Shooting on a shoestring budget with friends and acquaintances from around town, Charles created the original Cullen Classic, shot in sequence and using a one take only approach. Containing enough violence for three movies, "Boogieman" (based on a 1978 Cullen short film "The Electrifying Boogieman") also started the development of Charles' own unique brand of humor. Many of the cast and crew would become long term fixtures of Cullen's film stable and Cullen Studios was born. Shown in local nightclubs, "Boogieman" started to develop it's own small cult following.