however he knew joonhee bio father because they were best friends before he die . mr . byun will later explain this to joonhee .

" father is strange " takes over the kbs2 saturday & sunday 19 : 55 time slot previously occupied by " the gentlemen of wolgyesu tailor shop " and followed by " my golden life " on september 2 , 2017 .

lee joon is so amazing in this drama ! by far my favorite character , though i can ' t help but feel sorry for his character when he ' ll find out that this is not his father . . .

' it made my mom happy ' : angelina jolie , 42 , reveals she only . . .

jolie ' s path to " first they killed my father " had begun in 2000 , when she traveled to cambodia to star in a very different kind of film , the action blockbuster " lara croft : tomb raider . "

' every day on set , our discussions were not just about shots , but about what the film means , ' explained jolie as she promoted her latest directorial work first they killed my father at the toronto film festival on sunday .

oh my heart ! i ' m going to miss this drama . best family drama for 2017 . best couple lj and my . the final episode is so good that i will watch it again and again .

after bates had left korea and was undergoing special training in washington , he received news about his biological father . he had to wait a few months to meet his father , until his training ended and he got special permission from the army to return to korea .

after wolgyesu , i never thought i would watch a long drama but i super love this series . it makes me anticipate my weekends , and worth my time watching . jonghee - miyoung , let our ship sailing .

i can ' t wait for the next episode , i really love this drama , i can relate my family here . i belong in big family , with loving mother and father . . . i love this drama so much < 3 < 3

byun / lee ' s family make me feel homesick ! ! hahaha . the longest drama that i was ever watch ! and like this drama in every single episode . make me know how precious my family in my life .

wow , jung so min and lee joon - two to my favourite actors . i am looking forward for them .

he takes us out of the home every sunday morning in the park or other favourite places to make our holiday a happy holiday . we take delicious breakfast at every sunday morning and be together whole day with lots of activities . sometimes we go to the picnic or famous sightseeing for long time with all family members . in my winter and summer vacations , my father takes us ( me , my sister , mom and grandparents ) to the hill stations , seaside and hotels for some rest or recreations .

my father is very loving and dutiful person . i always learn from his life and his experiences . he tells me about his all the struggle of life and his success . he is the person who teaches me about etiquettes , humanity and ethics . he helps me to get out of the bed every morning and helps me in getting prepared for the school at right time . my mom prepares my breakfast and lunch however my father helps me in getting ready . he comes from office every evening at 6 pm with lots of joy and happiness . he is very active person and starts playing badminton with us just after coming from the office . he brings chocolates curcure , fruits , beautiful toys , picture books , comedy books , clothes , shoes and other required stationeries for study .

inspired by a true story , " my father ' ' tells the emotionally gripping tale of an adoptee who returns to korea for the first time in 22 years to find his birth family - - only to discover that his only surviving parent is a death row inmate .

my golden life was never announced on the main page since last september till the end last week . ? 43 % rating

i love how this show balances the dramatic moments with funny feel good ones . it ' s one of my favorites !

` ` ( my father ) is in prison , he ' s in despair . ' ' bates explained that the man suffers ` ` two imprisonments ' ' from his own guilt and physical detention . ` ` but now he has hope . if i were in that situation , i would love to see my son for the last time , and knowing that everything ' s ok . ' '

aaron bates , 34 , a korean adoptee who inspired the film ` ` my father , ' ' speaks about the incredible power of love and forgiveness during an interview with the korea times , tuesday , at a seoul hotel . / korea times photo by shim hyun - chul

` ` love never fails , love conquers all , ' ' the adoptee told the korea times tuesday at a seoul hotel , while visiting for the release of the film inspired by his story ` ` my father , ' ' starring daniel henney and kim young - chul .

my father is my best friend and real hero of my life . i generally call him dad . he is the most special person in my life . he is a very good sports person and artist . he does paintings in his spare time and promotes us also to do paintings . he tells us that we should anything extra like music , singing , sports activity , painting , dancing , cartoon making , etc because such extra activities keeps us busy in our spare time and helps us to be peaceful all through the life . by profession , he is an internet marketing manager ( a software engineer ) in a limited company in new delhi .

my is feeling sorry for herself not jh . she is quitting her job for no real reason other than making a martyr of herself and bringing attention to herself . how do you rent an apt with no job , anyway ? she will snap out of it now that she sees her father persecuted .

" when i got there , i realized i knew nothing about this country and i felt very ignorant , " she said . " i decided to buy a book and learn a little bit so i picked up a $ 2 copy of ' first they killed my father . ' that was really the beginning of an education and an awareness of how little i knew and how much i needed to change my view of the world . "

first they killed my father ’s selection as the foreign language entry marks the first time such a high - profile american director has been the representative of another country in another tongue . it is also the 6th submission ever from cambodia where the film held a premiere in february and was released september 8 in local theaters .

roger ebert was born on this day in 1942 , and died a little over five years ago . i owe a good part of my success…

who is the singer of ost u be in my heart as i see wrong name in every website . . . can anyone let me know

yet , the kbs documentary also revealed a dna test that showed bates was not biologically related to his father . bates ' father seo was married to bates ' biological mother at the time she gave birth to him . although they may not be blood - related , he said , ` ` when you love someone so much , it really doesn ' t matter . ' '

this drama already in my favorite drama list . can ' t wait for the new episodes every week ! ! love all the characters . ^ • ^

" i geeked out on ken burns , " she said brightly , picking at a plate of cheese and crackers beside her longtime friend , loung ung , who authored the 2000 memoir " first they killed my father " and co - wrote the film ' s screenplay with jolie . " when do you get the chance to do that ? "

a father is a male parent of the family who guides , loves and cares his children all through the life . he always acts as the pillar of strength and support for his children .

omg , it ' s already the end ! i love the ending especially the wedding and the dance performance of the children . the last 2 episodes made me cry . this is one of the best kbs family drama i won ' t forget alongside " wang ' s family " where kim haesook is also a mom there , " what happens to my family " , " seoyoung , my daughter " , " the gentlemen of wolgyesu tailor shop " . all in all , kbs weekend family dramas are really great ! keep it up ! to all the cast , crew and production of my father is strange , congratulations ! ! ! ? ? ? ?

clearly energized by her experience making " first they killed my father , " jolie said she is eager to find another project to direct . " i prefer being behind the camera , " she said . " i ' ve never loved being in front of the camera . i ' m much happier when i ' m watching other people work . "

the model - turned - screec star gives a surprising performance as he delivers the complex emotional state of his character , through jerking tears , frustrated bursts of anger and awkward embraces with his father .

does anyone know name of song playing in back ground of end of ep 32 . beautiful song . . made my heart break more for lee joon ' s character

in the final two episodes , i am waiting for more great acting by lee yu - ri as byun hye - young defending her father during his retrial and clearing the road ahead for her entire family .

“for me , as a one - off game , it would be my best - ever result . to go and beat a premier league team in their own backyard .

watched all 52 ep in a month . y did it end . feel they are part of my life . . searching for other good ones . dunno which . .

@ godhuli why are you making a fuss out of it if you like then enjoy it rather then taunting people , its my opinion & everyone ' s opinion matter .

park cheol soo and his twin are so adorable . . . i want them in my life even if they ' re a gay couple . ? ? ? ? ?

i have been anticipating every episode of this drama . this have been my joy during those busy and stressful weekend , now that this ended already , i am saddened and at the sametime happy and satisfied . this is by far my most favorite family drama . my favorite couple is mi young and joong hee . i have been patiently following how their love slowly bloomed . every character have played their role well . i love the storyline , the romance , the family bond , chemistry and everything about this drama . it is just a shame that it ended already but this drama will remain as one of my best . i will rewatch this for sure . i recommend this to everyone

i want to see this drama but ep . long and when the drama ends my school will start . . . so i am must study on the holiday . . .

bates has been out of the military since 2002 , and now works as an insurance agent . his incredible life experience does not end with ` ` my father . ' ' the man stands firmly on two feet despite suffering a disc problem last year , which usually results in one being confined to a wheelchair . he lives in arizona with his wife and nine - month - old son .

he is very polite and peaceful person . he never scolded me and takes my all mistakes very easily and makes me realise my all mistakes very politely . he is the boss of my family and helps each and every family member to take good decision in the bad time . he always shares his life drawbacks and achievements with me to let us know . he has his own business of online marketing but never force me to do go in the same field or attract me towards his own business instead he always promote to do what i want in my life . he is really a good dad not because he helps me but because of his knowledge , strength , helping nature and most importantly his way of handling people .

i have to say that it ' ll be my first time to really love a weekend drama , i never even knew about something like weekend drama . but i love it !

` ` i went to see my father ( last monday ) , but they wouldn ' t let me , saying i ' m not his real son . ' ' fortunately , before leaving korea in 2001 , bates had listed his name under the family registrar . only when he presented the paperwork did the prison grant his visit . ` ` everything happens for a reason , ' ' he said .

first they killed my father also includes jolie’s 16 - year - old son maddox as an executive producer . maddox was born in cambodia and also had an uncredited role in brad pitt’s world war z as a zombie . “ [ she’s ] fun , funny , and easy to work with , ” maddox told people when asked what it was like to work with her mother . “she’s a wonder . ”

her war films aren’t strictly impersonal : insofar as her philanthropy is tied up in her persona , each of jolie’s films as a director is , in a way , “personal . ” furthermore , in the case of first they killed my father , jolie’s adopted son , maddox , is a descendant of this atrocity . it’s a worthy subject , one she cares deeply about . and it’s possible , seeing her celebrity in this context , that jolie’s instinct is mostly to make this kind of project while shying away from making movies about herself . however , on the evidence of her movies , she has much more to say about herself than about anything else . and that’s ok ! first they killed my father may be jolie’s passion project ; but by the sea is , by some margin , the more passionate one .

the day before , jolie ' s latest directorial effort , the emotionally wrenching cambodian - genocide drama " first they killed my father , " had its north american premiere at the telluride film festival . the crowd gave the film the kind of reception any director would dream of , with cheers and tears in equal measure , while critics took to twitter to proclaim it jolie ' s best work as a director .

on its face , " first they killed my father " — a child ' s - eye view of the horrors of the brutal khmer rouge regime that claimed the lives of some 2 million cambodians — may seem an unlikely project for jolie to have tackled . the film is entirely in the khmer language and chronicles events that took place on the other side of the globe when she was just a toddler .

“i know they had their sort of spat but they actually get on really well . they have a hell of a lot of respect for each other , ” ferguson jr says . “in fact arsène is sorting out the tickets for my father for wednesday , so there you go . coming up against the manager is a great experience for me . he is a great manager and has had a fantastic career . ”

credits : screenplay by louung ung and angelina jolie based on the book first they killed my father by loung ung executive producers : sarah bowen , pauline fischer , maddox jolie - putt , charles schilssel , adam somner , loung ung producers : angelina jolie , ted sarandos , michael vieira co - producer : brian clopp line producer : william w . wilson iii music by marco beltrami production companies : netflix , bophana production

i live in trinidad and lately my daughter and i have been watching this series . i absolutely love it . . . . . . . . . keep up the good work .

james finally finds his birth father nam - cheol ( kim ) , the only surviving member of his biological family . but the highly anticipated reunion is far from touching , as it takes place in a local prison , under the chaotic flashes of cameras and reporters incessantly asking the bewildered young man to hug nam - cheol and say ` ` i love you . ' ' the father is in his 10th year on death row for the murder of two people .

yes ! they kissed ! ! ! after 46 ep it finally happen ! ! ! ! need ep 48 . . . . . wow this is my 1st family drama . . my 1st long period / week and drama and my 1st drama that i watch every week without waiting for subtitle . . . never thought this drama will effect me so much . . what am i gonna do . . it nearing the end . . gonna miss this drama so much . . . for the cast & the team thank you for all the hard work > <

can anyone tell me why father in law of hye - young is dependent on his wife ? i didn ' t get that point . may be because i didn ' t give much attention to them while watching . @ all fans

@ rita this one is played most often and recently released . . . " it ' s you " artist na yoon kwon with jung da eun ( 정다은 ) of 2eyes - father is strange - ost part 1 ( 2017 )

happened to see few clipping on my social network , last 3 weeks was so engrossed in watching all the 52 episodes… . i can’t understand a single korean word , but managed with english subtitles .

from that point on , " first they killed my father " becomes a survival story about a suddenly powerless family doing whatever it takes to get through the day . their efforts are shadowed by the knowledge that not all of them will make it out alive , and that even outwardly unremarkable interactions could lead to the family being separated , imprisoned , brutalized or murdered . the early scenes of luong ' s mother , father and siblings divesting themselves of most possessions ( including some beloved dresses and toys ) are all the more vivid for being underplayed . this dry - eyed reportage continues throughout the film , ratcheting up toward operatic or tragic heights only when loung is at her most distraught .

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ung was 30 when she began talking to family members in cambodia and researching “first they killed my father : a daughter of cambodia remembers . ” and 17 years ago , when jolie visited cambodia for the first time to shoot “lara croft : tomb raider , ” she read ung’s memoir and looked her up , sharing her desire to adopt a cambodian child — who turned out to be her son maddox . they have been close friends ever since .

before the reunion the two corresponded through letters . bates knew his father was in prison , but it was en route to the reunion , at the gwangju train station , that he learned his father was on death row . ` ` it was shocking . yes , he is a murderer . but we have a story because of our situation . i want to emphasize , though , that ( the movie ) is not about him . it ' s more about the relationship , ' ' he said .

my father is very kind - hearted person and my real hero and best friend . he always shares with me his all the bad an happy moments . he tells me that he discuss his all life events to me to give me experience and take right steps in the absence of him . he wants to make me a good person in the life and most importantly a successful person by following all the etiquettes , humanity and ethics of the life . he is the person who always helps the needy people in the society or anywhere on the way . he teaches me about how to get fit , healthy , happy and a peaceful person all through the life .

it ' s a very good drama . specially the jh and my couple . its rating position is no . 1 . but why didn ' t i find this drama on dramafever or any popularity discussion ?

he is the good adviser in my family , every family member takes advice from him whenever they get problem . he is the head of the family and always takes first seat while eating food at dining table .

back ground scores takes you to a different level – kim hyung joong’s – you be in my heart will just melt you away . i didn’t understand the meaning but sure it will touch one’s soul – master piece

i wonder how many episodes this will be ? it ' ll be my first time watching a family drama . i ' d like to try watching a long series and this will be the first . lol .

panh said today , “i am very happy , and very proud , that first they killed my father was selected by the cambodia oscar selection committee to represent cambodia . because the film is original and powerful . because thousands of us participated in the film’s making and so , too , in writing a chapter of cambodia’s collective history . and because this history doesn’t belong only to the cambodia people ; it is universal . cinema also is a way to talk about the resilience and dignity of human beings . ”

angelina jolie is basking in a standing ovation at telluride after the first screening of “ first they killed my father . ” it’s the film she wanted to make : based on the 2000 memoir of loung ung , who was five when the khmer rouge forced her family into work camps , it required a $ 24 million budget , a 60 - day shoot , a two - hour , 16 - minute cut . the only place she pitched the film is the only one who would let her make it : netflix .

henri if it is really , this new make me very disappointed . i don ' t want my actress to play in the family drama again . if it is family drama , i wish it will be like a five drama .

well made but frustratingly impersonal , first they killed my father is mired in a sense of respectful , admiring distance . it is almost entirely told from the perspective of ung herself , who’s 7 in the movie , and whose flashbacks throughout attempt to anchor the proceedings—which begin with her family being forcibly evacuated from their home in phnom penh , where ung’s father worked as a high - ranking government official—in some sense of who she is . but all the point - of - view shots in the world won’t add up to inner life or individual character without a more rigorous sense of who the subject is . and jolie’s film , despite its good intentions , has little sense of who the genocide’s victims are . it’s a movie that privileges the history of what happened over a sense of the people it was happening to .

he never thinks to be back in helping needy people and always ready to help them especially old people . he is my best friend and discusses my all problems . whenever i become fed up , he ask me the reason very peacefully and takes me to the top floor , let me sit in his side , keep his hand on my shoulder and discuss his own experiences of life , his faults an drawbacks including his success in order to make me realize that what i am doing wrong or right . he teaches us about ethics of the life and importance of elders and the life time . he tells us that we should never make any person unhappy in our life and always help needy people especially old people .

i do really enjoy watching this superb drama . . ( except for kissing scene , well , call me hypocrite , but that ' s my feeling in every kissing scene , such as another miss oh , jealousy incarnate and many more )

' my father is strange ' has got to be one of the best , if not the best , family tv drama ever produced by kbs . i just love all the characters in the story ! i mean they are just lovable and funny . i particularly love the leading couple of lee yu - ri and ryu soo - young . jung so - min is adorable and ryu hwa - young super cute ( any kinship with soo - young ? ) kudos to the scripwriters and the director for a seldom seen good tv show !

he is very nice person and helps my neighbours in their difficult time . he loves , cares and respects my mom always and never quarrel her . he always supports her and helps sometime in the kitchen during her illness . he respects and loves my grandparents and teaches us to care for them . he tells us that old people are like god for us , we should care , love and respect them . we should never avoid old persons in their difficult time as this time comes in everyone’s life once . he tells us that we should always help needy people of any age group all though the life according to our status . he takes 15 mins of us every day to tell us about the ethics and other good habits .

i ' m still at ep 12 but im falling in love with every episode . lots of life lessons to learn from . even if i havent finished it yet , this is already on my toplist favorite ! ! i really recommend it .

adopted by a loving american family at the age of six in 1979 , aaron bates returned to korea as an american soldier and began a search for his birth family . years later , bates was finally able to reunite with his ` ` biological ' ' father , who was a death row inmate .

angelina jolie ' s " first they killed my father " is far and away her best work as a director : a rare film about a national tragedy told through the eyes and mind of a child , and as fine a war movie as has ever been made . adapted by jolie and co - writer loung ung from ung ' s memoir about her family ' s experiences after the khmer rouge took over cambodia , it stands apart from most work in this vein not just because of what it does so well , but because of what it refuses to do .

“it was very hard to get things brought in , ” said jolie , “the equipment and moving things around . rithy never make me feel like he was looking over my shoulder . he was giving me what you would want , which is support . ”

kbs never fails to produce heartwarming sat & sun dramas ! i think the only 50 - eps dramas that i bother to watch were all from kbs . from wang ' s family , to what happens to my family , and now this . i could cry and laugh so hard in one episode . seriously not a single boring moment . even my mom loves this show although she watches a week behind since she watches it on kbs world . it ' s tough not to spoil the drama to her lol .

luong ' s story begins in relative peace , with the heroine and her bourgeois family , headed by a military police officer father ( phoeung kompheak ) , in the capital , wondering what changes the end of the u . s . war will bring . the khmer rouge , a splinter of the vietnam people ' s army of north vietnam led by future dictator pol pot , rolls into the city , crushing the remnants of the country ' s weak official government and initiating a purge that would claim millions of lives . loung ' s father sees the writing on the wall and leads his wife ( sveng socheata ) and children from the city .

' hi . i ' m linda o ' keefe . . . 45 years ago today , i disappeared and my killer was never found ' : police tweet as the 11 - year - old girl who was murdered in 1973 in a bid to publicize the cold case

in the 70 ' s , a cambodian middle - class girl sees the lives of her family and her turning upside - down when the khmer rouge invades the cambodia . they leave their comfortable apartment and lifestyle to live in a primitive working camp . her father , a former officer , is killed and the family splits to survive .

i love this show . everything about it i love . best news i have heard is it getting two more episodes . wish it was more . favorite couple - jung so min and lee joon ( of course ) . so fantastic . i am going to be soo sad when it ends . father fighting ! ! ! ! ! !

while the most gripping aspect of the film is the father - son love between james and nam - cheol , the profound love in james ' adopted family is equally touching . families take on many forms , but love transcends all , blood - related or not . the strong , family - like friendship between james and joseph is also heartfelt .

i ' m hoping there ' s a season 2 for this drama and the players have to stay , because it ' s the same way of all the players in this drama , iki is the best family drama i ' ve ever seen . good job is always for the crew and the players . i love all father is strange .

funny how the title of this show is just starting to show up in the storyline . and it ' s already on for 35 episodes . xd father is really strange , how sad can this be for junghui when he later finds out the truth . : ( please dont be mad at han soo . i wish junghui will be understanding .

loved the ending , so romantic and happy , wanted so bad to be at that wedding . so no doubt this is the best 50 + drama ever ! starring my most favorite actors , lee joon & jung so min i had to watch it and so glad i did . made me laugh , cry and sigh with the story line . and just fell in love with every character . thanks & congratulations to the most awesome writers , cast and crew in producing the best ever drama ! this one is going straight to my library to watch again & again .

ferguson’s willingness to admit to taking a wrong turn shows an intelligence and determination that may be key in fulfilling his ambition of managing in the premier league . “it is a real challenge , ” he says . “the advice i always got was : ‘don’t be a manager’ – with my old man having done what he’s done . but i don’t see it like that . i’m never going to be as good as my dad , that’s the bottom line . no one is . the actual success he had is a good thing because there’s no point comparing . there’s no comparisons .

` ` growing up , i was blessed in everything . it was just like being part of a ( normal ) family . . . when you love someone so much you don ' t see what their eyes , skin color are like . i ' ll never get rid of my skin color , my eyes… but if someone ' s really that keen about it , it bothers them , then i just don ' t associate with them . those people are biased and they have their own prison _ they can ' t look outside the box , ' ' he said .

1 family drama , # 1 drama for 2017 ( all my opinion ) , wish this drama to get the award - winning for all above & the actors and actresses for an outstanding performances . lee joon , kim y - c , kim h - s , lee y - r , yyu s - y & all under the umbrella of this loving storytelling thank you all for a great life experience what " could be " , " would be " & " may be " dealing with hidden lifestyle ( mother or father is strange when loving & protecting their love ones ) bravo to the writer and director , ace it ( a + drama )

deaf and mute since having his hearing knocked out at the age of 12 , asher has been training for almost two decades to avenge himself on ivan , the man that killed his older brother , 21 years ago . and now that his nemesis is out of prison , he gets his chance . but asher ' s target also happens to be his father .

this drama is really good ! but one thing i don ' t understand is why complicate things when the father was never really a criminal ( he was innocent and all ) , they make a fuss like he realh did a crime when he didn ' t . it ' s a shame for not making the characters more open minded on some certain episodes .

the most remarkable thing about first they killed my father is how quiet it is . angelina jolie’s film—about the khmer rouge regime that killed one quarter of the population of cambodia between the years of 1975 and 1979—is based on a memoir by human - rights activist loung ung , who was 5 years old when the khmer rouge came to power . jolie runs with this premise , telling the story of a people through the eyes of a little girl . as a result , the film is an impressionistic , fragmented , sometimes slow affair , one that interweaves tragic and disturbing moments with quiet and hopeful ones . and , by and large , the artistic strategy pays off .

i love this drama so much . . . n would love to meet the cast someday . . . especially i get crazy watching the chemistry between lee joon and jung so min . . . if ever i meet them i would freakingling hug lee hoon for so acting so well . . . . mmmuuuuaaahhh to lee joon . . . . . is their anyway to send gifts to the cast of my father is strange . . . can anybody give me the address to send gifts from india . . . . i hope there are more episodes . . . just keep rolling guys . . . . please don ' t end the show . . .

though it ' s safe to say that " first they killed my father " is not a film that most hollywood studios would have jumped at the idea of making , netflix agreed early on to back it . " it is true that this type of film would be difficult to make at a major studio because it it lacks star power and is in a foreign language , " said scott stuber , who oversees netflix ' s growing slate of original feature films . " we are fortunate because , for us , we have over 100 million members around the world who have unique and diverse tastes , and we have seen the power of good storytelling traveling globally . "

update , writethru after sunday 11 : 01 pm exclusive : angelina jolie ’s first they killed my father has been set as the cambodian submission for the best foreign language film oscar . deadline reported late sunday night that confirmation of the selection was imminent , and early monday morning the cambodia oscar selection committee made it official . the netflix title , directed and co - written by jolie , is about author and human rights activist loung ung’s life under the rule of the deadly khmer rouge . it premiered in telluride and then went on to toronto where it won strong praise . the story is told through ung’s eyes , from the age of five , when the khmer rouge came to power .

life lessons : never watch a 52 episode awesome family drama with awesome casts when your exams are near . i was binge watching this every single day ! so addictive and the story was portrayed so beautifully . my fav couple : lee joon and jung so min . . . the chemistry was just there .

this ep probably would make ahn jong hee be the first to realize that father is really weird for some reason . . . i wouldnt spoil . . . i just want to leave the hype here that it gave me ! ! ! its getting more and more interesting as they add new eps in the drama and thats really something ! i hope it gets the rating it deserves !

wow super love this drama and all the actors too . waiting / anticipating for the coming weeks episode . this the second 50 eps drama i ' ve watched after wolgyesu tailor shop and all i can say is my time watching this drama is worth it since its simply the best . . heart , heart . .

first they killed my father : a daughter of cambodia remembers , which debuted on netflix on friday , is jolie’s fourth turn behind the camera as a feature film director and her third as a chronicler of war . her first , which she also wrote and produced , was in the land of blood and honey ( 2011 ) , a romantic drama set in sarajevo amid the bosnian war . the next was 2014’s unbroken —another war drama , this time chronicling olympian louis zamperini’s time as a pow in japan after surviving at sea on a raft for 47 days . these projects are ambitious , well - chosen , and a little boring . her new film , which is the best of the three , nevertheless furthers that trend .

jolie’s movie typically sees those victims as a huge anonymous mass of roving refugees . clustered together as families , these people are , for the most part , unlikely to survive . otherwise , they’re the soldiers themselves , who are indistinct by choice : the angkar , the ruling party of communist rebels , did not believe in individuality . but everyone else did . hence the dissatisfaction of peering into a face like ung’s when the movie reduces her to a silent witness . she’s a little girl who stands in for many—too many . and her immediate family—four siblings , her mother , and her father—are equally indistinct . they have no character , no ideas , no experiences beyond their pain . this is fiction filmmaking that , despite occasionally feverish editing and a few gracefully askew shots , nevertheless aspires to documentary plainness . no amount of jumpy impressionism—one of jolie’s more tired stylistic ticks as a director—distracts from the bland predictability of the movie’s ethics . first they killed my father is , adamantly , a film that believes that by merely documenting atrocities through the eyes of those who witnessed them , it can also , automatically , sell itself as a movie about those witnesses .


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actress chandrakala made tamil debut in this movie .

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praptham <EOT> praptham - a big collection of tamil lyrics . here you can find the lyrics of movie praptham . we have covered each & every song lyrics of movie praptham

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the boogeyman ( released in the united kingdom as the bogey man ) is a 1980 american supernatural horror film directed by ulli lommel and starring suzanna love , john carradine , and ron james .

the movie 's title refers to the long-held superstition of boogeymen beings , and its plot concerns an adult brother and sister who are targeted by the ghost of their mother 's deceased boyfriend which has been freed from an imprisoned mirror .

the film has received mixed to negative critical reviews , with criticism mainly regarding the heavy similarities from earlier horror films such as halloween , the exorcist , and the amityville horror .

however , the movie became successful enough commercially to make the film-makers eager to release sequels , resulting in the film being followed by boogeyman ii and return of the boogeyman .

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the boogeyman ( 1980 film ) <EOT> the boogeyman ( 1980 ) and return of the boogeyman movie review double feature .

the boogeyman is a 1980 horror film directed by ulli lommel . it was followed by boogeyman 2 , and return of the boogeyman . it is not to be confused with the 2005 film boogeyman .

not to be confused with the 2005 film , simply titled boogeyman and its sequels , boogeyman 2 and boogeyman 3 .

ulli lommel ' s the boogeyman ( 1980 ) was filmed in the state of maryland .

unfortunately , 1980 also burdened us with the boogeyman and we’re all a little lesser for it .

the boogeyman is a 1980 horror film directed by ulli lommel . it stars suzanna love , nicholas love , and john carradine .

in 1980 ulli lommel created the horror monster hit the boogeyman , starring suzanna love and john carradine . the extraordinary world - wide success created a long lasting franchise . in 1983 lommel produced boogeyman 2 and in 1994 boogeyman 3 .

, the subgenre was really taking shape . 1980 is best remembered for giving us

in 1982 , it was followed by revenge of the boogeyman aka boogeyman ii which re - used lots of footage from the first film . lommel later revisited the sequel and released a ‘redux’ director’s version that included even more footage from the 1980 original , plus newly shot scenes of himself talking directly to the camera .

the boogeyman is an unrewarding slasher film that doesn’t make the most of its ideas and isn’t even sure just what those ideas are supposed to be in the first place . believe it or not , the boogeyman scored two sequels : the boogeyman 2 and return of the boogeyman . before you set a date for your boogeyman trilogy marathon , be aware that much like silent night , deadly night part 2 , these sequels were made up almost entirely of clips from the first film in order to save money .

howlin ' wolf records , who recently released the restored soundtrack of the 1980 cult classic , ┬áhas been retained to oversee the production of the music for the boogeyman tv - series . a multi - media blitz including merchandising of the boogeyman creature , a video game and a graphic novel will accompany the series .

trailer for the 1980 film " the boogeyman " . 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 .

george lucas altered version : there ' s a very bizarre dvd edition of the film . the original version of the film wasn ' t very good by any stretch of the imagination , but it is unanimously preferred over what lommel claimed was a " director ' s cut " . this version consists of cheaply shot footage of lommel being interrogated by off - camera police officers , and " flashbacks " that are 90 % derived from lommel ' s 1980 film the boogeyman , which the boogeyman 2 was a sequel to . the original version of the boogeyman 2 did consist of a lot of flashback footage from the first film , but it did have some new content , whereas the 2003 version of the boogeyman 2 is 90 % footage from the boogeyman , 10 % newly filmed content .

yeah i think it is but avoid the sequel boogeyman 2 as it is atrocious , it reuses basically all the scenes in the first film wrapped around a very thin plot involving a film crew .

unless you want to watch the boogeyman three times in a row . to each his own .

the boogey man – or the boogeyman on promotional material – and the bogey man in the uk – is a 1980 american supernatural slasher film written , produced and directed by ulli lommel . it stars his wife suzanna love , nicholas love , ron james and horror veteran john carradine .

lommel can probably be credited with first bringing the legend to the sliver screen with his 1980 film , the boogeyman . although it was panned by critics during its limited theatrical run , the vhs mainstay spawned two sequels in 1983 and 1984 that were padded with flashbacks to the original film . this new outing seeks to reboot the boogeyman franchise , following the same concept of a mirror possessed by a murderous being that quite possibly has a nylon fetish :

in 1980 lommel moved to los angeles , where he started his hollywood career with the no . 1 box office hit “the boogeyman” , followed by 51 successful filmproductions , including twenty motion pictures made for lionsgate , currently the leading studio in hollywood . in 2004 sony produced a remake of “boogeyman“ , which again became no . 1 in the usa .

the boogeyman superstition has made its way on screen numerous times : the clown - like specter with a giant head and hooves that terrorized a young egon spengler on the real ghostbusters , a more humanoid creature that also stalks the closets of children in 2005’s the boogeyman… even disney and the wwe have had their own disparate takes on the character . now , director ulli lommel is bringing his original boogeyman back to scare another generation of kids with boogeyman reincarnation .

in 1994 , he also came up with the confused and confusing return of the boogeyman which also includes extensive footage from the original .

the boogeyman reincarnation trailer features more voiceover than audiences have heard in years during the coming attractions at their local theater . in that voiceover , lommel attempts to sell the boogeyman as a rival to the superheroes of the dc and marvel cinematic universes , as well as recapture some of the tone of his original film with some ominous green lighting . the film also features human centipede ’s laurence r . harvey and “american horror queen” tristan risk , recently seen in the editor . optimistically , the preview announces that boogeyman reincarnation will be coming to “theaters everywhere . ”

this page uses content from wikipedia . the original article was at friday the 13th ( 1980 ) . the list of authors can be seen in the page history . as with horror film wiki , the text of wikipedia is available under the gnu free documentation license .

the film was given a limited release theatrically in the united states by the jerry gross organization ( fulci’s zombie ; i spit on your grave ; blood beach ) beginning in november 1980 . it was subsequently released on vhs by wizard video .

yes i do believe that the film is cut , trying to find out if anyone else can see the cut made to the film as i described above .

friday the 13th is a 1980 one of the best known slasher films in history . the film was made in 1980 and was directed by sean s . cunningham . it starred adrienne king , kevin bacon , harry crosby , taso stavrakis , laurie bartram and betsy palmer as " mrs . voorhees " . the film was very successful at the box office , reaching $ 59 . 8 million on a $ 550 , 000 budget . retrospectively , the film has become a cult classic , despite initially , the film gained negative reviews . it has spawned eleven sequels , a 2009 reboot , an upcoming film , and a expanded universe . like halloween , it is one of the most successful independent horror films ever made .

original motion picture soundtrack for ulli lommel ' s 1980 slasher the boogeyman composed & performed by tim krog & synthe - sound - trax . vinyl edition is packaged in a deluxe gatefold old school tip - on jacket with printed insert containing exclusive liner notes . comes with obi - strip . color in color ( black in green ) vinyl , limited to # 1000 copies worldwide . also included is a bonus " cd - record " ( a cd sized record that plays on a turntable ) containing a radio spot for the 1980 film .

the church and cemetery used in the film is extremely close to the main house and farm location .

the final reel reveal of the killer ( not jason ) kicks the film into a higher gear .

paramount bought friday the 13th ' s distribution rights for $ 1 . 5 million , after seeing a screening of the film . they spent approximately $ 500 , 000 in advertisements for the film , and then an additional $ 500 , 000 when the film began performing well at the box office . friday the 13th opened theatrically on may 9 , 1980 across the united states in 1 , 100 theaters . it took in $ 5 , 816 , 321 in its opening weekend , before finishing domestically with $ 39 , 754 , 601 . the film finished as the eighteenth highest grossing film of 1980 . friday the 13th was released internationally , which was unusual for an independent film with , at the time , no well - recognized or bankable actors . the film would take in approximately $ 20 million in international box office receipts . not factoring in international sales , or the cross - over film with a nightmare on elm street ' s freddy kreuger , the original friday the 13th is the highest grossing film of the ten film series . to provide context with the box office gross of films in 2008 , the cost of making and promoting friday the 13th—which includes the budget and the $ 1 million in advertisement—is approximately $ 4 . 4 million . with regard to the domestic box office gross , the film took in $ 112 , 915 , 537 in adjusted 2008 dollars . in terms of recent box - office performance , this film would rank # 3 for the current year as of april 2008 using the adjusted figures .

this is a poor film in almost every respect , the acting , the story , the editing , the sound , the everything .

ruggero deodato’s original movie was part of the video nasty madness and managed to get itself banned back in the 1980’s . it is now available on dvd , however , still remains one of the more [ … ]

ulli lommel is in negotiations for shooting the boogeyman tv - series starting to film in los angeles and alberta , canada in july 2015 with an initial 26 one - hour episodes . budget for the series is an estimated $ 4 million per episode . lommel owns the boogeyman franchise since 1980 , when he wrote , produced and directed a cult sensation grossing over $ 35 million world - wide on a budget of only $ 300 , 000 . in 2005 , sam raimi executive produced the remake which became a no . 1 box - office hit with over $ 150 million in revenues .

3 . the film’s costume team used a clever idea to keep shields covered up .

6 . a new species of iguana was discovered when it appeared in the film .

the boogeyman was listed as a video nasty in 1982 , but was later re - released in cut form in 1992 . it was released uncut in 2000 .

the whole film is one of the best arguments for resuming movie censorship to come along in years .

the main house and farm featured in the film is located in bel alton , right by the shore of the potomic river .

and then that angle is unceremoniously dropped when lacey breaks the haunted mirror and sets the boogeyman’s ghost free . whatever “murder - mystery” angle lommel was trying to set up is discarded and

1 . the film is based on a trilogy of books by henry de vere stacpoole .

the boogeyman is a 1980 american supernatural slasher horror film directed by ulli lommel and stars suzanna love , john carradine and ron james . the film concerns two children , willy and lacey who are punished by their mother ' s boyfriend , but soon take revenge as willy stabs the boyfriend with a kitchen knife while lacey sees a hanged mirror witnessing the event . 20 years later , lacey and willy , now adults are being terrorized by an unseen force and now what they believe as , the spirit of their mother ' s boyfriend is starting to strike up for revenge on the two .

in an interview with roger ebert in 1980 , shelley duvall described working with stanley kubrick as " almost unbearable , but from other points of view , really very nice , i suppose . "

the boogeyman is a pleasant surprise for the grindhouse fan . the derivative elements in technique , music , setting that many would pan are simply whimsical additions to a fun story . simply put ; anyone who calls the boogeyman “a halloween / exorcist / amityville horror ripoff” is critically lazy and failed to discern between homage and mimicry . if you’re a horror enthusiast , it’s worth a watch .

a terrible crime echoes through the ages , as the souls of the condemned pay an eternal price for their vicious acts upon the innocent . with classic sensibilities and a contemporary feel , boogeyman : reincarnation is the spawning of a new era .

remarkably , the two the boogeyman films get a similar kind of first - rate treatment . i remember actually renting the boogeyman at a long - defunct colorado video store over a decade ago ( video plus , you magnificent bastards ) , a store that stocked a fabulous selection of lurid horror titles with fabulously trashy cover art - - the kind you felt guilty peeking at . this was not long after i ' d read stephen king ' s creepy short story of the same name and so i thought i was about to see a film version of it . no go , but sadder still , it was no kind of substitute ; if you can ' t scare an over - imaginative fifteen - year - old , you can ' t scare anybody . the boogeyman and return of the boogeyman dock on opposite sides of a flipper , with the former packed with a start - up trailer for the cave . the menu proper also offers these : ( the new , non - " the " ) boogeyman , the yankee version of the grudge , resident evil : apocalypse , anacondas : the hunt for the blood orchid , devour , and the hilariously - titled chupacabra terror .

" the boogeyman " is a peculiar little horror movie that mixed " halloween " , " amityville horror " and " the exorcist " . the plot was stupid , the acting terrible , illogical script , the cutting extremely bad , the pace is slow and feels dragged . the only positive element in the film are the murder scenes . this is e bad and dull film that gained notoriety by being black listed in england as a video nasty otherwise it just had disappeared .

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a sequel , boogeyman 2 , was made in 1983 , starring suzanna love reprising her role as lacey . the premise is lacey is approached by a group of hollywood phonies to make a film based on her experiences . the hollywood crew are subsequently killed — one by one — by the mirror spirit .

the film ends with one last mirror shard , missed by lacey and her husband , glowing red on the ground .

lommel directed his first film in 1971 titled haytabo , and his second film , die zartlichkeit der wolfe ( 1973 ) was produced by fassbinder . the cult classic was voted one of the one thousand films to change your life in time out magazine . lommel moved to new york in 1978 and began working with andy warhol and then in 1980 he made the move to hollywood where he directed the boogeyman . the horror became a huge success grossing $ 25 million worldwide ( a lot in those days ! ) after the boogeyman lommel toyed with a few genres before settling into horror as being his main genre , and has been making a feature film almost every year since , often two of three a year ! most recently he has made films like the tomb , absolute evil and nightstalker . in 2004 lommel set up his own repertory group in venice , working with a number of collaborators , they have released sixteen genre films on the lionsgate label .

return of the boogeyman was released in 1994 , and supposedly occurs alongside the events of the original ( so they can pad things out with old footage recycled as " visions " ) and involves a psychic being haunted by the mirror man .

the boogeyman is a 1980 slasher film from german director ulli lommel . he made some stuff in the eighties that you may have heard about ; but , he is more infamous for putting out poor low - budget serial killer movies and straight - to - netflix zombie films in the last fifteen years . he is also famously responsible for putting out daniel der zauberer , a 2 . 0 rated film on imdb’s list of the top twenty worst films . like uwe boll , also german , this guy deals with constant critical hatred . i am here to review what is , in my eyes , his best film . however , after looking at his catalog of films , one would realize that this is not a difficult task to accomplish .

i found this dvd at a pawn shop for one dollar . it has the boogeyman and return of boogeyman , so i can definitely say i got my money’s worth . i felt like this was a decent little ghost / slasher film . it is fairly bland though . the kills are nothing special and there aren’t really any clever scares . there is one memorable kill where the guy takes a knife through the back out his neck . it comes out of his mouth and his girlfriend’s face gets pushed into it by an unknown force . this was a pretty sweet death , but the originality of this film really ends there .

4 . despite grossing more than $ 600 million worldwide , the film failed to turn a profit by the end of 1994 .

together with frank dragun ( producer ) and colin j . mccracken ( writer ) , lommel is currently in production for an eight 1 - hour series entitles “boogeyman chronicles“ , premiering halloween 2018 .

star suzanna love is the real - life sister of co - star nicholas love , who plays her brother in the film , and was at the time also the wife of director ulli lommel . she and lommel co - authored the screenplay for this film . see more »

poor annie every time she falls asleep , her dreams are haunted by visions of a faceless man committing unspeakable crimes . just like a kid afraid of the dark , the boogeyman has made her . . . see full summary »

as the truck rams the car over the cliff and falls off in the final film , there is a low roar sound effect that the filmmaker included to emphasize the death of the truck . spielberg , who wanted the truck to seem

released with 23 seconds cut in 2001 ; re - released uncut in 2005 . this movie was prosecuted . blood feast immediately became notorious for its explicit gore and violence . it is the oldest film to have appeared on the uk video nasty list . it is also often cited erroneously as one of the first films to show people dying with their eyes open ( earlier examples include d . w . griffith ' s 1909 film the country doctor , the 1931 film the public enemy and the 1960 film psycho )

the beast in heat , ss hell camp - no uk re - release . this movie was prosecuted . this is one of many so - called video nasties about fictionalized world war ii nazi pow camp atrocities . the film is currently banned in australia due to offensive depictions of sexual violence and extreme impact violence throughout . the film is also currently banned in the uk as well . the film continues to be re - issued in various formats ( vhs , dvd ) . due to the film ' s graphic nature , it has been banned from several countries and remains banned in some countries to this day . in 1992 , the australian classification board banned the film for " excessive sexual violence " and the film remains banned in australia to this day . the film is banned elsewhere too , such as the united kingdom where it was originally prosecuted as a video nasty .

the boogeyman , while occasionally faulty , is based on a premise that sets it apart in the slasher subgenre . disjointed editing makes for clumsy cadence at times , but the compelling story and fever - dream - like atmosphere make up for the odd pacing . its hazy , spectral quality unifies the film along with a cohesive plot that doesn’t rely on those components borrowed from horror hits of the past so much as it utilizes them right where they respectively fit . as a supernaturally - charged story about a household objecct , the boogeyman would make a solid double feature pairing with the more recent haunted mirror tale , oculus ( 2014 ) .

the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .

toxic zombies - no uk re - release . this movie was prosecuted . the film was directed by charles mccrann , who also acted in the film . it was classified as a video nasty in the uk during the 1980s . this was the only film directed by mccrann , who became a businessman , and who died in his office in the world trade center , new york city , in the september 11 attacks .

during a rescue mission into the amazon rainforest , a professor stumbles across lost film shot by a missing documentary crew .

most of the boogeyman ’s boldness lies in its up - close - and - personal shots of penetration during the death scenes , particularly in a bathroom suicide ( ”suicide” being used loosely here ) . tricks of the editing trade allow for the audience to see the actor’s face before , during , and after the moment of penetration , with buckets of blood for maximum viewer satisfaction . craig harris ( toxic zombies , 1980 ) gets credit for the hokey but entertaining kissing couple shish - kabob scene , which lommel enjoyed so much that he brought the special effects artist back for revenge of the boogeyman 3 years later . the movie’s climax offers a bombastic confrontation between good and evil that culminates in a glistening , bloody orgy of sharp phallic implements and unholy possession , all the things that would make your average one million moms zealot quake with fury , even today .

cinematographer néstor almendros was nominated for his work on the film , and while he eventually lost out to geoffrey unsworth and ghislain cloquet for tess , he already had one oscar at home for his contributions to terrence malick ' s days of heaven ( 1978 ) . the skilled dp was also nominated in 1980 ( for kramer vs . kramer ) and in 1983 ( for sophie’s choice ) .

the beyond - released with approximately 2 minutes cut in 1987 ; re - released uncut in 2001 . this movie was not prosecuted . seven doors of death . besides changing the name of the film , the film was heavily edited to tone down the film ' s graphic murder sequences with a new musical score . this alternately titled re - edited version was quickly released on video by thriller video .

between 1971 and 1977 ulli lommel directed and starred in 22 films in europe , two of which are represented by the fassbinder foundation . in 1973 lommel had two films in the top 10 box office charts in germany , “harlis” ( which he starred in ) and “tenderness of the wolves” ( directed by lommel , the film also opened the berlin film festival ) . in total his films garnered eleven of the prime german film prizes .

and some footage of lacey being tied up and threatened with a knife . the film was later passed fully uncut in the uk in 2000 .

the bogeyman was first released in uk cinemas uncut in 1980 , and then vipco released it on vhs in november 1981 . in october 1983 the film was listed as a video nasty and removed from shelves . the bogeyman never had the chance to build the reputation the true notorious video nasty’s gained due to it being dropped from the list in july 1985 . vipco then re - released it in 1992 with 44 seconds of cuts , however the film was later released uncut in 2000 certified 18 . better still , an extended cut was released in 2004 by hollywood r2 dvd and this too was uncut and passed as 18 .

still , the boogeyman is high art compared to its second sequel ( packaged , inexplicably , with the first film on opposite sides of a flipper ) , the excrescent the return of the boogeyman . it ' s hard to even call it a film , as it consists mainly ( 90 % ) of scenes lifted from the first two boogeyman pictures , strung together as the psychic experiences of narrator annie ( kelly galindo ) in sessions overseen by shrink dr . love ( omar kaczmarczyk ) . it ' s like an anniversary clips show for a long - in - the - tooth sitcom , filmed with the same sort of production values as a backyard porno and scripted ( by an uncredited writer ) with almost exactly the same kind of ear . you might be curious that it offers a few gratuitous , gauzy tit shots , which were conspicuously lacking in the original , but really , it ' s the kind of crap any chimp could put together on imovie given a little time and a handful of peanuts . i wouldn ' t trust my drink on it if it were a coaster .

brooke shields was just 14 years old when she filmed the blue lagoon , the infamously sexy and slightly salacious island - set romance that capitalized on burgeoning hormones in a big way . the film was shocking when it debuted in the summer of 1980—but even more than three decades later , it can still make jaws drop . here’s a look at some of its more compelling tidbits , complete with undiscovered iguanas and a nifty trick to cover up nudity .

however , this film currently holds a 59 % " fresh " based off 49 reviews at the movie review website rotten tomatoes .

for my phd , karel generously let me read for a full year , so that i could appropriate all the film - historical and theoretical literature . not until my second year , i left for the archives and started writing chapters . in addition , karel coached me in teaching the so - called a - workgroup , a second - year course where students in addition to literature studies ( film history : theory and practice by allen & gomery was regular fare ) also learned to conduct archival research in the collected cinema reviews in the press archive from the amsterdam city archive . until the release of the dutch online newspaper database delpher , this was a gold mine . of course , after five years ( 1989 - 1994 ) of film archiving and film identification at the film museum , and first articles about silent italian and dutch film , i had already gotten familiar with the archive world , but the fascination for research into film exhibition and reception came to a good start at the above course .

with over 32 songs on the official soundtrack and more used in the movie—including one song from the doors on the soundtrack and four others in the film—all of the bands featured in the film were american , and that was not a coincidence . “all the material in there is american , ” joel sill , the film’s executive music producer , told the los angeles daily news . “bob [ zemeckis ] felt strongly about it . he felt forrest wouldn’t buy anything but american . ” though formed in england and not in the u . s . , fleetwood mac contributed a song to the film and the 2001’s special collector’s edition soundtrack . fans liked the soundtrack so much it went on to sell 12 million copies worldwide .

whenever the action moves outdoors - to the beach , or to a different house , for example - it improves immensely . the boogeyman is a definite horror classic , but it struggles to escape from its stifling setting . nonetheless , i enjoy it more each time i watch it .

released with 1 minute 41 seconds cut in 1994 . this movie was prosecuted . though hardly convincing , the violence is extremely graphic and helped to propel the film ( released on video in the uk by iver film services ) onto the video nasties list . the film remained banned until 1993 , when vipco resubmitted it to the british board of film classification , who agreed to pass it with an 18 certificate as long as one minute and forty - one seconds ' worth of gory mayhem was deleted . almost all of the violent scenes were trimmed , but the castration of the biker and the removal of a student ' s intestines ( for use as a flail ) were removed completely . if the film were submitted to the bbfc now , however , it would most likely be passed uncut .

mr . zeman and ms . brancaccio , a deputy commissioner of the new york city human resources administration , have found supporters of their film . “i think it’s done very well , and i think it tells the truth , ” said donna cutugno , a staten islander who founded the volunteer search group friends of jennifer for missing children during the schweiger case . “we still have those other missing children . the boogeyman wasn’t a myth . ”

not that what i’m about to tell you is going to make you drop your monocle into your champagne or anything , but the boogeyman lacks any sort of story consistency . it’s almost as if it was two scripts that got bisected and then fused down the middle .

for all its shoddiness , the film manages , just barely , to achieve its ignoble goals - - it delivers what it promises .

the boogeyman opens on a truly disturbing and sleazy note , with a reminiscence of carpenter ' s halloween if it was more focused on a norman bates character played by a young ( and blonde ) joe spinell . the scene of the two kids looking through the window is going to stay with me forever .

lacey travels to hollywood , to the home of a film director , where she brings along the last surviving haunted mirror shard from the end of the first movie as proof to her horrifying experiences .

later on , retrospective reviews were much more positive regarding the film , with praise mainly towards its score , make - up effects , and betsy palmer ' s role , while it drew criticism for its script and lack of character development . dave kehr said that " for all its shoddiness , the film manages , just barely , to achieve its ignoble goals - - it delivers what it promises " . james kendrick gave the film a 3 out of 4 , calling it " a campfire boogeyman story designed to do little more than build tension and deliver a few well - timed shocks , which it does with precision and even a bit of artistry " . kevin carr said that " what makes the movie work is that the slasher genre hadn ' t been set in stone yet , and some choices that director sean s . cunningham makes in the film that work against type " . the film was nominated for afi ' s 100 years . . . 100 thrills .

karel dibbets has contributed significantly to the scientific study of film history in and about the netherlands . karel graduated at the dutch film academy in the section of camera and editing in 1971 , and in 1982 also at the university of amsterdam at economic and social history , at a time when departments of media studies in the netherlands didn’t yet exist . his ma thesis from 1980 , bioscoopketens in nederland : economische concentratie en geografische spreiding van een bedrijfstak , 1928 – 1977 ( cinema chains in the netherlands : economic concentration and geographical distribution of an industry , 1928 - 1977 ) , was a systematic empirical research that , afterwards , paved the way for digital humanities at large , and more specific his now - known and widely used cinema history database , an exhibition and distribution database of film in the netherlands , which originated from a research project supported by the national research council nwo in the years 2003 - 2007 . after his thesis , karel continued to focus on film exhibition and distribution . he wrote about it in the film magazine skrien in 1981 - 1983 , where he also served as editor - in - chief in that period . with the late frank van der maden he set up an authoritative volume in 1986 : de nederlandse film en bioscoop tot 1940 ( the dutch film and cinema [ theatre ] until 1940 ) . that “and cinema” in the title was very important to the editors : film was not just a story on the canvas , a medium , or “text” in semiotic sense , but it was also a place of exhibition and an object of trade . that recognition was in line with the so - called “historical turn” in film studies from the late 1970s onwards , even if in general mostly focused on exhibition and reception rather than on distribution .

eagle - eyed viewers will catch the word “flammable” scrawled across the back of the truck , yet when it careens off the cliff at the end of the movie it doesn’t go boom . the studio wanted a big explosion , but the director wanted a slower demise for his film’s villain .

passed uncut in 2003 . this movie was prosecuted . snuff is a 1976 splatter film , and is most notorious for being marketed as if it were an actual snuff film . this picture contributed to the urban legend of snuff films , although the concept did not originate with it .

i was checking through my r2 dvd of the boogeyman ( 1980 sony pictures ) and around the 45min mark a scene where a young woman is about to be killed by a pair of scissors ( anyone know of that scene ? ) the scissors appears to go towards her pink top to cut the pink top in a downward type way but this scene is missing ( i could swear this scene was in the old vipco video ) the camera just goes outside to the boy and the camera goes back to the bathroom scene again and then the scissors enter the throat and she ends up in the bath , now has this been cut due to titilation purposes ( ie blood on breasts a bbfc no no in their book ) because it does jump to the scene very badly as if their is footage missing from it .

friday the 13th was produced and directed by sean s . cunningham , who had previously worked with filmmaker wes craven on the film the last house on the left ( 1972 ) . cunningham , inspired by john

although the film closely follows the events of the first book in stacpoole’s series , also called the blue lagoon , the film’s sequel ( 1991’s return to the blue lagoon ) breaks with the storyline presented in the 1920s - era trilogy to essentially re - tell the original story ( read : more tanned teens falling in love on a tropical island ) . stacpoole’s books were far more concerned with the culture of the south seas population , particularly as it was being further influenced by the arrival of european cultures .

fans of the final destination franchise are already accustomed to the concept of an incorporeal entity wreaking havoc on anyone unfortunate enough to gaze upon it ( in final destination ’s case , the gaze is an ominous second sight ) . the notion holds origins in mythology and is widely used in horror . just as popular but often confused with the disembodied spirit ( which was always part of the spirit realm ) is the discarnate entity , which once held an earthly body before death . from the latin for “without flesh” , the discarnate entity often uses earthly objects as channels through which it conducts its malevolence ; such is the case in german director ulli lommel’s 1980 slasher , the boogeyman , in which a condensed evil spirit uses a mirror as a conduit to wreak havoc on a rural american family .

“cropsey , ” named for the mythic boogeyman of hudson valley campfire stories , is the cinematic version of peeking under the bed and not breathing a sigh of relief . two parts true crime and one part folklore , the documentary examines a string of child disappearances on staten island during the ’70s and ’80s , including two for which the onetime willowbrook worker andre rand is serving time .

the werewolf and the yeti , night of the howling beast – no uk re - release . this movie was prosecuted . the film was banned in the uk by the bbfc under the video recordings act of 1984 and was featured on the " video nasties " list . it has never been released in the uk .

no uk re - release . this movie was prosecuted . the film was on the uk government ' s list of video nasties in the 1980s and has not been resubmitted to the bbfc for a certificate since .

released uncut in 2004 . this movie was prosecuted . there was a little girl ( renamed madhouse for the video market ) was released four times on video . a watered - down , cut and edited version was released on vhs in america by virgin - label , discontinued and was released again five years later ( 1989 ) . the film ' s graphic content got it classified as a " video nasty " by the bbfc , and the film never saw a theatrical release in the united kingdom . in 2004 , the film was passed by the bbfc and was released uncut on dvd by film 2000 and then released by dark sky films in 2008 .

i think you imagined the scene with the scissors cutting the top . . all the versions i have seen of this film cut away at the same moment and return to show the scissors going into the girls throat . this includes the original anchor bay dvd release , which i just checked to be sure

as to the story of the tv - series , lommel goes back to the year 1861 , when the spirit of the boogeyman was born , after a lynch mob killed an innocent native american from the apache tribe . the bible for the tv - series was written by colin mccracken , ulli lommel and david bond . frank dragun , omar kaczmarczyk and david bond are slated as producers with peter davis ( highlander ) as executive producer .

variety claimed the film was " low budget in the worst sense - with no apparent talent or intelligence to offset its technical inadequacies - friday the 13th has nothing to exploit but its title . "

what makes the movie work is that the slasher genre hadn ' t been set in stone yet , and some choices that director sean s . cunningham makes in the film that work against type .

re - released with 10 seconds cut in 1992 . this movie was not prosecuted . in the uk , the film was deemed to be a video nasty , most probably because of the drill killing sequence , and for the cover artwork which depicted the spiked bat . it was assumed that the bbfc had worries that because the killing weapon was depicted clearly , it was imitable . however , the film was not successfully prosecuted , and was removed from the list .

passed with over 4 minutes cut in 1988 ; re - released with 33 seconds cut in 2001 ; released uncut in 2009 . this movie was prosecuted . in the united kingdom , the film has had a history of problems with the bbfc over the years . the original cinema version was heavily cut with edits to the poker murder and the slashing of ann ' s throat , and this print was later released on video prior to the uk ' s video recordings act 1984 and subsequently banned as a video nasty . the film was made officially available in 1988 , though the print had been pre - edited by 34 seconds ( removing the cinema cuts ) and then additionally cut by 4 minutes 11 seconds with further cuts to the opening stabbing , the bat attack , norman ' s throat being torn out by freudstein and tracking shots of mutilated bodies in the basement . the film was again released in 1992 though this print had been heavily pre - cut by the distributors and removed 7 minutes 27 seconds of footage , thus rendering much of the film unintelligible . the 2001 vipco dvd issue restored nearly all of the film ' s prior edits but was cut by 33 secs by the bbfc with lesser edits made to the poker murder and a throat cutting . although willing to release the movie uncut , the film had recently been prosecuted under the obscene publications act following the discovery of bootleg copies of the uncut version , leaving the bbfc no choice but to cut the film . all the cuts were finally waived for the 2009 arrow dvd . the anchor bay dvd version was later released uncut , containing all the gore and violence from the original version . the film was released by blue underground on blu - ray ( as well as a new dvd edition ) on 25 october 2011 with a new 2k transfer .

german - born director , ulli lommel has had a few standout horror films in a sea of straight - to - video serial killer movie crap . in the beginning there was tenderness of wolves , the boogeyman and then the criminally underrated , the devonsville terror , what has happened to his body of work since then is not something i can explain .

if there was ever a film that didn ' t need a sequel , it was ulli lommel ' s the bogey man . this follow - up would have been more understandable if it were a personal project from the same director , but for some reason ; someone called bruce starr has taken up the reigns ( i neither know , or care , the reasons for this . or if bruce starr is a ulli lommel pseudonym ) . well . . . he sort of has , as this film is at least half a retread of the first film with direct ' flashback ' scenes making up a large proportion of the runtime . the plot this time focuses on some people in hollywood who want to make a film based on the events of the first bogey man film ( groan ) , this gives brucey starr an opportunity to stick a load of scenes from the original together with the stuff he directed . the main problem with the revenge of the bogey man is that it ' s mind numbingly boring ! i have to admit that even though it was merely a couple of months ago when i saw the first film , i can ' t remember most of it - and even that didn ' t stop the film being completely boring . the idea of a killer coming out of a mirror is more silly than frightening anyway , and while it doesn ' t surprise me that this film ended up on the dpp video nasty list , as the first one did and this is essentially the same film ; i for one wish it didn ' t because then i wouldn ' t have seen it . recommended ? nope !

the remake of friday the 13th is in development , with freddy vs . jason writers , damian shannon and mark swift , currently hired to script the new film . the film is reported to focus on jason voorhees , and that he will keep his trademark hockey - mask . the film is being produced by michael bay , andrew form , and brad fuller through bay ' s production company platinum dunes , for new line cinema . in november 2007 , marcus nispel , director of the 2003 remake of the texas chainsaw massacre , was hired to direct .

so , the boogeyman , a video nasty that is very very nasty , but is actually very very good too . this is a film that should be seen by all horror fans , young and old as it is , in my mind anyway , a genre classic that does everything it can with what it has , and delivers a clever , sinister and creepy little violent horror that can stand proud with the best of what the 80’s horror had to offer !

i expected this film more originality from this film , with the whole haunted mirror idea . the problem is that pieces of this mirror traveling through the world stuck some kid’s shoe , just didn’t do it for me . the ghost in this mirror was also apparently very distractable . he went after people wherever the reflection shined . so while a piece of glass was stuck to the kid’s shoe as he fished from a dock , the reflection went all the way across the lake and killed people who had nothing to do with the plot . i thought the ghost was pissed at specific people until this scene . despite this absurdity , there were still a couple early scenes where the mirror idea worked . in the bathroom , for instance , when the girl stabs herself in the throat , the mirror idea makes sense . it just seemed like halfway through the film they needed to find more deaths and ran out of main characters to kill . you will know what i’m talking about when you see it , because it gets to a point where the whole focus of the boogeyman changes for about a half an hour .

as children , lacey ( suzanna love ) and willy ( nicholas love ) murdered their alcoholic mother’s abusive lover ( howard grant ) . ya know , like ya do . twenty years later , willy has withdrawn and become a mute while lacey is still haunted by the memories of that night . hoping to put her inner demons to rest , lacey revisits her childhood home where the murder happened and in a fit of rage , destroys an old mirror . little does she know , trapped within the mirror was the soul of the man they killed , or as she calls him , “the boogeyman” . now , wherever a shard of the mirror falls , the boogeyman’s spirit is free to roam and murder whoever gets in his way .

in 1923 , director w . bowden crafted a silent version of the story . more than a quarter - century later , british filmmaker frank launder made a very well - received version for the big screen in 1949 , starring jean simmons and donald houston . the film was immensely popular , becoming the seventh - highest grossing domestic film at the u . k . box office that year .

outside of the flashback , the boogeyman only appears as an invisible entity that levitates objects or causes lots of wacky green and red lighting effects ( which seem to lommel cribbing the style of dario argento because this man has no original ideas to speak of ) . when you * do * see the boogeyman , he’s a guy with a woman’s stocking stretched over his head . you know , like when people rob banks in movies . if lommel’s intention was to create a classic masked slasher , ala michael myers , he really should have put more effort into the actual mask part ( admittedly , prom night had the same problem , but at least that movie had leslie nielson to take the edge off ) .