O.H.M.A.D. 8: Mr. Boogedy (1986) / Bride of Boogedy (1987)

These two will bring back some fond memories for a lot of you.  Premiering as part of the Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color during it’s 30th season, it really made an impact on me as a kid.  Mr. Boogedy is about the Davis family who moves into the delightful little town of Lucifer Falls and into their new home.  Upon their arrival, they are greeted by the spooky realtor Neil Whitherspoon (John Astin, The Addams Family, The Frighteners) who tries to warn them that the house is haunted.  But head of the house Carleton (Richard Masur from John Carpenter’s The Thing, Stephen King’s It) is the owner of the novelty store Gag City and feels a trick is getting played on his family.  You can’t trick a trickster!   But things get too strange and the kids start doing some investigating to find out what’s going on and they come face to face with the evil Mr. Boogedy!