Netflix Diaries is a weekly feature on Criticize This! that looks at what we’re watching via Netflix Canada, and our ongoing experience with the service. This feature is not sponsored or endorsed by Netflix Canada in any matter.
I vaguely remember seeing The Boogeyman (1980) when I was younger and thinking it was an okay slasher flick. After watching it again on Netflix, I must have been thinking of another movie. The Boogeyman is a downright bizarre (and cheesy) supernatural horror movie. It’s a mix between Halloween, The Exorcist, and The Amityville Horror. The acting is amateur, the effects are laughable, and until the third act it’s completely boring. A few elements of it are eerie (guy with a nylon over his face is kind of creepy), but overall it’s a horrible excuse of a movie. The story? A kid murders his mother’s “friend” and years later a mirror that saw the incident returns to haunt him and his sister. Yup, that’s what it’s about. Fans of the magazines Sassy and Jane might enjoy seeing a young Jane Pratt, the brains behind those rags, killing herself with a pair of scissors while ripping open her shirt in one of the weirdest scenes in the movie. The sequel, The Return of The Boogeyman, is not available on Netflix. The Boogeyman streams in SD with no issues.
From the guys behind Vice magazine comes The Vice Guide to Travel, a travelogue to some of the most dangerous and strangest places in the world. Want to know how to buy guns in Pakistan? They cover it. What’s the real deal with North Korea? They get in there and show you. Other topics touched on in the eight episodes include Liberia, an illegal border crossing theme park, and sex dolls in Japan. It’s an odd series that is equally educational as it is hip and features some very ballsy correspondents. All episodes stream in HD with no issues.
Some recent titles on Netflix Canada we’ve noticed this week include the fun reality series Kenny vs. Spenny, Dutch (1991, HD), Kissing Jessica Stein (2001, HD), and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004, HD).
What are you watching on Netflix Canada? Let us know in the comments below and we might include it in an upcoming Netflix Diaries piece.
