Mainly viewable for fine work by Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre (in charming, comedic-style roles) and an outstanding performance by the talented miss Jeff Donnell. I wish Donnell's work could become more widely known, she was outstanding in a number of obscure and little-seen films like this one. Another good example of her work in a fun role in a relatively obscure b-film is the Tim Holt western "The Stagecoach Kid".
"The Boogie Man Will Get You" features a great cast, energetically done and generally well performed and staged in a horror-comedy format popular in the 1940's, but one thing is missing: they forgot to make it funny. It is relentlessly packed with comedy set-ups and bits, none of them funny but some are sort of goofy. Unfortunately, whoever wrote the humor gags really dropped the ball. The high level of talent by everyone involved cannot overcome this one big flaw with the project.
Can't recommend that you view this film unless you are a big fan or completist of the actors involved, or you have an hour to kill with lightweight, inoffensive fare.
"The Boogie Man Will Get You" features a great cast, energetically done and generally well performed and staged in a horror-comedy format popular in the 1940's, but one thing is missing: they forgot to make it funny. It is relentlessly packed with comedy set-ups and bits, none of them funny but some are sort of goofy. Unfortunately, whoever wrote the humor gags really dropped the ball. The high level of talent by everyone involved cannot overcome this one big flaw with the project.
Can't recommend that you view this film unless you are a big fan or completist of the actors involved, or you have an hour to kill with lightweight, inoffensive fare.