Boogeyman (2005)

Good idea lost in the noise

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

I is one of the scariest movies ever. It has a great story line. It also has great acting. It also has great special effects. I can not believe I got a 4.1. Come on it is a 10. It is scarier then The Shinning and that is not easy to do. This is scarier then A Nightmare on elm street and that is not easy to do. I think the people who do not like this movie just do not know a good horror movie when they see it. Do not lesson to the haters. If you like really scary movies you need to see this movie. It will scary you. And if it does not know movie will. I can not believe people hate this movie.

Boogeyman (2005) Starring: Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Lucy Lawless, Tory Mussett, Olivia Tennet, Aaron Murphy, Andrew Glover, Scott Willis, and Robyn Malcolm Directed By: Stephen Kay Review YOU THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A STORY. Hello Kiddies your pal The Crypt-Critic, you ever been afraid of the legendary boogeyman well guess what I was just now as well because I just sat through an un-scary boring piece of film! Every culture has one - the horrible monster fueling young children's nightmares. But for Tim, the Boogeyman still lives in his memories as a creature that devoured his father 16 years earlier. Is the Boogeyman real? Or did Tim make him up to explain why his father abandoned his family? Had they played it out like a psychological thriller in the end with the twist being Tim's been insane the whole damn time and was in fact responsible for those murders that would have made for a much more satisfying film however that's not the case. We get supernatural CGI entity. I mean really if the film's purpose was to scare us with that horrendous CG than someone better fire their special effects manager. It was just awful, so bad you can literally see the pixels on the Boogeyman's face. The acting in the film was bad from like the entire cast, they just needed a paycheck. Lucy Lawless makes an appearance in the film as Tim's mom. Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert (who is her husband) produced this so I'm not too shocked. Boogeyman doesn't offer anything from the scary legend that wakes children from nightmares for anyone with brain cells, it goes nowhere has nothing to a redeeming quality it's just an awful film. I'm giving Boogeyman a half out of five.

Returning home after his mother's death, a troubled man returns to his childhood home to put his childhood fears of a supernatural entity to rest and stumbles upon the creature intent on targeting him for escaping his clutches years ago.Overall this one here wasn't all that bad and did have some good things going for it. One of the best parts here is the great atmosphere within this one, which makes for a much more chilling effort than expected generated by some really strong scenes here. The opening sequence, where the hooded figure runs around the bedroom and hides in the close leading to the chilling attack that's terrifying to see unfold in front of a child, is a real standout not just for the attack by the creepy set-up in his room that continues the feeling of dread throughout here is other great scenes with the several flashbacks to how he became tormented by the spirit. The other really impressive scenes, from the scene of him walking through the house and letting the atmosphere wash over the scene, a later encounter where he's accidentally locked inside a closet and readily freaks out thinking he's under attack and the really fun scene at the motel where it takes his girlfriend by appearing as a specter of dirty water attacking both her and him which is all sorts of fun here with the highly charged action making the creepy events portrayed within come off even better, all give this one some truly enjoyable scenes that bring along some really creepy moments as well. Other fun times occur here with the storyline helping the stolen ghost children, from their initial scene swarming over him to protect them while he pieces together their actual fates and the really enjoyable scenes where they visit her home with the posters along the wall and the different revelations that come from this which gives this the set=up from the wholly fun and intense finale. Filled with lots of high-end action of them chasing him through the different confrontations here as it takes out the family members in fun moments while bringing along the incredible final confrontations that has a large amount of fun with the way it leads up to dealing with the creature which ends this on a high note. Along with the creepy being itself, these give it some really enjoyable parts to overcome the minor flaws here. The film's biggest problems stems from the wholly impossible way to determine what's going on here, from the way it keeps running through time in the finale where the different methods here for determining the course of action doesn't seem likely to occur from future incidents back in the past, and the whole situation itself makes so little sense. That the entire scene here in the finale works it's way here is what really takes of while to work through and causes this one to really stand-out. The other flaw here for this one is the somewhat tame feeling on display here, with nothing here in the way of kills or violence here as they're all dragged way or feature nothing of any real value here, and the exceptionally low body-count doesn't help matters much with a rather small opportunity to choose from. These here are what hold this back.Rated PG-13: Violence, Language, Brief Nudity and constant themes of children-in-jeopardy.

This is NOT a terrible movie! I'm going to start off with the worst part of this film. The Boogeyman is supposed to be an evil entity we hardly see, one who torments from afar, and is the subject of many a child-hood nightmare. Instead, he was a piece of garbage animation thrown into this film. I was very much disappointed in the fact that he was not an actor dressed to look the part. That was the biggest let down, and might I add, he was not a good animation either!! On to the good stuff. This movie had a good plot and better acting than I expected. I very much enjoyed Barry Watson's scenes with Franny the girl who had been abducted years ago. I agree with what other reviewers have been saying about those two being the evil defeating protagonists.All the deaths in this movie were kind of random and I didn't really feel bad when his father, girlfriend, and uncle were taken by the Boogeyman because we didn't get to see the torment, pain, and suffering that came from their abductions.Overall, this film had a lot of potential and blew it on the most important aspect, the villain himself!!