Boo

Plot synopsis:
The film starts with a man (Morton Lowry) reading the novel Dracula . The narrator says that they are presenting their own formula for cheap entertainment, a nightmare. They say to eat a real lobster, not the kind they send to congress, have milk, and work up a chill. The man falls asleep.
They then go to a cellar (edited from Nosferatu) where the caretaker Hutter (Gustav von Wagenheim) is making sure all the ghosts are locked up for the night. He sees a coffin. He wants to ask his name and how he feels. It's Dracula (Count Orlok, played by Max Schrek). The caretaker tries to leave, but he keeps coming back. He can't sleep so he sleeps in a hammock (now edited of Albert Venohr). You see Dracula, so the caretaker goes upstairs and returns with a hatchet (now edited of Wolfgang Heinz) and breaks Dracula's coffin. It hurts Dracula, causing him to get up. He then leaves, and sees if it was as close as he thought. He is scared, and Dracula sucks his blood, 'Gush, Gush'. Dracula then goes to sleep for 100 years, until congress does something about the depression.
It then goes to a laboratory (edited from Frankenstein) where a Doctor (Edward Van Sloan) is doing something to The Monster (Boris Karloff). The Monster awakes, and kills the Doctor. The Monster gets together with Dracula, and is afraid of him.
It then goes to Annabelle West (Helen Twelvetrees) and a possibility of this becoming pleasant. But The Monster is there. A man is telling Helen she has no business being in the same nightmare as Dracula. Dracula is behind him, and brings him behind a bookshelf. The Monster is studying Dracula's methods. Helen sees a guy who keeps falling down. The Monster appears, and Helen faints.
Dracula's income tax was due and he had to get some money. When night came, Helen decided to call it a day. Dracula stole Helen's jewels. Helen is ticklish on the neck, woke up, screamed, and told a young man about what happened. He wants to see a ghost, but gets caught and his blood is sucked by Dracula. Helen can never get married, because when she talks to a guy Dracula gets him, so she'd be a widow every 15 minutes. Dracula then chases a woman. He's in disguise, but you can recognize him by the fourth toe on his left foot. The Monster decides to chase Elizabeth, (Mae Clarke from Frankenstein) who is about to get married. She first is terrified. It then turns into "follow the leader", then into "ring around the rosy". Her fiancee would think she's nutty. She tells The Monster she can't play anymore because she's got to get married.
The Monster is heart-broken nobody's afraid of him. He has to sit down all day, because when he stands up, his feet touch the floor. He then sees something, and he gets up. What is it? Why it's our lobster and milk friend and he's on a chandelier. And the moral of the story is you can milk a cow, but a lobster is very ticklish.

Tags: paranormal, revenge, violence

Review:
Steven Felty), a former patient that raped a little girl and burned the hospital, is trying to escape possessing their bodies that melt down with his evil spirit."Boo" is a messy ghost story, with a confused screenplay and poor development of characters, especially Jessie.
I hate using back-handed, "well it's better than the worst" compliments but, having seen my share of low budget horror movies of late, I must say that Boo!
If my girlfriend/boyfriend or best friend is murdered, my reaction is horror and anger; in this film, there is shock (and one character gets very upset and weepy) but then everyone just seems to gloss over this and resumes looking for a way to escape the hospital.
Not the story, the sub-par acting from a mostly teen cast, the witless dialog, the tired old explanation for all the goings on, and the complete lack of logic.Whenever things get dull, another fright scene with someone gurgling on blood or turning into a gooey monster of decomposing flesh, is supposed to provide the kind of shock appeal to target a young audience.Let's hope the kids today are a bit more discriminating in their taste for horror.
Haha i found this movie hilarious, at first i was all prepared to be scared, like had a good tag line : Nobody gets off the 3rd floor, then Oh my god, it was just so awful, WORST ACTING EVER !
the set (an abandoned hospital) is nicely done and quite spooky (if cliché).However...EVERYTHING ELSE ABOUT THIS MOVIE SUCKS.I read someone on here say that the acting was good.
There's nice gore content and the special effects are often very good (loved the skinned dog thing), unfortunately these are too sparse and insubstantial to give the film the push it needed.
I won't spoil any of the elements of the film further and leave it to saying that this is what horror films should be like, atmospheric, creepy, characters who react in believable (well mostly) ways and deserved to get a full theatrical release.
I usually go to a horror flick expecting to be played down to, but this was an intelligent, well shot film with quite a few handfuls of solid scares and laughs.I found out later that the director had known about the hospital where he was going to shoot the film while he was writing the script.
When you feel like you're there, the sense of dread and impending doom makes the experience that much more intense.Good acting, intriguing story, surprisingly good production value, and a first-time direction by someone who obviously knows what he's doing.The real tragedy of this is that Boo!
Anyway, it's just your basic horror movie,it has a couple of scares that make you jump, and the special effects were not bad at all.
Unless you want to laugh hysterically at painful acting and a plot with more holes than your average slab of swiss cheese I suggest u steer well clear of this awful movie.When it takes two or three seconds for the characters to jump or gasp at what should be a scary moment you know you're onto a loser.
I don't see the point to put your name (for the director, producers, etc) in a piece of sh*t like this, I would be embarrassed, really its hard to understand why people study to roll this movies, I believe I could film something better (and scarier) with my friends in my backyard, even in daytime.Avoid this, and if you do rent it and see this disaster, please come back and say that my commentary was useful, this way we can prevent viewers for spending their money on cr*p..
I recommended this film and I think that you certainly like them.This one combines all elements a horror movie needs: suspense, scares, panic, blood and fear.Check it out!.
At 1st i thought this sounded like any other horror movie these days, teenage kids getting trapped in a scary place, but i had already heard good things so i decided to rent it, 5 days later i still have not returned this movie and i could not recommend it to you enough.
So for those looking for a REAL horror movie, not a movie thats been made for the sake of making money or because they landed a big name to fill the lead role, you HAVE to check out "Boo!" you wont be disappointed and from the reviews i have already read, not to many people have been..
Very rarely do I watch a movie that actually fills me with anger and anxiety, not since I agreed to go see Valentine have I simply been infuriated by a film so riddled with clichés and ripoffs.We come out the gates flying, as we are directly taken back to the opening scene from Scream.
The set up is pretty weak, and the story and situations borrow from so many other movies that it starts to feel like the garage sale of horror films...but thankfully the director and cinematographer know how to stage several effective jolts.
i watched this film directed by an associate of the brill mag Fangoria, well what a load of tosh and it should be ashamed to allow itself to be even written in the same context as Fangoria I was bitterly diassapointed with the lack of anything that it had, as for calling itself a horror film well sorry there is no way this was a horror film, the Tweenies have more scare factor, the director of this film ,the actors special effects team and the investors (suckers) who gave there cash to this effort need to sit down and watch some real horror, The remake of the Hill Have Eyes maybe or even Carrie which incidentally are REAL horror films in fact when I return this film to Blockbuster I will be asking for a refund....
Ferrante stormed his way to the spotlight with Sharknado, there was Boo. This movie was actually the first horror film I ever watched.
Not Oculus or The Babadook good, but Ferrante managed to do pretty well with an obviously low budget.The plot is pretty standard horror movie stuff, a bunch of dumb **** college kids go to an abandoned and possibly haunted place on Halloween Night thinking that nothing bad will happen, but once one of their friends emerges and decomposes in front of their eyes as well as other paranormal things occurring, they start to realize the ghost of the hotel's true nature.
The rest of main character actors do a good job too, though I'd say the worst of the bunch is probably Jilon VanOver as Jessie's boyfriend Kevin, who only seems to have his acting setting stuck on douchey, and it does work for the scenes where his character is meant to be a total ***wipe, but during the scenes where he's trying to be frightened or sad, his deep voice just makes his character comes off as laughable, but the stand out performance, at least in my opinion, is M.
Whenever his character is on screen you know **** is about to go down, the best way I could describe his character is it's as if someone took Robert Englund and gave him Lance Henriksen's deep gravelly voice, definitely the best performance in the whole movie.Overall I thought this was a pretty solid horror movie, it still holds up well despite being low budget and it does manage to invoke some unsettling feelings, even with it's few flaws.
I didn't think it was as bad ,some made it out to be, I am not saying it's a great or even that good but I found parts of the movie, that I really Enjoyed The think that I liked in this movie were the fact, they didn't use those one second scarce scenes, most horror do these days and cool decent tense moments, which really worked well.
This movie is nowhere near as bad as people say it is, sure it is far from perfect, but there are some good moments, most of the actors try real hard, and for some this is their big screen debut, and the amazing Dee Wallace Stone has a small role in the film.
The special effects are pretty good, the music is OK, but generally the film is not very scary, which is a problem that plagues a lot of "horror" these days.
the hospital ruled.I have been looking for a movie where they use a 'haunted hospital' and it actually have ghosts and a good story line.
A lot of them looked like off the WB shows,and were better than most horror films.
Oob. It would be easy to just label this one a generic ghost story wearing a huge J-horror influence on it's sleeve, but on the other hand the way in which the filmmakers throw absolutely everything at the screen in order to scare (or at least entertain) the viewer reminded me of late eighties Italian horror films like Ghosthouse and House of Lost Souls.
Dee Wallace Stone shows up briefly and one can only wish she'd been the major focus of the film but I suppose it's a hard and fast rule that all characters in horror movies must be teenagers..
Ferrante, longtime contributor to Fangoria magazine, one might reasonably expect Boo to present a few fresh ideas along with its blood and gore; what we get, however, is a collection of tired clichés and well-worn motifs borrowed from a whole host of better scary movies that, when thrown together without much thought (as seems to be the case here), results in a poorly structured mess of a film that is unlikely to find favour with any but the most undemanding of viewers.As the title suggests, Ferrante's priority is to frighten his audience, and this he admittedly achieves with varying degrees of success through the use of cheap mechanical jump scares, the undeniably creepy atmosphere of his decaying, abandoned hospital (with flickering fluorescent lighting, natch!), some well conceived ghostly apparitions, and a lot of gloopy gore.
Unfortunately, the total lack of cohesion and choppy nature of the narrative really detracts from one's overall enjoyment; well, that and the fact that the best looking girl in the film only gets down to her bra during the obligatory sex scene (c'mon Ferrante, surely you know that with this kind of cheesy nonsense, we expect there to be at least one topless babe!).4.5 out of 10, rounded up to 5 for IMDb..
I certainly understand a lot of the harsh criticism for "Boo", but I think some people may be looking at this harmless film the wrong way (or else I completely did)..."Boo" to me, seemed to be aimed more toward the "Occacianally watching" horror movie fan around Halloween-time, rather then the hardcore bloodhounds.
The cinematography looked great, and most of the "Jump" scares worked quite effectively, telling me that director Anthony Ferrante did his homework and produced a film destined for video store shelves.
compare this movie to lets say the blockbuster the hills have eyes 2, this is where i get confused, boo is such a great horror film with many jumps and scares, its almost like horror was back in the 80s when horror was scary.
The title is not the only thing about this film which is ridiculous, Boo follows in the same vein as much of the unoriginal and uninspired 21st century horror film remakes (hills have eyes, Texas chainsaw massacre), it is yet another of the teen slasher movies left over from the hangover the film industry is suffering from in the aftermath of so many appalling video nasties that seek to imitate or worse yet duplicate the effective elements of classic horror films.The movie follows the logic that more is more, with plenty of violence being committed against the hapless white American teenage stereotypes, needless to say, the sexually assertive and deceptive characters are killed off whereas the sexually modest blonde girl with psychic inclinations is destined to survive, there's a surprise!
The only way you will enjoy this film is if you are a horror fan who has never seen a teen horror flick before, has a lot of time to kill and have no interest in original plot lines..
just watched "Boo"a couple of nights ago.though not the scariest movie i have ever seen,i was on the edge of my seat the whole time.the suspense just kept building and building.the music was terrific,sending chills up my spine more than once.the movie is essentially about a group of college kid that go to an abandoned hospital reputed to be haunted, on Halloween.suffice to say they get much more than they bargained for.the special effects in this movie are well done for the most part and the film is well paced.there were no spots which lagged or took me out of the movie.to me every scene had a purpose,which is rare these days.the only negative aspect of this movie was that at times the acting was a bit suspect in some scenes,hence the 9 star rating instead of 10.however,if you want some genuine scares, some hair raising and spine tingling moments, this is the movie for you.very underrated movie.
"Boo" is the PERFECT movie to watch on DVD as a prelude to a romantic evening.The abandoned hospital setting is perfect, the acting more than serviceable for this type of film (Dee Wallace Stone is a particular howl), and the directing is excellent.
The bad acting, the cheesy plot line, and the lame scares all contribute to one of the funniest "serious" scary movies I've ever seen.
The very funny thing was to see on the bonus features that these people behind the scenes took it seriously.I must admit I liked the story itself, but the production of the story was so bad.If you want to laugh, I would suggest this movie.
I could see myself enjoying this movie over a few drinks with a group of friends, it certainly gets going very quickly and from there on in it is pretty much non-stop in its attempts to scare you.Boo does have a good atmosphere and setting, and the effects are OK for a low-budget flick, but that's about it for the positives i'm afraid.The story is disjointed and runs at such a high pace there is absolutely no time to identify with any of the characters in the movie, some of the dialogue is pretty lame and the acting is typically shocking.Having said that if you want to disengage your brain and just watch a laughable horror flick 'Boo' is creepy enough and entertaining enough to fit the bill.
The title should not be 'Boo' though because i don't know about you, but thank god someone recommended it to me, because I'm telling you right now, i would never go to a video store and rent a movie called 'Boo' and expect it to be good.
She kept asking me to watch it with her.Afterseeing it with me she still won't watch it alone.I've seen it 4 times and still think its a pretty good movie.And its says its the director's first.So he did something right.The ending could have been better.
However the plot made sense compared to other films I have seen with a similar vibe (I'm looking at you Death Tunnel) and the creepy bits never truly scared me (very few movies do, but see R-Point, it did) but it was well done.
I think that with a good script and decent actors the director could make a fantastic scary movie because there are a few genuinely unnerving moments.
I watch a lot of B movie horrors and therefore I didn't expect much from this film but I did expect something.
Though the movie appears to be a straight-up horror flick, it's hard to tell if there's an underlying layer of self-awareness to the whole thing or if it's just because the acting is so stilted, it's difficult to discern if the cast was even taking the film seriously.That's not to say there aren't already plenty of problems with the plot, the most obvious of which is that rather than playing it in a simple, straightforward manner, the script tacks on some of the most annoying plot devices the genre has to offer, most particularly the girl who has that inexplicable "psychic link" with the hospital.
Other than that, it is a good little scary indie flick.It's a reminder that you don't need a lot of money to make an uncomfortable horror movie.The special effects and makeup are really great, and at times, better than some of the acting.
I won't say it's the worst movie I've seen cause it isn't, but it certainly is a waste of time when there are countless better films out there to view.Possible spoiler: When we were supposed to be scared we were instead laughing at the "exploding zombies".
The stories a bit worn out as its been done hundreds of times, but it does have some twists, and the effects are great.There are a lot worse ways to spend an evening than watching this movie.
Well I didn't go into this movie with high expectations, which was a very good thing because it wasn't great.I did give it a couple stars because I thought the special effects were decent and the "jump" scares had some merit.
Boo also has some few genuinely creepy moments near the start of the film, making use of Dutchess and the abandoned hospital to build some suspense and tension, and a clown scene that won't be kind to Coulrophobic viewers.On it's bad side, the two great characters don't get all too many lines though they make the most of them, the rest of the cast that weren't mentioned tend to sway between average (for a B movie) and slightly below average, and specifically for Kevin so bad it's hard to decide if he's trying to make his character that bad or if it's the actor.