The Boogie Man Will Get You

The Boogie Man Will Get You is a 1942 film about a young divorcee who tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants and dead bodies in the cellar.
 * ''Directed by Lew Landers. Written by Edwin Blum.

From HORROR To HOWLS...FROM MAYHEM TO MERRIMENT! (taglines)

Prof. Nathaniel Billings

 * Amelia, this riffraff, as you call him, is really the salt of the earth. All he needs is to be iodized.

Dr. Lorenz

 * Do you imagine I could take advantage, exploit, capitalize on a great scientific discovery? Cheat millions of people all the world over? Profane my profession? Suppose I make a few dollars, don't you think I wouldn't put it right back into science?


 * If he is a choreographer, then I am Pavlova.


 * It isn't in Brampton's room. That proves he did it! He's covering up!

Dialogue

 * Dr. Lorenz: And if you ever need anything, like medical attention, or fire insurance, or a marriage performed, or a loan, perhaps? I should be delighted to oblige.
 * Winnie Slade: Doesn't anybody else do anything in Jinxville?
 * Dr. Lorenz: Oh, they... they vote once a year.


 * Bill Leyden: They murdered him! Just like they murdered the other one!
 * Prof. Nathaniel Billings: Please! Please! The word is, "martyrized."

Taglines

 * IT'S A CHILLER-DILLER OF A MAYHEM-AND-MERRIMENT SHOW!
 * From HORROR To HOWLS...FROM MAYHEM TO MERRIMENT!
 * There's fun in this new type of horror picture...fun for everybody, and everybody loads of fun!
 * You'll be tickled to death over this gay chiller diller!

Cast

 * Boris Karloff — Prof. Nathaniel Billings
 * Peter Lorre — Dr. Lorentz
 * Maxie Rosenbloom — Maxie
 * Larry Parks — Bill Layden
 * Miss Jeff Donnell — Winnie Slade