Boogeyman (2005)

When Tim was eight, something devastating happened. Each night his dad would put him to sleep with a bedtime story. Many of these stories teetered on the brink of horror, much to his mom’s chagrin, but Tim and his father made sure his bedroom was safe when the lights finally went out. Until that one fateful night. As Tim watched from his bed, paralyzed with fear, his father was violently sucked into the closet, and was never seen or heard from again.

Tim is terrified that the Boogeyman will someday return and take him as he has taken so many before. Until now he has coped by eliminating opportunities for the Boogeyman to get to him. He has removed every dark corner in his apartment; there are no closets, and his bed is on the floor so the evil force has nowhere to hide. The thought of getting a jacket out of a closet sends him spiraling into terror. When Tim is forced to move outside his comfort zone on a Thanksgiving trip to Jessica’s parents, he leaves this

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Cheap scares, overzealous, unimaginative...Strip away all the bullsh-t and problems ‘Boogeyman’ IS good fun, it’s just a girly film. It’s made for the 13-18 year old teenage girls who like things jumping out of dark corners so they can grab on to their boyfriend who’s snoring next to them. At least you guys know if you bring a lady, you might be getting something out of the $10. I guess everybody wins… 

Looking and feeling like an unfinished student project, Boogeyman is a poor second outing for Ghost House. Put this one back in the closet and keep it there. 

--Don Kaye (horrorchannel.com)

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This film really takes it to the next level with the boogeyman actually being an actual ghostly figure. Of course we don't see the boogeyman until towards the end, which I personally think is a good thing... good watch, but don't expect a whole lot in terms of scares. 7/10

--FrighT MasteR (UHM)

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Boogeyman is perhaps the most vile, putrid, repugnant, loathsome, contemptible, and paltry excuse for a movie I have seen in many a year – a film so abhorrently bad...Watching Boogeyman gives me the same sensation as receiving the popular gag e-mail telling me to turn up my speakers and stare at a seemingly innocuous picture for 60 seconds, only to jump back startled when a disturbingly scary or gory picture flashes on screen for a second, accompanied by a loud, frightening shriek. 

--Vince Leo (Qwipster.net)

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Boogeyman is weirdly close to a children’s film, with its needy, orphaned ghosts and after-school message about facing your fears. It all seems so beneath this venerable creature. Maybe in his next movie, the Boogeyman can do something more productive, like fight the Predator. 

--Jesse Hassenger (FilmCritic.com)

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If you scare easily, and you're desperately in the mood for a movie, any movie, with a dark atmosphere and a handful of jump scenes and you don't mind a total lack of story, then Boogeyman may provide you with moderate entertainment. 

--Johnny Betts

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Genius will beat you by about 80 minutes as the movie bores you into the longest blink of your life. That’s the story. Just stay home, count to five and go to sleep. Don’t be stupid like Genius here. 

--Collin Souter (eFilmCritic.com)

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...the film serves its purpose–something that is playing in the background while they are screwing around with their friends on a Friday night. For anyone else, especially those suckers in the mood for an effective and inventive horror movie, “Boogeyman”will just be an unspeakable bore. 

--Peter Sobczynski (eFilmCritic.com)

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Because the movie never establishes its internal logic, the action can seem arbitrary and random. Aren't you supposed to nail down such matters before you write the script? 

--Paul Sherman

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...while most films of this genre have some lore in them -- some explanation of where the monster came from and how to kill it -- "Boogeyman" has none. Tim's goal is therefore frustratingly vague: He must "stop" the Boogeyman. But how? He has no idea, and the improvised method he comes up with is starkly unsatisfying. D

--Eric D. Snider (EricDSnider.com)

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I’ve got to be honest here – I didn’t hate “Boogeyman.” Sure, it falls apart, and never really has any ambition, but I was still with Tim (Barry Watson) through most of the story, wondering just what was happening and hoping he’d survive. 

--Steven Snyder

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Anyway, in the end, we do see the Boogeyman, and the buildup to his entrance simply isn't worth it. He looks uncannily like the Creeper from the Jeepers Creepers movies, which has me thinking—have modern horror films sunk so low that they're not only ripping off each other's ideas, but their villains as well? 

--Jack Moore (The Movie Insider)

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Cast

Barry Watson Ocean's Eleven, Teaching Mrs. Tingle, Sorority Boys Lucy Lawless Ginger Snaps, Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell, Locusts Emily Deschanel Glory Road, Easy, Old Tricks Skye McCole Bartusiak The Patriot, Don't Say a Word, Against the Ropes Tory Mussett The Matrix Reloaded, Safety in Numbers, The Condemned Andrew Glover Charles Mesure Mee-Shee: The Water Giant [more]

Most importantly of all, though, 'Boogeyman' never, ever forgets to be scary - so that even the double-bluff of its ending will leave viewers on the edge of their seats, waiting for their own personal boogeyman to jump out of the darkness. 8/10 --Anton Bitel (Movie Gazette) Boogeyman is one of those horror movies in which everyone would be fine if they just turned on the light. C- --Robert Denerstein Boogeyman is well-made enough, but it simply isn't scary or worth our attention.  --Mark Dujsik On the whole Boogeyman wound up being lots of noise and razzle-dazzle for jack-all. Yes I was still fairly interested throughout by the whole Boogeyman theme, the razor visuals and the efficient Boo scares. Unfortunately, the lack of a fleshed out screenplay and the low skills as to how to to tell a story brought this puppy down to the pound.  --'The Arrow' (Arrow) There are some really scary jump from your seat moments, but the story is so thin that it must have been written on tracing paper.  --Clyde Ayles Confusing, badly written, poorly acted horror film that trots out a few clichés and eventually throws some semi-decent effects at them, in the mistaken belief that the audience won’t be bored to tears.  --Matthew Turner (ViewLondon) I wouldn’t advise any one to avoid this number like the plaque as it does offer some pretty scary moments, but the ending is unforgivably rotten and throws the balance of the film into complete chaos. 6/10 --Vaughan Dyche (thefilmasylum.com) Ho-hum ghost flick with an unoriginal and thin plot which occasionally makes us jump out of our seats. It's a good flick for scares but the CGI and lack of story flushed this script down the drain.  --AnthroFred (SlasherPool)

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