Boogeyman Review

Childhood can be a very scary time, especially for those people, who, like me watched Pob. That aside, as a child you are often filled with a whole host of irrational fears; the dark, closets, under the bed, vegetables. But what if those fears weren’t so irrational and there really was something very nasty to fear.

That something killed Tim Jensen’s father, Tim says it’s the Boogeyman but no one believes him. Fifteen years later, due to the incredibly misguided advice of his therapist he decides to spend one night in his childhood home to rid himself of his fears.

If you have seen the trailer to this film, it probably whetted your appetite for some grade A spookiness. Well, I hate to be a bubble burster but while the trailer was grade A, the film as a whole, failed class and dropped out of school.

"Boogeyman" started out with such promise, the beginning scared me, it had some creepy children, a creepy dark house that made the Bates Motel look inviting, it also had some rather inventive ways of disorientating the main character and the audience with some twisted location switching. But boy was it clichéd, I mean most films are but this one had people in the cinema shouting “no man don’t go back to the house, I hate it when they are so stupid and do that!” However what started out as a passable little horror film was ruined and I mean wrecked by the decidedly dodgy CGI monster at the end. When you didn’t see it, it was scary and when you did see it, it was just a disappointment.

This film is filled with actors I have never heard of, all incredibly bland and good looking. A special mention goes to Tory Mussett as the grown up Tim’s girlfriend, she was so self obsessed and annoying I just wanted bad things to happen to her. The best performance of the film was Skye McCole Bartusiak, I think the older cast members should have taken a few acting lessons from her.

Overall this movie was ok, it thought it was better than it is, definitely had a few ideas above its station, to be honest if it didn’t have Sam Raimi’s name attached to it, it probably would have been a straight to video job.

For me the best moment was my boyfriend asking how you say boogeyman; “Is it Boogey as in dancing…it’s not a musical is it?” Not really to do with the film, but the most enjoyment I got from it.



Boogeyman Stephen T. Kay 2005
Childhood can be a very scary time, especially for those people, who, like me watched Pob. That aside, as a child you are often filled with a whole host of irrational fears; the dark, closets, under the bed, vegetables. But what if those fears weren’t so irrational and there really was something very nasty to fear. That something killed Tim Jensen’s father, Tim says it’s the Boogeyman but no one believes him. Fifteen years later, due to the incredibly misguided advice of his therapist he decides to spend one night in his childhood home to rid himself of his fears. If you have seen the trailer to this film, it probably whetted your appetite for some grade A spookiness. Well, I hate to be a bubble burster but while the trailer was grade A, the film as a whole, failed class and dropped out of school. "Boogeyman" started out with such promise, the beginning scared me, it had some creepy children, a creepy dark house that made the Bates Motel look inviting, it also had some rather inventive ways of disorientating the main character and the audience with some twisted location switching. But boy was it clichéd, I mean most films are but this one had people in the cinema shouting “no man don’t go back to the house, I hate it when they are so stupid and do that!” However what started out as a passable little horror film was ruined and I mean wrecked by the decidedly dodgy CGI monster at the end. When you didn’t see it, it was scary and when you did see it, it was just a disappointment. This film is filled with actors I have never heard of, all incredibly bland and good looking. A special mention goes to Tory Mussett as the grown up Tim’s girlfriend, she was so self obsessed and annoying I just wanted bad things to happen to her. The best performance of the film was Skye McCole Bartusiak, I think the older cast members should have taken a few acting lessons from her. Overall this movie was ok, it thought it was better than it is, definitely had a few ideas above its station, to be honest if it didn’t have Sam Raimi’s name attached to it, it probably would have been a straight to video job. For me the best moment was my boyfriend asking how you say boogeyman; “Is it Boogey as in dancing…it’s not a musical is it?” Not really to do with the film, but the most enjoyment I got from it.

Boogeyman Stephen T. Kay 2005

Boogeyman
Stephen T. Kay 2005